Introducing Change Event Streaming: Join the Azure SQL Database Private Preview for Change Data Streaming


In a world where digital transformation is accelerating, the ability to integrate and process real-time data from diverse sources is crucial for success. Organizations today depend on timely insights to enhance decision-making, improve operations, and foster innovation. To meet this need, we’re thrilled to announce the private preview of Change Event Streaming (CES), a new […]

Revolutionizing Large-Scale AI with Janusgraph and Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra


JanusGraph is a high-performance graph database that offers flexibility in choosing storage backends. Apache Cassandra is a distributed NoSQL database known for its scalability and fault tolerance. Combining these two technologies can create a robust and efficient graph database solution. You can use the Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra which is a fully-managed offering […]

.NET 9 中的 OpenAPI 文档生成


本文翻译自Mike Kistler的OpenAPI document generation in .NET 9 .NET 9 中的 ASP.NET Core 通过引入全新的对OpenAPI 文档生成功能的内置支持,简化了为 API 端点创建 OpenAPI 文档的过程。这项新功能旨在简化开发工作流程,并改善 OpenAPI 定义在 ASP.NET 应用中的集成。 OpenAPI 的广泛使用催生了丰富的工具和服务生态系统,它们能够帮助您更高效地构建、测试和记录 API。例如,Swagger UI、Kiota 客户端库生成器和 Redoc 等,当然还有许多其他工具。  为什么选择 OpenAPI?  OpenAPI 是定义和记录 HTTP API 的强大工具。它提供了一种标准化方式来描述 API 的端点、请求和响应格式、身份验证方案以及其他重要细节。这种标准化使开发人员能够更轻松地了解和与API进行交互,从而促进更好的协作并构建更强大的应用程序。  此外,许多大型语言模型(LLMs)已在 OpenAPI 文档上进行了训练,使其能够自动生成代码、测试用例和其他工件。通过为您的 API 生成 OpenAPI 文档,您可以利用这些 LLM 来加速开发流程。  .NET 9 中的新功能?  在 .NET 9 中,我们引入了对 OpenAPI […]

What’s New in vcpkg (January 2025)


This blog post summarizes changes to the vcpkg package manager as part of the 2025.01.13 registry release, 2025-01-11 tool release, as well as changes to vcpkg documentation throughout January. This release includes minor improvements and bug fixes. Some stats for this period: There are now 2,524 total ports available in the vcpkg curated registry. A […]

Announcing a free GitHub Copilot for Visual Studio


We’re excited to announce an all new free plan for GitHub Copilot, available for everyone today in Visual Studio. All you need is a GitHub account. No trial. No subscription. No credit card. With GitHub Copilot Free, you’ll receive: 2,000 code completions per month 50 chat messages per month Access to the latest AI models with […]

Improve the “R” in RAG and embrace Agentic RAG in Azure SQL


The RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) pattern, which is commonly discussed today, is based on the foundational idea that the retrieval part is done using vector search. This ensures that all the most relevant information available to answer the given question is returned and then fed to an LLM to generate the final answer. While vector […]