Microsoft Introduces run-assert-eval for AI Agent Risk Management
Microsoft has released run-assert-eval, a new skill designed to automate risk discovery, policy generation, and evaluation for AI agents.
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Microsoft Open-Sources ThinkingBox to Benchmark AI Agent Side Effects
Microsoft has released ThinkingBox, an open-source evaluation framework that verifies AI agents by inspecting tool side effects rather than transcripts.
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Microsoft Ships .NET 11 Release Candidate 1 with Go-Live License
Microsoft has released .NET 11 Release Candidate 1 with a go-live support license, bringing updates to runtimes, SDK tools, C#, and ASP.NET Core.
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Microsoft Releases .NET Aspire 13.5 with Dashboard Refresh and Live Terminals
.NET Aspire 13.5 introduces a dashboard refresh, interactive terminal sessions, file import commands, and expanded Kubernetes and Azure deployment options.
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Microsoft Introduces Open-Source Agent for Polyglot Unit Test Generation
Microsoft has released an open-source testing agent that researches repositories to generate, build, and validate unit tests across multiple programming languages.
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Meet Agent Plugins: A New Open Standard That Unifies Agent Skills and MCP Servers in a Shared Format
Industry leaders have launched Agent Plugins 1.0.0, a vendor-neutral standard for packaging portable AI agent components like skills and MCP servers.
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Microsoft Announces v2.0 of Official MCP C# SDK: Stateless by Default & Interactive via MRTR
Microsoft has released version 2.0 of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) C# SDK, implementing a stateless-first architecture and standardized HTTP headers.
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