Blogs summary – Saturday 28 June 2025
Here are some recent posts I found from interesting Azure, Microsoft and .NET blogs.
New from .NET Blog
New from Azure DevOps Blog
- Azure DevOps MCP Server, Public Preview
- Removing Azure Resource Manager reliance on Azure DevOps sign-ins
New from GitHub Changelog
- Security updates for apps and API access
- GitHub Copilot coding agent is now available for Copilot Business users
- GitHub Models now supports moving beyond free limits
- Configuring which secret scanning patterns are included in push protection is in public preview
- Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4 are now generally available in GitHub Copilot
- Improved attachments and larger context in Copilot Chat in public preview
- GitHub Copilot coding agent is available for Copilot Pro users in public preview
- GitHub Actions fine-grain permissions are now generally available for custom repository roles
- Improved pull request files changed experience now in public preview
- Upcoming breaking change for GitHub Actions: Removal of larger hosted runners from self-hosted API
New from Visual Studio Blog
- Agent mode is now generally available with MCP support
- Inside Access: Join Us at VS Live! Redmond for a Week of Deep Developer Learning
- Better Models, Smarter Defaults: Claude Sonnet 4, GPT-4.1, and More Control in Visual Studio
Thanks for reading!