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Extend your coding agent with .NET Skills - .NET Blog Introducing the dotnet/skills repository and how .NET agent skills can improve coding agent workflows.

Extend your coding agent with .NET Skills

Preview Release v7.0.0-preview4 · dotnet SqlClient · Discussion #4006 Hello Community! We are pleased to announce that the 7.0.0 Preview 4 release is now available, and it (finally!) addresses this long-standing issue. Please give it a try, and open new Issues with a...

SqlClient 7.0 preview 4 release notes - major breaking changes in this preview release, please help the team by testing it out
#dotnet #sqlserver #sqlclient

Release v1.0 of the official MCP C# SDK - .NET Blog What’s new in the MCP C# SDK v1.0, including enhanced authorization, richer metadata, tool calling enhancements and long-running requests.

Release v1.0 of the official MCP C# SDK

Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 7.0 Preview 4: Finally, Azure.Identity is Optional! 🎉

#dotnet #sqlserver

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Just blogged: "8 New T-SQL Analysis Rules to Catch Bugs Before They Reach Production" - the blog post explains the new rules, and the many ways you can take advantage of them.
#dotnet #sqlserver #dacfx

Vector Data in .NET - Building Blocks for AI Part 2 - .NET Blog Explore the power of Vector Data in .NET AI for enhancing semantic searches and intelligent applications.

Vector Data in .NET – Building Blocks for AI Part 2

.NET 10 Decoded, Thu, Feb 26, 2026, 4:30 PM | Meetup **Presentation** Back in November 2025 Microsoft released the latest version of .NET, C# and Visual Studio. Our good friend and local MVP Erik Ejlskov Jensen, has picked o

It is never too late - join me in person tomorrow for ".NET 10 Decoded" - get an overview of the .NET 10 stack and new features - live in Ballerup!
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The Dongle Died at Midnight – WinForms Agent Saved my German Mom's Business Trip - .NET Blog Understand the impacts of replacing a legacy app with the WinForms Expert Agent and GitHub Copilot through a personal story.

The Dongle Died at Midnight – WinForms Agent Saved my German Mom’s Business Trip

Modernizing REST API Client Code Generator with the New Visual Studio Extensibility Model I recently rebuilt the REST API Client Code Generator extension for Visual Studio from the ground up using the new Visual Studio.Extensibility model. This migration allowed the extension to run…

Modernizing REST API Client Code Generator with the New Visual Studio Extensibility Model
#visualstudio #rest #api

Dear Copilot, can you help me with SQL? - Azure SQL Devs’ Corner Using Copilot with Azure SQL to go from schema design to local development, REST APIs, and Azure deployment, all guided by workspace instructions and skills that keep SQL at the center.

Dear Copilot, can you help me with SQL? From Jerry Nixon

Federating Databases with Data API Builder Chaining - Azure SQL Devs’ Corner Using Data API builder and sp_invoke_external_rest_endpoint, you can compose and federate data across databases and engines in SQL without relying on linked servers.

Federating Databases with Data API Builder Chaining from Jerry Nixon

Upstream is dead, basically my fork is a complete reboot 10+ years later. I am looking forward to see your propsal

Thanks, I try to aim for useful 😀

Just use it to offer to early adopters and for users to confirm fixed issues

No stats there - promoting extensions usually works for me.

Release notes Entity Framework Core Power Tools - reverse engineering, migrations and model visualization in Visual Studio & CLI - ErikEJ/EFCorePowerTools

New release of Entity Framework Core Power Tools for Visual Studio, with latest EF Core drivers and improved mapping of UDT stored procedure parameters

SQL Database Project Power Tools - Visual Studio Marketplace Extension for Visual Studio - Tools to enhance the SQL Database Projects developer experience, including Project and Item templates, Import existing databases, create E/R diagrams and much more.

New release of SQL Database Projects Power Tools for Visual Studio, now with the ability to scaffold a Data API Builder SQL MCP Server (and REST API) directly from your database project.

Gotta love the updated VSIX Gallery! Thanks, @madskristensen

I need at least 12 testers to use a closed beta release of my Morning Dew Android app for two weeks before I can release it. If you have a Google Play account and want to try it early, send me a private message with your email address. I'll add you to the list of testers.

GitHub Copilot Testing for .NET Brings AI-powered Unit Tests to Visual Studio 2026 - .NET Blog Visual Studio 18.3 brings GitHub Copilot Testing for .NET, an AI-powered test agent for generating and managing unit tests across your codebase.

GitHub Copilot Testing for .NET Brings AI-powered Unit Tests to Visual Studio 2026

Home DacFx, SqlPackage, and other SQL development libraries enable declarative database development and database portability across SQL versions and environments. Share feedback here on dacpacs, bacpacs...

There is now a roadmap for sqlpackage / DacFX - note the plans to add support for SQL Database Projects in SSMS!
#dotnet #sqlserver
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.NET 11 Preview 1 is now available! - .NET Blog Explore .NET 11 Preview 1, now available with updates to the runtime, libraries, and more. Get the details today!

.NET 11 Preview 1 is now available!

.NET and .NET Framework February 2026 servicing releases updates - .NET Blog A recap of the latest servicing updates for .NET and .NET Framework for February 2026.

.NET and .NET Framework February 2026 servicing releases updates

Release Container publish support · rr-wfm/MSBuild.Sdk.SqlProj In this new major release of MSBuild.Sdk.SqlProj we've included support for publishing container images directly from a project. The published container image contains both your projects build arti...

Jonathan Mezach just levelled up our SQL Database Project SDK with container publishing - publish a container to that includes your .dacpac and publish everywhere!
#sqlserver #azuresql #dotnet

.NET Framework 3.5 Moves to Standalone Deployment in new versions of Windows - .NET Blog An announcement of .NET Framework 3.5 servicing updates on new versions of Windows.

.NET Framework 3.5 Moves to Standalone Deployment in new versions of Windows

Getting Started with SQL Database Project Power Tools SQL Database Project Power Tools is a free Visual Studio extension that makes working with SQL database projects easier and more productive. This guide will help you get started with the key features.

Just blogged: Getting Started with SQL Database Project Power Tools - a new Visual Studio extension to improve the SQL Projects developer experience

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.NET AI Essentials - The Core Building Blocks Explained - .NET Blog Learn how Microsoft.Extensions.AI provides a unified API for building intelligent .NET applications with any LLM provider - one interface, endless possibilities, with built-in middleware, telemetry, structured...

.NET AI Essentials – The Core Building Blocks Explained

Join Microsoft at NDC London 2026 - Let’s Build the Future of .NET Together - .NET Blog Join Microsoft at NDC London 2026 for expert insights on .NET, Azure, AI, and cloud-native development from top speakers.

Join Microsoft at NDC London 2026 – Let’s Build the Future of .NET Together

SQL Formatter Adds support for the Format Document command for SQL files. Use Ctrl+K, Ctrl+D to execute the command to format the document. Configure the formatting behavior through options.

Build with actual SSMS supplort: www.vsixgallery.com/extension/Sq...

SQL Formatter Adds support for the Format Document command for SQL files. Use Ctrl+K, Ctrl+D to execute the command to format the document. Configure the formatting behavior through options.

Excellent question - "someone" commented out the SSMS target on the MarketPlace version - but the latest build on VSIX Gallery works with SSMS www.vsixgallery.com/extension/Sq...