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David Weston leads Agentic Security at Microsoft, where he and his team build the AI models, autonomous agents, and evaluation systems redefining how defenders operate. At Microsoft since the Windows 7 era, he has worked across exploit mitigation design, malware analysis, APT research, and led security engineering for Windows, Xbox, Azure OS, and Microsoft's Offensive Securit...

I’ve completed a full rewrite of the R2DBC driver for SQL Server, focused on resolving performance, stability, and feature gaps in the current driver.

I’m looking to connect with people who can help move this work forward — whether through feedback, collaboration, or introductions within the R2DBC and SQL Server engineering communities.

Would you be open...

Building an agent shouldn't require you to reinvent platform capabilities. With Microsoft Foundry, hosted agents inherit essential capabilities such as authentication, ingress management, A2A transport, and discovery endpoints, freeing developers to focus on business logic and user value.

This article demonstrates the quickest route from a local containerized agent to ...

Hi, Insiders! I’m Shireen Salma, a Product Manager on the Office Accessibility team. Today, I’m excited to share how we’re making SmartArt in PowerPoint more accessible for people who use screen readers.

SmartArt is commonly used to visualize processes, hierarchies, relationships, and more. But until now, these visuals...

We are pleased to announce improvements to regional subscription limits for Azure SQL Managed Instance. These changes simplify subnet management and provide more granular control over vCore capacity across hardware generations.

Two changes are now generally available:

Azure SQL Managed Instance no longer appli...