Blogs summary – Thursday 28 August 2025
Here are some recent posts I found from interesting Azure, Microsoft and .NET blogs.
New from .NET Blog
- GPT-OSS – A C# Guide with Ollama
- Copilot Diagnostics toolset for .NET In Visual Studio
- Enhance your CLI testing workflow with the new dotnet test
- MauiReactor: An MVU Approach for .NET MAUI
- EFCore.Visualizer – View Entity Framework Core query plan inside Visual Studio
- Getting Started with the Aspire CLI
New from GitHub Changelog
- Grok Code Fast 1 is rolling out in public preview for GitHub Copilot
- The secret risk assessment is generally available
- Template URLs for fine-grained PATs and updated permissions UI
- Copilot coding agent is now available in GitHub Enterprise Cloud with data residency
- Copilot code completion now uses the GPT-4.1 Copilot model
- Copilot code review: Generally available in Xcode and new admin control
- Create sub-issues with Copilot in public preview
- Improvements to the home dashboard available in public preview
- Start and track Copilot coding agent tasks from Raycast
- Copilot coding agent now supports AGENTS.md custom instructions
New from Visual Studio Blog
- Model Context Protocol (MCP) is Now Generally Available in Visual Studio 🎉
- Bring Your Own Model to Chat in Visual Studio
- Better Control over Your Copilot Code Suggestions
- GitHub Copilot for Azure (Preview) Launches in Visual Studio 2022 with Azure MCP Support
- The Visual Studio August Update is here – smarter AI, better debugging, and more control
- Roadmap for AI in Visual Studio (September)
Thanks for reading!