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Securing MCP: A Control Plane for Agent Tool Execution
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is quickly becoming a common way for AI agents to discover and use tools. It provides a consistent interface to databases, APIs, file systems, and third-party services, which makes it easier to plug capabilities into agent workflows.
However, MCP...
Read moreClick to read more about this postI Wasted 68 Minutes a Day Re-Explaining My Code. Then I Built auto-memory.
~1,900 lines of Python. Zero dependencies. Saves you an hour a day.
GitHub → · pip install auto-memory
Now give Copilot CLI enhanced context recall. Point it at deploy/install.md and let it cook. 🍳
Are you tired of using the slash /compact command every 10 min?
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Read moreClick to read more about this postLessons Learned from Building a Well-Matching Intelligence Layer
Key insights from the EDA and Ground Truth journey for solving well identity resolution in the Energy industry—challenges that extend to any entity matching problem across distributed systems.
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Apr 24, 2026
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Azure MCP Server now available as an MCP Bundle (.mcpb)
Azure MCP Server is now available as an MCP Bundle (.mcpb), enabling one-click installation into Claude Desktop and other MCP-compatible clients.
Azure SDK Blog
Apr 24, 2026
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Chat History Storage Patterns in Microsoft Agent Framework
When people talk about building AI agents, they usually focus on models, tools, and prompts. In practice, one of the most important architectural decisions is much simpler: where does the conversation history live?
Imagine a user asks your agent a complex question, clicks “try...
Microsoft Agent Framework
Apr 24, 2026
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Defending against exceptions in a scope_exit RAII type
But maybe it's not worth it.
The Old New Thing
Apr 24, 2026
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Axios npm Supply Chain Compromise – Guidance for Azure Pipelines Customers
On March 31, 2026, malicious versions of the widely used JavaScript HTTP client library Axios were briefly published to the npm registry as part of a supply chain attack.
The affected versions — 1.14.1 and 0.30.4 — included a hidden malicious dependency that executed during...
Azure DevOps Blog
Apr 23, 2026
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What's new for .NET in Ubuntu 26.04
Ubuntu 26.04 (Resolute Raccoon) ships today with .NET 10. Here's how to install .NET 10 from the archive, use the new -resolute container tags, build Native AOT apps, and install .NET 8 and 9 from the dotnet-backports PPA.
.NET Blog
Apr 23, 2026
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LangChain.js for Beginners: A Free Course to Build Agentic AI Apps with JavaScript
Yohan,
Dan
Want to build AI agents with JavaScript that go beyond basic chat completions? Agents that reason, call tools, and pull from knowledge bases on their own? We put together a free, open source course to help you get there.
LangChain.js for Beginners is 8 chapters and 70+ runnable...
Microsoft for Developers
Apr 23, 2026
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General Availability: Single Sign-On (SSO) from Native Apps to Embedded Web Views in Microsoft Entra External ID Native Authentication
We’re excited to announce the General Availability (GA) of Single Sign-On (SSO) from Native Apps to Embedded Web Views for Microsoft Entra External ID (EEID) Native Authentication.
This release marks a major milestone in delivering end-to-end seamless authentication experiences for...
Microsoft Entra Identity Platform
Apr 23, 2026
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CodeAct in Agent Framework: Faster Agents with Fewer Model Turns
Modern AI agents often aren't bottlenecked by model quality, they are bottlenecked by orchestration overhead. When an agent chains together many small tool calls, each step typically requires a new model turn, driving up latency and token usage.
With CodeAct support in Agent...
Microsoft Agent Framework
Apr 23, 2026
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Another crash caused by uninstaller code injection into Explorer
Inadvertently destroying a staircase while standing on it.
The Old New Thing