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Don't miss out on the latest Windows development tools and updates. Check out learn.microsoft.com/windows/apps... regularly!
What's new for Windows app developers - Windows apps
Learn what's new for developers in Windows 11 and tools
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January 27, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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Pro Tip for managing 10 Coding Agents in the Windows Terminal | with Scott Hanselman

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#ai #commandline #agents #copilotcli #githubcopilot
Pro Tip for managing 10 Coding Agents in the Windows Terminal
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January 26, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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Today, the MCP community is announcing MCP Apps, the first official MCP extension. VS Code is the first major AI code editor with full MCP Apps support.

With MCP Apps, tool calls can now return interactive UI components that render directly in the conversation. Learn more: aka.ms/MCPApps/Blog
Giving Agents a Visual Voice: MCP Apps Support in VS Code
VS Code now supports MCP Apps, enabling AI agents to display interactive UIs for richer developer workflows.
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January 26, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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Awesome interview alert! InfoQ Podcast host Thomas Betts sits down with Olivia McVicker (Microsoft) to talk about AI-driven software development, from today’s mainstream tools to what’s next!

Listen here 👇
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[Video Podcast] AI-Driven Development with Olivia McVicker
In this episode, Thomas Betts chats with Olivia McVicker, a Senior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft about AI-driven software development. The conversation covers the current, mainstream AI coding…
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January 26, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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Microsoft is announcing its own Maia 200 AI chip today. It goes head-to-head in performance against Google and Amazon's AI chips, and Microsoft is using Maia 200 to host GPT-5.2 and others for Microsoft Foundry and Microsoft 365 Copilot. Details here 👇 www.theverge.com/news/867670/...
Microsoft’s latest AI chip goes head-to-head with Amazon and Google
The Maia 200 is rolling out to data centers today
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January 26, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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String performance in .NET:
One tiny choice. Big runtime implications.
If you care about clean, fast code, you’ll want to read this.
#dotnet10 #CodePerformance #MVPBuzz
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String Performance: The Fastest Way to Get a String’s Length
Retrieving the character count of a string in .NET has various methods: using Span with Length, Length, or Enumerable.Count(). This article will prove which is the fastest method.
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January 26, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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For those who need it, we're currently rolling out a Windows 11 Paint app update which adds the ability to collapse the toolbar at the top so it takes up less space

As always, appreciate your feedback 🙏

Details here: blogs.windows.com/windows-insi...
January 26, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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Tuples in .NET are more than just shorthand—they’re powerful tools when you use them right. 🎯
Master the patterns that boost readability and performance, and avoid the common pitfalls that trip up even experienced developers. 👇
#dotnet10 #MVPBuzz #Tuple
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Coding Standards: Mastering Tuples in .NET
In .NET, tuples are immutable data structures that group multiple values of different types, simplifying code by avoiding custom classes. They are useful for returning or passing multiple values. N…
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January 26, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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WinDev Helper - A WinUI Extension for VS Code

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#windowsdev #winui #windowsappsdk #vscode #dotnet
WinDev Helper - Visual Studio Marketplace
Extension for Visual Studio Code - Build beautiful, performant WinUI apps with VS Code. Debug, build, package, and deploy Windows apps powered by the Windows App SDK.
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January 26, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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We are excited to announce the public preview of the Windows App Development CLI (winapp), a new open-source command-line tool designed to simplify the development lifecycle for Windows applications across a wide range of frameworks and toolchains. blogs.windows.com/windowsdevel...
Announcing winapp, the Windows App Development CLI
We are excited to announce the public preview of the Windows App Development CLI (winapp), a new open-source c
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January 23, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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Making foreach on an IEnumerable allocation-free using reflection and dynamic methods | by Andrew Lock

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Making foreach on an IEnumerable allocation-free using reflection and dynamic methods
In this post I describe why foreach sometimes allocates, and show how you can use DynamicMethod and Reflection.Emit to go allocation-free
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January 20, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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Easily Add GenAI to .NET Apps using Microsoft AI Extensions - Brandon Minnick - NDC Copenhagen 2025

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Easily Add GenAI to .NET Apps using Microsoft.Extensions.AI - Brandon Minnick - NDC Copenhagen 2025
This talk was recorded at NDC Copenhagen in Copenhagen, Denmark. #ndccopenhagen #ndcconferences #developer #softwaredeveloper Attend the next NDC conference near you:…
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January 20, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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Avoiding common pitfalls with async/await - Stephen Cleary - NDC Copenhagen 2025

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#dotnet #async #csharp #programming #devcommunity #ndc
Avoiding common pitfalls with async/await - Stephen Cleary - NDC Copenhagen 2025
This talk was recorded at NDC Copenhagen in Copenhagen, Denmark. #ndccopenhagen #ndcconferences #developer #softwaredeveloper Attend the next NDC conference near you:…
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January 21, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Raymond's blog: On the proper usage of a custom Win32 dialog class

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On the proper usage of a custom Win32 dialog class - The Old New Thing
You are replacing the window procedure, not the dialog procedure.
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January 22, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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What was the secret sauce that allows for a faster restart of Windows 95 if you hold the shift key? | by Raymond Chen

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What was the secret sauce that allows for a faster restart of Windows 95 if you hold the shift key? - The Old New Thing
An old flag from 16-bit Windows.
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January 20, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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PowerToys 0.97 dropped today. Lots of Command Palette updates, new CursorWrap tool, and expanded CLI support.

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GitHub - microsoft/PowerToys: Microsoft PowerToys is a collection of utilities that help you customize Windows and streamline everyday tasks
Microsoft PowerToys is a collection of utilities that help you customize Windows and streamline everyday tasks - microsoft/PowerToys
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January 20, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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🪟 PowerToys 0.97 just dropped! 🎉

✨ Major Command Palette upgrades
🖱️ New CursorWrap mouse utility
⚡ Faster Quick Access flyout
⌨️ Expanded CLI support

Check out what’s new 👇

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PowerToys 0.97 is here: a big Command Palette update and a new mouse utility
PowerToys 0.97 is here! This release packs in a ton of improvements to Command Palette, introduces a brand-new mouse utility called CursorWrap, expands CLI support across several utilities, and includ...
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January 20, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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Windows 11 feels incomplete without PowerToys.

The app's latest update brings big improvements to Command Palette and adds a new mouse utility that's *almost* perfect.
I’ve seen the future of Windows productivity, and it’s PowerToys v0.97.
PowerToys v0.97 is a massive win, bringing a "wrist-saving" mouse tool and a gorgeous new Command Palette to Windows 11.
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January 20, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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Introducing the Visual Studio Code MCP Server | by Calvin Allen

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#vscode #ai #mcp #devtools
Introducing the Visual Studio Code MCP Server!
A VS Code extension that exposes the IDE's language intelligence through the Model Context Protocol, enabling AI assistants to leverage IntelliSense, Go to Definition, Find References, and more.
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January 16, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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I'm back writing blog posts!
Here's how to trick out your Windows Terminal with GitHub Copilot CLI and Oh My Posh 🔥🔥🔥
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Making Windows Terminal awesome with GitHub Copilot CLI - Microsoft for Developers
As someone who lives and breathes in the command line, I love making my terminal feel like home. Windows Terminal is full of personalization options that really allow for a custom experience. Addition...
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December 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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#WindowsAppSDK 1.8.4 (1.8.260101001) has shipped!

Download package: msft.it/63324t7raG

#WASDKday
January 14, 2026 at 6:39 PM
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#WindowsAppSDK 1.8.4 has shipped!

This is a servicing release that includes AI text rewriting and critical bug fixes for the 1.8 release.

Release notes: msft.it/63323t7rsX
Windows App SDK 1.8 release notes - Windows apps
Provides information about what's new in Windows App SDK 1.8.
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January 14, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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#WinAppSDK 2.0 Experimental 4 (2.0.0-experimental4) has shipped!

Download: msft.it/63324t7rog

#WASDKday
Windows App SDK 2.0 release notes - Windows apps
Provides information about what's new in Windows App SDK 2.0.
msft.it
January 14, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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#WinAppSDK 2.0 Experimental 4 has shipped!

Bug fixes & APIs for features such as Search and new FlowLayout and WrapPanel controls.

Release notes: msft.it/63322t7rmk

#WASDKday
Windows App SDK 2.0 release notes - Windows apps
Provides information about what's new in Windows App SDK 2.0.
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January 14, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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Burke and Pierce sit down to review a full year of releases, surprises, partnerships, and AI goodies in VS Code from 2025!

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VS Code - 2025 Wrapped with Burke Holland and Pierce Boggan
Burke and Pierce sit down to review a full year of releases, surprises, partnerships, and AI goodies in VS Code from 2025! Chapters: 00:00 Intro & why this year matters 01:00 Copilot Free & Universe: the acceleration moment 06:00 Agent Mode arrives (autonomous tools + loops) 10:00 March: MCP + BYOK (extensibility & model choice) 16:00 April: Prompt files (slash commands) & multi‑window chat 19:00 May: Cloud Agent + PR workflow (parallelizing work; abundance) 24:00 Open source Copilot Chat + terminal safety/sandboxing 28:00 July/Aug: Worktrees, checkpoints & Auto Mode (foundation + smart routing) 33:00 Sep/Oct: Plan Mode, Subagents, MCP Gallery & Codex integration 38:00 Nov/Dec: Background agents, unified view & Agent skills 42:00 Closing, community thanks Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: - Apple Podcasts: https://msft.it/63328ttqSG - Spotify: https://msft.it/63329ttqSH - Amazon Music: https://msft.it/63320ttqSy - Castbox: https://msft.it/63321ttqSJ - Overcast: https://msft.it/63322ttqSK - Pocket Casts: https://msft.it/63323ttqSz - and more: https://msft.it/63325ttqS3 Follow VS Code: * X: https://msft.it/63326ttqSO * Bluesky: https://msft.it/63327ttqSP * YouTube: https://msft.it/63328ttqSu * LinkedIn: https://msft.it/63329ttqSR * GitHub: https://msft.it/63320ttqSr #vscode #ai #githubcopilot
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December 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM