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2025 (5)

September (4)

ai: Announcing Computer Use tool (Preview) in Azure AI Foundry Agent Service

Microsoft AI Foundry Blog

2025-09-16

Microsoft announced the Computer Use tool (Preview) for the Azure AI Foundry Agent Service. The preview brings feature parity with the Azure OpenAI Responses API while offering seamless integration into the Foundry agent runtime and enterprise-grade security, allowing developers to build agents that reason and use tools within a secure environment.

github: Remote GitHub MCP Server is now generally available

GitHub

2025-09-04

GitHub announced that the remote GitHub MCP Server is now generally available, with OAuth-based authentication, expanded tooling, and strengthened security guardrails to support production use.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Logic Apps Standard Automated Test Framework

Azure Updates

2025-09-03

Microsoft announced the general availability of the Azure Logic Apps Standard Automated Test Framework, which enables developers and teams to build, test, and maintain enterprise-grade workflows by creating unit tests for workflow definitions.

dotnet: Let Copilot Coding Agent handle the busy work

.NET

2025-09-03

The .NET Blog post demonstrates how the GitHub Copilot Coding Agent automates repetitive developer tasks—like generating unit tests and implementing features from a PRD—using a real .NET sample, enabling developers to concentrate on design and code review.

August (1)

dotnet: EFCore.Visualizer – View Entity Framework Core query plan inside Visual Studio

.NET

2025-08-27

EFCore.Visualizer is a Visual Studio extension that lets developers visualize and analyze Entity Framework Core query execution plans directly inside the IDE.