Blogs summary – Tuesday 28 April 2026
Here are some recent posts I found from interesting Azure, Microsoft and .NET blogs.
New from .NET Blog
- .NET 11 Preview 3 is now available!
- .NET and .NET Framework April 2026 servicing releases updates
- Pin Clustering in .NET MAUI Maps
- Writing Node.js addons with .NET Native AOT
- .NET 10.0.7 Out-of-Band Security Update
- What’s new for .NET in Ubuntu 26.04
- Combining API versioning with OpenAPI in .NET 10 applications
- High-Performance Distributed Caching with .NET and Postgres on Azure
- Welcome to SkiaSharp 4.0 Preview 1
New from Azure DevOps Blog
- April Patches for Azure DevOps Server
- One-click security scanning and org-wide alert triage come to Advanced Security
- Azure DevOps MCP Server April Update
- Public Preview: Actual Result for Manual Tests in Azure Test Plans
- Optimizing Git policy management at scale
- Axios npm Supply Chain Compromise – Guidance for Azure Pipelines Customers
New from GitHub Changelog
- Copilot cloud agent fields added to usage metrics
- Global pull requests dashboard moves to opt-out public preview
- Copilot Chat improvements for pull requests
- Inline agent mode in preview and more in GitHub Copilot for JetBrains IDEs
- GPT-5.5 is generally available for GitHub Copilot
- Changes to notification retention and archived repository watches
- Notice about upcoming new format for GitHub App installation tokens
- GitHub Copilot code review will start consuming GitHub Actions minutes on June 1, 2026
- Copilot cloud agent starts 20% faster with Actions custom images
- Copilot Student GPT-5.3-Codex removal from model picker
New from Visual Studio Blog
- Stop Hunting Bugs: Meet the New Visual Studio Debugger Agent Workflow
- Azure MCP tools now ship built into Visual Studio 2022 — no extension required
- From AI to .NET: 20 VS Live! Las Vegas Sessions You Can Watch Now
Thanks for reading!