Blogs summary – Sunday 28 September 2025
Here are some recent posts I found from interesting Azure, Microsoft and .NET blogs.
New from .NET Blog
- Application Insights Code Optimizations for .NET Apps
- .NET STS releases supported for 24 months
- Prompt Files and Instructions Files Explained
- New Trusted Publishing enhances security on NuGet.org
- Exploring Text-to-Image capabilities in .NET
- Announcing Aspire 9.5
- Preparing Your .NET MAUI Apps for Google Play’s 16 KB Page Size Requirement
New from Azure DevOps Blog
New from GitHub Changelog
- Recent changes to the home dashboard disabled
- Copilot Spaces is now generally available
- Copilot coding agent is now generally available
- GitHub Copilot CLI is now in public preview
- Upcoming deprecation of gh-copilot CLI extension
- Pull request “Files changed” public preview now supports commenting on unchanged lines
- Copilot can create issues with code snippets in public preview
- Kick off and track Copilot coding agent sessions from the GitHub CLI
- Product-specific billing APIs are closing down
- CodeQL 2.23.1 adds support for Java 25, TypeScript 5.9 and Swift 6.1.3
New from Visual Studio Blog
- Getting the most out of MCP in Visual Studio with Prompts, Resources, and Sampling
- Enhancements to XAML Live Preview in Visual Studio for .NET MAUI
Thanks for reading!