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Similarity Search with FAISS and Azure SQL

August 1, 2024 Aug 1, 2024 08/1/24

In today’s data-driven world, finding similar items within large datasets is a common challenge. Whether it’s recommending products, identifying similar documents, or clustering data points, efficient similarity search is crucial. This blog post will explore how to leverage FAISS (Facebook AI Similarity Search) and Azure SQL to perform ...

Azure SQL Devs’ Corner

Java on Visual Studio Code的更新 – 2024年7月

August 1, 2024 Aug 1, 2024 08/1/24

Nick Zhu

大家好，欢迎来到 Visual Studio Code 7月份的 Java 更新！本博客将覆盖最新的 Gradle 功能增强、用户体验改进以及新的 Spring 功能，让我们开始吧！ Gradle 功能增强支持 Gradle 的 HCR （热代码替换） HCR（热代码替换）是 VS Code Java...

Java Blog in Chinese

Java on Visual Studio Code Update - July 2024

August 1, 2024 Aug 1, 2024 08/1/24

Nick Zhu

Hi everyone, welcome to the July update for Visual Studio Code for Java! This blog will cover the latest Gradle enhancements, user experience improvements and new Spring features, so let's get started! Gradle enhancements HCR Support for Gradle Build Server HCR (Hot Code Replace) is an advanced feature that debugger supports in VS Code Java...

Microsoft for Java Developers

Python in Visual Studio Code - August 2024 Release

July 31, 2024 Jul 31, 2024 07/31/24

Courtney Webster

The August 2024 release of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code are now available. This month's updates include improved Python discovery using python environment tools, inline variable values with the python debugger, and improvements to the VS Code native REPL. Keep reading to learn more!

Python

Transforming Fleet Operations with vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB Geospatial Capabilities

July 31, 2024 Jul 31, 2024 07/31/24

Sudhanshu Vishodia

(image) Efficient fleet management is essential for industries that rely on transportation, such as logistics, delivery services, and public transportation. vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB supports enabling developers to create sophisticated geo-enabled applications with ease. Organizations can streamline fleet operations, monitor ...

Azure Cosmos DB Blog

How to compress out interior padding in a `std::pair` and why you don't want to

July 31, 2024 Jul 31, 2024 07/31/24

Raymond Chen

Context-sensitive layout means you get a different structure each time you use it.

The Old New Thing

Announcing a new Learn module: Create a copilot to help promote your podcast

July 31, 2024 Jul 31, 2024 07/31/24

Gomolemo Mohapi

Microsoft Learn has always been a way to learn new skills and concepts and discover the power of Microsoft products with step-by-step guidance. Recently, there has been an increase of learn paths and modules that throw you further into the deep end allowing you to develop new skills by building an end-to-end solution or project. This is where...

Power Platform Developer Blog

What's coming next? Summer / Fall roadmap for Semantic Kernel

July 30, 2024 Jul 30, 2024 07/30/24

Matthew Bolanos

It feels like yesterday when we went live with v1.0+ of all our SDKs (Python, Java, and C#) at Microsoft Build. Since then, the Semantic Kernel team has been hard at work making Semantic Kernel even better. Now that we've made some progress, we'd like to share what we have planned over the next few months for Microsoft Ignite. To see ...

Semantic Kernel