Published: 2026-04-02
Source: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/5-highlights-thursday-2nd-april-2026-106-edition-taswar-bhatti-u3pxf
Here is the #106 edition of 5 Highlights Thursday to help you in your Azure journey and keep you informed. Feel free to forward this along to anyone who you think may enjoy or better ask them to subscribe.
1. Native Regex in SQL Server 2025
REGEX in Microsoft SQL (SQL Server, Azure SQL, SQL database in Fabric) – did you know we have T-SQL functions for this and it just works? Join Anna Hoffman & Ed Pollack where they take us through it, on #DataExposed #MVPEdition.
2. Foundry IQ: Querying the Multi-Source AI Knowledge Bases
The third episode of The IQ Series opens with Amanda Silver introducing Knowledge Bases and how multiple Knowledge Sources unify behind a single endpoint. Pamela Fox and Matthew Gotteiner then walk through topic-centric Knowledge Bases and demonstrate a multi-source query path, showing how Foundry IQ moves from isolated data pipelines to reusable, queryable knowledge. The episode closes with Tomomi Imura visual doodles, illustrating how this shift unlocks a more connected and scalable knowledge architecture.
3. Developer Tools for Agent ID: SDKs, CLIs & Samples
Join Kyle Marsh on how to accelerate agent and app development with the Microsoft Entra developer toolchain in this deep‑dive session focused on real‑world identity scenarios. Explore SDKs, sample repositories, and ready‑to‑run resources that help you acquire tokens, implement consent flows, and securely call downstream APIs with confidence.
4. Modernizing Legacy .NET applications with GitHub Copilot
Modernizing legacy .NET applications is often intimidating: no one wants to be the developer who breaks code in production. But what if you could approach it with low risk and high confidence? In this live coding session, Jorge Balderas, will demonstrate how GitHub Copilot CLI and the modernize-dotnet custom agent can be used to safely and systematically modernize legacy code.
5. Decision Matrix: API vs MCP Tools — The Great Integration Showdown
Embedded content: Decision Matrix: API vs MCP Tools — The Great Integration Showdown 🥊 | Microsoft Community Hub
Here is a blog post by Sabyasachi Samaddar on deep dive of API vs MCP.
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Have a wonderful Thursday 🙂
Taswar
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