Microsoft move to unify search and generative AI for secure, reliable, and actionable user experiences.

Microsoft’s recent announcements at Copilot Sessions have signalled a notable shift in how artificial intelligence and search capabilities are converging. The focus is clear: centring technology around people, emphasising trust, transparency, and relevance. In my view, this marks an important milestone in the evolution of enterprise search and generative AI—where clarity of sources, user control,... Continue Reading →

December 1, 2025 0

CSS Helper MCP

For those that read my Vibe Coding (https://themicrosoftcloudblog.com/2025/11/21/adventures-in-vibe-coding-building-apps-and-tools-without-writing-a-single-line-of-code-introduction/) article you will now that I attempted something that quite frankly I was surprised worked. To give a brief recap I decided that I would test how good GitHUb Copilot actually was at writing code and creating solutions. So I basically prompted my way to 2 React/Node... Continue Reading →

November 27, 2025 0

Conversational Container Management: Copilot and VS Code Transform Developer Productivity

Managing containers has long been an exercise in juggling command-line instructions, deciphering logs, and switching contexts. The recent update to the Visual Studio Code (VS Code) Container Tools extension marks a significant step forward, integrating Copilot directly into the developer workflow. This move reshapes how developers interact with containers, allowing for a more intuitive, conversational... Continue Reading →

November 26, 2025 0

Making AI-Assisted Azure Development Reliable: The Azure Schema MCP Server

Let’s talk about a problem that anyone building Azure applications with GitHub Copilot (or any AI assistant, really) will have hit at some point. You ask Copilot for a KQL query or an API call, and it obligingly spits out code that looks plausible. Unfortunately, it’s often wrong on the details—column names, field names, schema... Continue Reading →

November 24, 2025 0

Agentic AI: A Quiet Revolution in Cloud Migration

Let’s face it, cloud migration and app modernisation aren’t exactly the most glamorous parts of digital transformation. They’re necessary, often complex, and usually come with more spreadsheets than anyone would like to admit. But every so often, something genuinely useful comes along that’s worth paying attention to. Microsoft’s latest update to Azure brings agentic AI into the... Continue Reading →