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Practical steps✅ to tighten IAM, reduce risk, and build safer🔐 cloud ☁️ops. Read, apply, repeat.
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General Best Practices for AWS Admins, Part 1 -- AWSInsider
Brien Posey outlines AWS admin best practices -- keep accounts and access clean, reserve the root account for emergencies with least privilege and MFA, and tag resources for clear ownership and govern...
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February 12, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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Beware blind spots ⚠️ Teams chat replay gaps 💬 Power Platform limits ⚙️ Copilot history questions 🤖 Restore speeds that can stretch for days ⏱️
Insights from Ben Stegink (@benstegink)
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Microsoft 365 Backup Blind Spots Enterprises Must Address in 2026 -- Virtualization Review
Microsoft MVP and consultant Ben Stegink outlined critical data, configuration and restore gaps organizations must address when modernizing Microsoft 365 backup strategies.
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February 12, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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VS Code 1.109 turns Copilot from a prompt tool into a structured workflow engine 🔁 Rule enforcement, patch-based edits and resumable sessions change how AI fits into real work. 🧠⚙️
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Hands-On: Developing a Rule-Aware QA Mode with VS Code 1.109 Agent Skills -- Visual Studio Magazine
VS Code 1.109’s agent infrastructure upgrades enable structured, stateful workflows with rule enforcement, incremental approvals and patch-based edits instead of one-shot AI responses.
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February 11, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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🚀 Preview 1 introduces CoreCLR for WebAssembly, native Zstandard support, & new "with" syntax for collection expressions in C# 15. While MS shifts to "Agentic AI," developer feedback shows a mix of technical interest & skepticism about language complexity. 💻
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Devs Souring on .NET 11? -- Visual Studio Magazine
Microsoft's .NET 11 Preview 1 introduces runtime and SDK enhancements while facing community scrutiny over C# syntax complexity and a strategic shift toward AI-driven development.
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February 11, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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Build 🛠️ a custom AI mode l🤖 with Ollama in minutes -- no training from scratch. Pick a base model, edit a Modelfile, tune temperature/top_p/repeat_penalty, and go.
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Building Your Own AI Models -- The Easy Way -- Virtualization Review
This walkthrough from Brien Posey shows how to build a custom Ollama model from a base model and tune it with a short Modelfile -- without training from scratch.
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February 10, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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Paul Schnackenburg, a 1-person SOC from Down Under, explains ZT is a strategy, not a switch. A free workshop + assessment tools turn principles into a roadmap you can run. 🔐🧭

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The Zero Trust Workshop -- Your Free Nitro-Boosted Cybersecurity Strategy -- Virtualization Review
Paul Schnackenburg, our 1-person SOC from Down Under, explains in detail how the Zero Trust workshop guide, workbook, and assessment tool turn principles into a practical roadmap for staged adoption a...
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February 9, 2026 at 11:49 PM
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Ken Muse (@atlantabass) and Mickey Gousset (@mickey_gousset) of GitHub talk about how CI/CD pipelines are now a top attack target 🔐 and what teams can do about it.
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Threats from the Shadows: Securing the CI/CD Pipeline Against Modern Attacks -- Visual Studio Magazine
A deep dive into how attackers exploit overlooked weaknesses in CI/CD pipelines and software supply chains, and how .NET and DevOps teams can use automation and modern practices to detect and mitigate...
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February 9, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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Tried VS Code 1.109 multi-agent orchestration on a real-world task 🧪📄
Breaking a long formatting workflow into subagents + a QA pass made results more reliable, even if slower ⏱️
Audit trails > magic ✨
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Hands on with New Multi-Agent Orchestration in VS Code -- Visual Studio Magazine
A proof of concept shows how multi-agent orchestration in Visual Studio Code 1.109 can turn a fragile, one-pass AI workflow into a more reliable, auditable process by breaking long tasks into smaller,...
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February 9, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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February 9, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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Copilot’s “Auto” mode doesn’t actually choose based on a coding task 🤖
In VS Code & Visual Studio 2026, availability & policy come first ⚙️
Task-aware selection is still a roadmap item 📍
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Why Copilot's Auto Mode for AI Models Ignores Your Actual Task -- Visual Studio Magazine
Copilot's 'Auto' model picker in VS Code and Visual Studio currently routes to whatever model is most available and policy-compliant--not the one best matched to your prompt--while Microsoft/GitHub sa...
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February 6, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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VS Code 1.109 adds structured planning agents,🤖 parallel subagents, and unified session management. VS Code is now built for multi-agent development workflows 🧠
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VS Code 1.109 Deemed a Multi-Agent Development Platform -- Visual Studio Magazine
The January 2026 release of Visual Studio Code expands AI-assisted development with structured planning agents, parallel subagents, and unified orchestration across local and cloud environments.
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February 5, 2026 at 11:55 PM
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🚀 Multi-agent orchestration, parallel subagents, and /init workspace priming turn your editor into a proactive teammate. Automated complex workflows with zero friction. 🤖💻
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Beyond the Magic Word: Testing VS Code v1.109's New Workspace Priming -- Visual Studio Magazine
The January 2026 update to VS Code (v1.109) transforms the editor into a multi-agent orchestration hub, allowing developers to automate complex, rule-based editorial workflows with proactive context r...
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February 5, 2026 at 11:09 PM
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Is your backend infrastructure ready for agentic AI? 🤖 Greg Schulz (@storageio) explains the shift to "API-defined" infrastructure and how to scale for autonomous workloads. 🚀
Go here:💻🌐
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How to Scale Backend Infrastructure for the Age of Agentic AI -- Virtualization Review
Greg Schulz explains the critical shift toward API-defined infrastructure and how organizations must leverage federated management and gateways to scale for the unique, high-velocity demands of autono...
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February 5, 2026 at 8:55 PM
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🧑‍💻 Pushback on Jamf-linked repo attack concerns, saying Workspace Trust is "literally the protection" 🔒. The thread also hints at changes to tasks defaults + more sandboxing work. ⚠️
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VS Code Team Member Blames User Trust Decisions in Repo-Based Attacks -- Visual Studio Magazine
In a a robust Hacker News thread sparked by Jamf Threat Labs research, a VS Code team member defended the editor's Workspace Trust model as the primary safeguard against repo-based malware -- while ac...
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February 3, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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🖥️ Thin client or zero client? The choice matters more than you think! 🔒
Tom Fenton (@vdoppler) explains finance, defense & high-security environments. Your endpoint strategy = your security posture. Choose wisely! 💡
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The Thin-Client Landscape, Part 2 -- Virtualization Review
Tom Fenton provides a comprehensive buyer's guide for thin-client and zero-client solutions, examining vendor strategies, security considerations, and the key factors organizations must evaluate when ...
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February 3, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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🤖 AI scheming isn't sci-fi anymore -- it's real! ⚠️ From reward hacking to deceptive behavior, AI systems can pursue hidden goals that bypass human oversight. Understanding these risks is crucial for everyone. 🔒

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What Is AI Scheming ('When AI Turns Evil') and Why Should You Care -- Pure AI
AI scheming occurs when AI systems use strategies to achieve objectives in ways that are misaligned with human intentions, including hiding true goals, exploiting loopholes, and manipulating environme...
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February 2, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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🔍 Master linear regression with pseudo-inverse training in JavaScript! No hyperparameters needed -- just pure, direct computation. Perfect for datasets under 2,000 items. 📊✨
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Linear Regression with Pseudo-Inverse Training Using JavaScript -- Visual Studio Magazine
Dr. James McCaffrey presents a complete end-to-end demonstration of linear regression with pseudo-inverse training implemented using JavaScript. Compared to other training techniques, such as stochast...
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February 2, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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🔐 Joey D'Antoni mapped Zero Trust across Entra (identity), Intune (device/app trust) & Purview (data protection). "You don't want to prompt your users to MFA 500 times a day" 😅
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Cloud Expert Maps Intune Entra and Purview to a Layered Zero Trust Model -- Virtualization Review
Joey D'Antoni details how organizations can use Microsoft Entra, Intune and Purview together to implement a layered Zero Trust approach that ties identity-based access decisions to device compliance, ...
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January 30, 2026 at 8:55 PM
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Thin-client hardware 💻is now a commodity🔧 Major vendors (Dell, HP, Lenovo) under-invest in their OSes, opening the door for IGEL, 10ZiG & Citrix eLux to dominate software-defined endpoints 🚀 Deep dive into the landscape:
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The Thin-Client Landscape, Part 1 -- Virtualization Review
Tom Fenton examines the diverse thin-client marketplace beyond recent consolidation, revealing that major hardware vendors have commoditized their devices and under-invested in proprietary operating s...
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January 29, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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🤖 It makes it easier to run Copilot coding agent tasks per repo -- and get a PR back. I tried it on a small Node/Express app, reviewed the diffs in VS & merged. ✅
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Hands On with New GitHub Agents Tab for Repo-Level Copilot Coding Agent Workflows -- Visual Studio Magazine
GitHub's new Agents tab centralizes Copilot coding agent sessions in a repository, making it easier to launch tasks, track progress, and review the resulting pull requests in standard tooling such as ...
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January 29, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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Built the same dynamic Ticket Desk web app 🧪 in VS Code and Google Antigravity using prompts 💻 The real differences 📄showed up after it ran -- validation, fixes and refactoring 🔧
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Hands On Comparison: Building a Dynamic Web App in VS Code and Google Antigravity with Prompts Only -- Visual Studio Magazine
A hands-on test compared Visual Studio Code and Google Antigravity on generating and refining a simple dynamic Ticket Desk web application through prompts, revealing that workflow differences became m...
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January 28, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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Stuck in a dev rut? 👨‍💻 Whether it's choosing between consulting vs. corporate or moving into leadership, your career needs a map. 🗺️

Microsoft MVP Allen Conway shares how to navigate the software engineering maze with intention. 🧭✨

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Navigating Career Choices in Software Engineering -- Visual Studio Magazine
Veteran Microsoft MVP Allen Conway brings over 20 years of experience designed to help developers navigate key career decisions -- from job changes to leadership vs. technical roles. Learn how to eval...
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January 28, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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☁️ Cloud security🔐 gap widens! 66% of orgs lack confidence in real-time threat detection across multi-cloud environments. Identity risks top the charts at 77% 📊
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Report: Cloud Complexity Outpaces Security Defenses as Multi-Cloud Becomes the Norm -- Virtualization Review
The 2026 Cloud Security Report from Fortinet reveals that while cloud security budgets are rising, 66% of organizations lack confidence in real-time threat detection across increasingly complex multi-...
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January 27, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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🚀 Choosing the right GPU for AI? It's all about the VRAM! 💾 Memory is the real bottleneck—not processing power. Learn why you need 1.2-1.5x your model size in GPU memory 🧠✨
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What GPU You Really Need for AI Workloads -- Virtualization Review
Understanding GPU memory requirements is essential for AI workloads, as VRAM capacity--not processing power--determines which models you can run, with total memory needs typically exceeding model size...
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January 27, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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Hands-on testing shows Cursor, Windsurf, and Google Antigravity diverging sharply in how they plan work, execute changes, and hand control to AI 🤖
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What a Difference a VS Code Fork Makes: Antigravity, Cursor and Windsurf Compared -- Visual Studio Magazine
VS Code forks like Cursor, Windsurf, and Antigravity may share a common foundation, but hands-on testing shows they reflect sharply different philosophies around AI autonomy, workflow structure, and d...
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January 27, 2026 at 4:48 AM