Blogs summary – Wednesday 14 January 2026
Here are some recent posts I found from interesting Azure, Microsoft and .NET blogs.
New from .NET Blog
- Generative AI with Large Language Models in C# in 2026
- Secure and Intelligent: Queryable Encryption and Vector Search in MongoDB EF Core Provider
- How We Synchronize .NET’s Virtual Monorepo
- How to Build Android Widgets with .NET MAUI
- .NET and .NET Framework January 2026 servicing releases updates
New from GitHub Changelog
- Reduced pricing for GitHub-hosted runners usage
- Gemini 3 Flash is now available in Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Xcode, and Eclipse
- Deprecation of user to organization account transformation
- Controlling who can request apps for your organization is now generally available
- Selectively showing “act on your behalf” warning for GitHub Apps is in public preview
- New fine-grained permission for artifact metadata is now generally available
- Upcoming deprecation of select GitHub Copilot models from Claude, Google, and OpenAI
- Organization custom properties now generally available
- GPT-5.2-Codex is now generally available in GitHub Copilot
New from Visual Studio Blog
Thanks for reading!