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Microsoft MVP Developer Technologies, passionate developer, loves the embedded systems and its integration with the real world, speaker & writer.
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Creating standard and "observable" instruments andrewlock.net/creating-sta... #dotnet
Creating standard and "observable" instruments: System.Diagnostics.Metrics APIs - Part 3
In this post I discuss the various Instrument<T> types exposed by the System.Diagnostics.Metrics API and show examples from the .NET libraries and ASP.NET Core
andrewlock.net
February 17, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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SQL Server Long-Running Query Detection: How to Find and Monitor Slow Queries - Simple Talk www.red-gate.com/simple-talk/... #SQL
SQL Server Long-Running Query Detection: How to Find and Monitor Slow Queries
Learn how to detect long-running queries in SQL Server using dynamic management views and T-SQL scripts to monitor performance in real time.
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February 17, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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5 years of work in 2 weeks - DEV Community dev.to/davidortinau... #MAUI
5 years of work in 2 weeks
These past two weeks have been some of the most exciting days I’ve had as a developer. I need to...
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February 17, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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Cumulative Update #2 for SQL Server 2025 RTM | Microsoft Community Hub techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/sqlserv...
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February 14, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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SSMS 22.3 Release techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/sqlserv...
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February 14, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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Agentic cloud operations and Azure Copilot for AI‑driven workloads azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/a...
Agentic cloud operations and Azure Copilot for AI‑driven workloads
Discover how agentic cloud operations and Azure Copilot bring intelligence and continuous optimization to modern cloud environments. Learn more.
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February 14, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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How we built the Microsoft Learn MCP Server - Engineering@Microsoft devblogs.microsoft.com/engineering-...
How we built the Microsoft Learn MCP Server - Engineering@Microsoft
When we launched the Microsoft Learn Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server in June 2025, our goal was simple: make it effortless for AI agents to use trusted, up-to-date Microsoft Learn documentation. G...
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February 14, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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GitHub Copilot Testing for .NET Brings AI-powered Unit Tests to Visual Studio 2026 - .NET Blog devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/githu... #vstudio
GitHub Copilot Testing for .NET Brings AI-powered Unit Tests to Visual Studio 2026 - .NET Blog
Visual Studio 18.3 brings GitHub Copilot Testing for .NET, an AI-powered test agent for generating and managing unit tests across your codebase.
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February 11, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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Enhanced developer tools on the Microsoft Store - Windows Developer Blog blogs.windows.com/windowsdevel...
Enhanced developer tools on the Microsoft Store
The Microsoft Store on Windows continues to evolve, shaped by ongoing feedback from developers building and scaling apps on the platform. Over the past months, that feedback has guided several updates...
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February 11, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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Unlock language-specific rich symbol context using new find_symbol tool - Visual Studio Blog devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio... #vstudio
Unlock language-specific rich symbol context using new find_symbol tool - Visual Studio Blog
Refactoring at scale is a time-consuming and error-prone process for developers. In large codebases, developers have relied on manual searches and incremental edits across multiple files to accomplish...
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February 11, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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.NET 11 Preview 1 is now available! - .NET Blog devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/dotne... #dotnet
.NET 11 Preview 1 is now available! - .NET Blog
Explore .NET 11 Preview 1, now available with updates to the runtime, libraries, and more. Get the details today!
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February 11, 2026 at 7:47 AM
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February Patches for Azure DevOps Server - Azure DevOps Blog devblogs.microsoft.com/devops/febru... #devops
February Patches for Azure DevOps Server - Azure DevOps Blog
We are releasing patches for our self‑hosted product, Azure DevOps Server. We strongly recommend that all customers stay on the latest, most secure version of Azure DevOps Server. The latest release, ...
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February 11, 2026 at 7:46 AM
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.NET and .NET Framework February 2026 servicing releases updates - .NET Blog devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/dotne... #dotnet
.NET and .NET Framework February 2026 servicing releases updates - .NET Blog
A recap of the latest servicing updates for .NET and .NET Framework for February 2026.
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February 11, 2026 at 7:45 AM
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Time Travel in Azure SQL with Temporal Tables - Azure SQL Devs’ Corner devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sql/ti...
Time Travel in Azure SQL with Temporal Tables - Azure SQL Devs’ Corner
Learn how to use temporal tables in Azure SQL to automatically track, query, and time travel through row history without triggers, audit tables, or application code changes.
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February 10, 2026 at 8:09 AM
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What’s New in vcpkg (Nov 2025 - Jan 2026) - C++ Team Blog devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/what... #cpp
What’s New in vcpkg (Nov 2025 - Jan 2026) - C++ Team Blog
This blog post summarizes changes to the vcpkg package manager as part of the 2025.12.12 and 2026.01.16 registry releases and the 2025-11-13, 2025-11-18, 2025-11-19, 2025-12-05, and 2025-12-16 tool re...
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February 9, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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.NET Framework 3.5 Moves to Standalone Deployment in new versions of Windows - .NET Blog devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/dotne... #dotnet
.NET Framework 3.5 Moves to Standalone Deployment in new versions of Windows - .NET Blog
An announcement of .NET Framework 3.5 servicing updates on new versions of Windows.
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February 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Encrypting Properties with System.Text.Json and a TypeInfoResolver Modifier (Part 2) - Steve Gordon - Code with Steve www.stevejgordon.co.uk/encrypting-p... #dotnet
Encrypting Properties with System.Text.Json and a TypeInfoResolver Modifier (Part 2) - Steve Gordon - Code with Steve
In this post, we build out the AES-GCM encryption layer that we will depend on in future posts to decrypt JSON properties using System.Text.Json.
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February 9, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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Reliably Refreshing the WebView2 Control - Rick Strahl's Web Log weblog.west-wind.com/posts/2026/F... #dotnet
Reliably Refreshing the WebView2 Control
The WebView2 control lacks a direct `Reload(noCache)` overload that forces a browser hard reload of the current page. Instead content is loaded with a soft refresh that - hopefully - reloads the curre...
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February 9, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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MSVC Build Tools Versions 14.30 – 14.43 Now Available in Visual Studio 2026 - C++ Team Blog devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/msvc... #cpp #vstudio
MSVC Build Tools Versions 14.30 – 14.43 Now Available in Visual Studio 2026 - C++ Team Blog
When Visual Studio 2026 reached General Availability in November, it included several versions of the Microsoft C++ (MSVC) Build Tools: 14.50 (initially shipped with Visual Studio 2026) 14.44 (initial...
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February 9, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code v1.109 - January Release - GitHub Changelog github.blog/changelog/20... #vscode
GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code v1.109 - January Release - GitHub Changelog
This January 2026 release brings significant improvements to GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code with agent-driven workflows, improvements to agent session management, and the introduction of agent s...
github.blog
February 9, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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Book of the Day: Concurrency with Modern C++ by Rainer Grimm
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Rainer Grimm
C++11 is the first C++ standard that deals with concurrency
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February 9, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio — January update - GitHub Changelog github.blog/changelog/20... #vstudio
GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio — January update - GitHub Changelog
January 2026 brought colorized code completions, partial acceptance of code completions, productivity improvements, and more. Highlights Here’s what’s new with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio 2026. Ch...
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February 9, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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Performance improvements to MEF-based editor productivity extensions - Visual Studio Blog devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio... #vstudio
Performance improvements to MEF-based editor productivity extensions - Visual Studio Blog
If you use editor productivity extensions for Visual Studio 2026, there’s good news—they can now load faster! Extension developers with existing MEF-based editor productivity extensions should read th...
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February 4, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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Exploring the (underwhelming) System.Diagnostics.Metrics source generators andrewlock.net/creating-str... #dotnet
Exploring the (underwhelming) System.Diagnostics.Metrics source generators: System.Diagnostics.Metrics APIs - Part 2
In this post I explore the source generators shipped in Microsoft.Extensions.Telemetry.Abstractions, explore the code, and discuss whether I would use them
andrewlock.net
February 4, 2026 at 8:27 AM
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Azure SDK Release (January 2026) - Azure SDK Blog devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sdk/az... #azure
Azure SDK Release (January 2026)
Azure SDK releases every month. This post includes the January 2026's highlights and release notes.
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February 2, 2026 at 8:37 AM