Dew Drop - September 11, 2026 (#4751)
Dew Drop roundup: TechBash registration, Visual Studio tips, WinUI 3, AI agents, .NET, Windows dev news, and more.
Dew Drop roundup: TechBash registration, Visual Studio tips, WinUI 3, AI agents, .NET, Windows dev news, and more.
Exploring Azure Local and Microsoft Sovereign Private Cloud at HPE Customer Innovation Center, focusing on hybrid infrastructure and digital sovereignty.
Architectural guide for integrating VMware Cloud Foundation with Microsoft Azure services to build a unified hybrid platform.
A retrospective on Microsoft SQL Server user requests from 10 years ago, checking which top-voted features were actually built.
Jesse Liberty discusses AI in an interview on .NET Live, sharing his extensive tech experience.
Analysis of SQL Server security issues, vulnerability disclosure challenges, and Microsoft's documentation gaps.
Analysis of Microsoft's AI Prompt Defense Stack, including Prompt Shields, Spotlighting, and Defender for Cloud, to protect against prompt injection attacks.
Adding MAI-Image-2.5 support to ElBruno.Text2Image .NET library and t2i CLI for image generation from terminal or C# code.
Microsoft Entra is expanding system-preferred authentication to first-factor login, prioritizing secure methods like passkeys over passwords.
Microsoft announces MAI-Thinking-1 and MAI-Code-1-Flash LLMs, with details on parameters, licensing, and training data.
Microsoft announces MAI-Thinking-1 and MAI-Code-1-Flash LLMs, with low active parameters and claims of performance, but training data issues remain.
Thomas Maurer announces his Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) status for 2026, sharing his passion for teaching Microsoft technologies and helping others grow.
Explains the support lengths for .NET LTS (3 years) and STS (2 years) versions, and how recent changes align their end dates.
Microsoft's AGPM tool reaches End of Life on April 14, 2026, with no direct replacement, prompting a need for migration to modern alternatives.
Explores the inability of New Outlook (NEW) for Mac to subscribe to online calendars and provides a workaround using Outlook on the web.
Weekly roundup of recent posts from major Microsoft, Azure, .NET, GitHub, and Visual Studio developer blogs.
Summary of recent and upcoming changes to Microsoft certification exams, including updates for Azure and cybersecurity.
A daily tech link roundup covering AI models, .NET, web dev, VS Code updates, and software engineering topics from February 6, 2026.
Author discusses appearing on Scott Hanselman's podcast to talk about writing and developer tools.
Microsoft's Azure IaaS and Azure Local updates for late Dec 2025, covering AI platform leadership, storage replication, and ransomware protection.