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Microsoft’s latest announcement heralds a new era of AI innovation with the introduction of the Phi family’s next-generation models—Phi-4-multimodal and Phi-4-mini. Designed to empower developers and elevate user experiences, these small language models (SLMs) are poised to transform how we...

As the digital landscape continues to evolve, businesses and developers alike have embraced low-code platforms as a game-changing way to innovate quickly and efficiently. In 2024, the Low Code Approach Podcast—hosted by industrial veterans from Microsoft’s own Power Platform team—offered a...

The world of AI-assisted coding is evolving at breakneck speed. In a bid to upend traditional subscription models and transform developer productivity, Google has launched Gemini Code Assist Free—a free-tier AI coding assistant that dramatically outpaces the current offerings from competitors...

Microsoft is shaking up the AI development landscape by introducing a newly rebranded module within its Azure AI Foundry service—an initiative aptly named Labs. Designed to give Azure AI users a dedicated sandbox for exploring breakthrough technologies, this new platform marks a significant...

GitHub is at it again—this time reimagining the coding landscape with the launch of its groundbreaking Agent Mode and a suite of AI-driven editing capabilities for its Copilot tool. These new features, recently highlighted by Cloud Wars, promise to revolutionize how developers, especially those...

The latest issue of Power Platform Weekly (Issue #206) shines a spotlight on the cutting-edge advancements that are reshaping the way Microsoft’s Power Platform drives productivity and automation. This deep dive will unpack the newsletter’s key highlights—from the private preview of PCF Copilot...

Artificial intelligence has already begun reshaping nearly every facet of our tech lives—and coding is no exception. Recently, a thorough test of GitHub Copilot, the AI-powered assistant built into Visual Studio Code and based on the GPT-4 architecture, has revealed a curious blend of triumph...

Microsoft continues to extend its AI-powered coding assistant into new territories. This time, the tech giant is previewing a version of GitHub Copilot that integrates with the widely used open-source Eclipse IDE, a significant boon for Java developers and those working in multi-language...

In a bold move to enhance the coding experience for a diverse, global community, GitHub has rolled out a suite of advanced features for its Copilot platform. Announced this Friday, these enhancements are set to transform how developers, including a rapidly expanding community in India, approach...

In today’s fast-paced development environment, staying ahead with the latest tools is non-negotiable. Visual Studio Code (VS Code) has once again pushed the envelope by releasing version 1.97, and if you’re a Windows developer, there’s plenty to get excited about. Copilot as an Integrated...

GitHub has once again stirred the developer community with a slew of innovative features aimed at streamlining coding tasks—this time focusing on empowering Indian firms but with benefits that ripple around the globe. As Windows users and developers, it’s hard not to take note of how these...

GitHub has recently unveiled a series of exciting updates that are set to revolutionize the way developers—especially those using Windows and the VS Code environment—create and refine their applications. These enhancements are not just incremental improvements; they mark a significant step...

I have solved the problem! See the original post, "A strange problem with modeless dialog boxes", for details. This is a repost, incorporating the latest simplifications of the problem statement, and a minimal reproducible example of the code... I'm having a problem with modeless dialog boxes...

Adding event handlers: Sounds, Dark Mode & Windowing (Part 2) Note that in part 1 of the WinAppSDK Blog Series you implemented the visual layer of the DrumPad using WinUI 3 controls. However, if you click on any buttons, nothing happens, because we have not defined any actions, which we will do...

This year’s Microsoft Build is packed with news tailored specifically for developers. Our team has been hard at work creating useful tools and improving the developer experience for anyone who develops on Windows, including innovations with Terminal and WSL2. Additionally, we are unifying the...

Today, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK to be used in conjunction with Link Removed (Build 17758 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 17758 contains bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area. The Preview SDK can be downloaded from the Link Removed. For...

We hope everyone had a great vacation and a very happy New Year! We’re excited to be back and while we have a few exciting updates on the way, here are a few things that you might have missed. Patterns & Controls Tutorials Fly out menus. Dialogue boxes. Buttons. Check, check and check. Learn...

With Windows 10, the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) provides a number of improvements to better support sharing data and files across Windows apps. Cross-app communication in Windows 10 Windows 10 introduces some new and improved ways to ease communication between apps on the same device...

We've highlighted the Kinect Studio a number of times... Kinect for Windows v2 and the Kinect Studio Kinect Studio and a Harmonica Player Custom Gestures, Kinect for Windows v2 and the Visual Gesture Builder Bruno shows us how to use the Kinect Studio Kinect Studio 101 ...but it's been over...

With the latest release of Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 10166, we are excited to introduce the Windows 10 Application Deployment (WinAppDeployCmd.exe) tool. The Windows 10 Application Deployment (WinAppDeployCmd) is a command line utility that can be utilized to deploy a Universal Windows app...