In January 2026, Microsoft announced the acquisition of Osmos, an agentic AI data engineering platform that automates complex data transformation, integration, and quality tasks. This acquisition signals Microsoft’s commitment to bringing autonomous AI agents into the data engineering workflow within Microsoft Fabric. For data engineers struggling with repetitive ETL development, schema mapping, and data quality […]
Read more →Anthropic Claude Cowork: Building General-Purpose AI Agents for Enterprise Knowledge Work
On January 12, 2026, Anthropic introduced Cowork—a general-purpose AI agent experience built on the same foundations as Claude Code but designed for everyday knowledge work. While Claude Code targets developers, Cowork empowers business professionals to delegate complex, multi-step tasks like document drafting, file organization, research synthesis, and workflow automation. Combined with Anthropic’s newly published Claude […]
Read more →EF Core 10: Vector Search, LeftJoin/RightJoin, and Full-Text Search on Cosmos DB
Entity Framework Core 10, released alongside .NET 10, introduces features that position it as a first-class choice for AI-powered applications. The headline addition—vector search support—enables semantic similarity queries directly in LINQ, while new LeftJoin/RightJoin operators and Cosmos DB full-text search round out a release focused on modern data access patterns. This comprehensive guide explores each […]
Read more →Azure Container Apps Dynamic Sessions: Secure Code Execution for AI Agents
AI agents that can write and execute code introduce significant security risks—from data exfiltration to resource abuse. Azure Container Apps Dynamic Sessions provides a solution: ephemeral, sandboxed execution environments that isolate agent-generated code from your production infrastructure. This comprehensive guide explores how to implement secure code execution for AI code interpreters, automated testing agents, and […]
Read more →GitHub Copilot Agent Mode: From Code Completion to Autonomous Development
In January 2026, GitHub Copilot has evolved far beyond its origins as an autocomplete tool. With Agent Mode now the practical default for millions of developers, Copilot can autonomously debug issues, refactor entire codebases, orchestrate multi-file edits, and even execute terminal commands—all while maintaining repository context across sessions. This comprehensive guide explores how Agent Mode […]
Read more →Semantic Search in Production: Embedding Strategies for Enterprise RAG
The quality of your RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) system depends more on your embedding strategy than on your choice of LLM. Poor embeddings mean irrelevant context retrieval, which no amount of prompt engineering can fix. This comprehensive guide explores production-ready embedding strategies—covering model selection, chunking approaches, hybrid search techniques, and optimization patterns that directly impact retrieval […]
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