A burst of Microsoft announcements highlights AI coding agents, local testing, developer tooling, security and expanded language support for its cloud database platform.

Microsoft will begin reporting Azure revenue in dollars for the first time, providing more clarity about its business that competes with Amazon Web Services. The company is trimming the number of ...

A threat actor is selling employee databases allegedly stolen from the Microsoft Azure infrastructure of multiple Fortune 500 companies after gaining access using compromised credentials. Starting ...

REDMOND, Wash., and SAN FRANCISCO — July 23, 2026 — Microsoft Corp. and Databricks on Wednesday announced an expansion of their decade-long strategic partnership, extending into the 2030s. Databricks ...

A threat actor targeting Microsoft 365 and Azure production environments is stealing data in attacks that abuse legitimate applications and administration features. Microsoft tracks the actor as Storm ...

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. Microsoft recently ended support for Azure Data ...

This change means fewer installation steps, no version mismatches between the extension and the IDE, and a single update path through the Visual Studio Installer. The Azure MCP Server version gets ...

It’s not often that Apple launches a new Mac display, but today we got two of them. There’s a new Studio Display, which starts at $1,599, and the Studio Display XDR that starts at $3,299. The latter ...

Azure Data Factory serves as a central orchestrator for managing data tasks, especially in ETL processes. It empowers businesses to seamlessly manage data movement through a code-free UI for intuitive ...

Managing cloud resources often means juggling multiple tools, writing custom scripts, and switching contexts between your IDE and cloud management portals. These extra steps slow development and make ...

Microsoft announced that Azure MCP Server capabilities are now included out-of-the-box in Visual Studio 2026, which went GA this week and rewrote the usual long form of the acronym IDE, turning it ...