The Microsoft Synchronization Services 1.0 API for SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition and the new Sync Designer in the Orcas March 2007 CTP team up to generate a local data cache that synchronizes ...

Microsoft, in announcing VS Code v1.86 (January 2024 update), pointed to a new accessibility.voice.keywordActivation setting, which devs can enable to allow VS Code to listen for the "Hey Code" voice ...

Microsoft today announced its 'Microsoft Build of OpenJDK 21,' taking advantage of new features and functionality in Java 21.

New research on the effect of AI-powered GitHub Copilot on software development cites some adverse results. The "Coding on Copilot" whitepaper from GitClear sought to investigate the quality and ...

Auto-shrink tops the list, but check out what other irksome features others blogged about.

GPT-4, the advanced generative AI model from Microsoft partner OpenAI, is now powering the new GitHub Copilot X and the Azure OpenAI Service.

What's an Azure cloud dev to do for messaging in that fancy new app? From messages to events, from streams to publish and subscribe, the options seem overwhelming.

The plain-text support was also featured in a new post today (Jan. 22) that summarizes Visual Studio productivity features in 2023. "The Code Search experience in All-In-One Search will actually look ...

Microsoft's dev team for Java on Azure tooling announced support for the Azure OpenAI Service and associated Playground, enabling new AI-based scenarios based on advanced tech from Microsoft partner ...

With containers taking over the Azure cloud-native development space, the first thing organizations new to the scene need to do is understand how they work. The second thing to do is think about how ...

At Build 2023, Microsoft revealed updates for Dev Box, a cloud-based developer workstation service. At this week's conference, the company revealed that Dev Box will emerge from preview into ...

In this case, 'safety' doesn't refer to cybersecurity concerns, but rather unsafe images and text that AI developers in the Azure cloud might run across in various content categories and languages.