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Visual Studio Code Team highlights key updates in the February 2026 Insiders Release (v1.110), including terminal improvements, accessibility enhancements, and UI changes for a better developer workflow.
Allison provides an in-depth overview of the GitHub Enterprise Server 3.20 release candidate, breaking down new security, DevOps, and collaboration features for enterprise development teams.
Klaus Loeffelmann shares how prompt-driven AI development—including GitHub Copilot and Agent mode in Visual Studio—enabled him to rapidly build a mission-critical WinForms app to rescue his mother’s business trip after catastrophic hardware failure.
Allison details the CodeQL 2.24.2 release, highlighting expanded language support, security query updates for Microsoft technologies, and improved detection accuracy for DevOps and security teams.
Mark Downie details the February 2026 Visual Studio update, highlighting GitHub Copilot-powered AI features, smarter test workflows, and productivity improvements for .NET and C++ development.
Allison introduces a Dependabot feature that allows grouping dependency updates by name across directories, simplifying dependency upgrades and reducing pull request volume for developers.
Allison details the public preview of GitHub Code Quality's organization-level dashboard, providing a new way for organizations to assess code health and quality metrics across their repositories.
Allison introduces the now generally available GitHub repository dashboard, highlighting new features like admin access view and command palette integration that improve repository navigation and management.
stclarke outlines Microsoft’s efforts in connecting more than 299 million people worldwide, focusing on digital access, partnerships, and community enablement to foster inclusive participation in the AI economy.
Microsoft Defender Experts and the Security Research Team provide an in-depth report on a developer-targeted campaign using malicious Next.js repositories that exploit common coding workflows. The analysis details how attackers achieve remote code execution and persistent C2, with actionable security guidance.
Sandeep Sen explains how Python developers can now install and run Azure MCP Server with PyPI and uvx, unlocking seamless Azure integration and support for agentic workflows and GitHub Copilot SDK.
Gwen Davis explains how to engineer robust multi-agent workflows in AI systems, detailing three core patterns—typed schemas, action schemas, and MCP—to make agentic automation with tools like GitHub Copilot reliable and maintainable.
stclarke details Microsoft's new Sovereign Cloud capabilities, highlighting how Azure Local, Foundry Local, and Microsoft 365 Local enable secure, governed, and AI-powered operations in fully disconnected, sovereign environments.
stclarke reports on Microsoft’s announcement of new Sovereign Cloud capabilities, enabling organizations to host productivity and AI workloads in fully disconnected, locally controlled environments.
Andrew Conway examines how security teams can leverage Microsoft Defender’s autonomous defenses and expert-led services to modernize SOCs, leveraging AI and expert input for improved cyber resilience.
Microsoft Fabric Blog showcases how to process real-time CDC streams from databases like Azure SQL using Fabric Eventstreams SQL, making event data analytics-ready with efficient SQL transformations.
Allison details the new enterprise-defined custom organization roles feature in GitHub Enterprise, making it easier for administrators to standardize and manage access permissions across organizations.
Allison highlights how GitHub Enterprise Cloud's IP allow list now extends to Enterprise Managed User namespaces, providing unified network access control for organizations.
Allison reports on GitHub Enterprise's new API enhancements, enabling organization and enterprise owners to manage and query both enterprise teams and organization teams efficiently from a unified set of endpoints.
Microsoft Fabric Blog explains the Native Execution Engine, a performance-boosting vectorized execution layer for Spark on Fabric. This technical write-up guides readers through its architecture, real-world advantages, and how existing Spark workflows can benefit. Authored by the Microsoft Fabric Blog team.