Simon Bisson

Microsoft’s new rustup-like tool makes it easy to build and manage .NET environments from the command line.

The open-source Rayfin SDK lets developers and coding agents build rigidly-defined data-driven applications that run inside Microsoft Fabric, bridging the gap between coders and non-coders.

Microsoft has promoted the Rust programming language to Tier-1 status internally and begun integrating it with the Microsoft Visual C++ tool chain for Windows development.

MSBuild is more powerful than you might think, as it’s usually hidden behind an IDE. Here’s a peek behind the curtain.

Microsoft’s open-source sandbox for running untrusted code on Windows, Linux, and macOS has evolved into a cross-platform, policy-based execution layer for agents.

The more you drill down into the language structure of G#, the more you can see it as a hybrid of the .NET approach and Go. That makes it a very flexible tool.

Agents need fast, fresh, real-world data to stay grounded and avoid errors. Microsoft’s new grounding service helps solve this problem.

What if you could use Linux code inside your Windows applications without changing it? Now you can.

Build type-safe JavaScript applications in less time with Microsoft’s native port of TypeScript built with Go.

Microsoft is delivering tools to quickly configure Windows PCs as workstations for Windows and Linux development.

Microsoft Marketplace is becoming a useful resource for AI application developers, offering tools to build agents, models to power them, and a way to monetize them.

End-of-support is coming for four long-term support versions of Java, starting in 2029. Avoid the stress of parallel modernization projects and get started now.

Piling on guardrails is the sign of a system permanently compensating for its own unreliability. There’s a better approach.

Microsoft’s Agent Governance Toolkit brings runtime policy enforcement to autonomous agents, based on the OWASP top 10 agent risks.

Can Informatica and Salesforce help enterprises close the gap between trusted data and AI-driven decisions? Informatica World 2026 should provide answers.

It’s time to switch to a new development tool for SQL Server and Azure SQL. Here’s how to get started with the MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code.

As software development accelerates and enterprise environments evolve more quickly, security testing must also become continuous.

How do we fix code fast when the bug reports arrive faster? Multi-agent orchestration tools like Squad may be the answer.

The gap between human and AI performance on database tasks will shrink over time, but more complex problems will still require human expertise and control.

Microsoft has simplified service mesh scaling and management with an ambient-based service network for AKS. Here’s how to get started.