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Sep 26, 2025
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Simplifying Resource Management in mssql-python through Context Manager

Jahnvi Thakkar
Jahnvi Thakkar

Reviewed by: Sumit Sarabhai and Gaurav Sharma If you’ve worked with databases in Python, you know the boilerplate: open a connection, create a cursor, run queries, commit or rollback transactions, close cursors and connection. Forgetting just one cleanup step can lead to resource leaks (open connections) or even inconsistent data. That’s whe...

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Aug 12, 2025
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mssql-python vs pyodbc: Benchmarking SQL Server Performance

Saumya Garg
Saumya Garg

Reviewed by Imran Masud and Sumit Sarabhai When it comes to working with Microsoft SQL Server in Python, pyodbc has long been the de facto driver. It's mature, trusted and has been serving the community well for years. But as applications scale and Python becomes more central to modern data workflows — from microservices to data engin...

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Apr 4, 2025
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Build AI agents with Python in #AgentsHack

Pamela Fox
Pamela Fox

Microsoft is holding an AI Agents Hackathon, and we want to see what you can build with Python! We'll have 20+ live streams showing you how to build AI agents with Python using popular agent frameworks and Microsoft technologies. Then, you can submit your project for a chance to win prizes, including a Best in Python prize!

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Aug 22, 2024
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Announcing the General Availability of the VS Code extension for Azure Machine Learning

Leo Yao
Leo Yao

Machine learning and artificial intelligence are transforming the world as we know it. With the power of data, you will have countless opportunities to create something new, unique, and exciting. Whether you are a seasoned data scientist or a curious beginner, you need a platform that can help you build, train, deploy, and manage your machine learn...

Mar 11, 2024
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Data Science Day 2024 – Schedule Announcement

Dawn Wages
Dawn Wages

Python Data Science Day is a full day of 25 min and 5 min community contributed content March 14th, 2024 streaming on the VS Code YouTube channel.

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Jan 16, 2024
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Join us for AI Chat App Hack from Jan. 29 – Feb.12

Pamela Fox
Pamela Fox

The Microsoft AI Chat App Hack is a two-week virtual hackathon where you can learn how to build a chat app with Python, using the RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) approach with OpenAI and Azure AI Search. You’ll also get to meet other Python developers and learn from Microsoft engineers on live streams.

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Oct 25, 2021
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Anaconda licensing for Microsoft products and services

Steve Dower
Steve Dower

Our friends at Anaconda have posted a joint announcement last week regarding the use of their repository from Microsoft cloud-hosted products. See the full announcement on their website. Today, Anaconda, Inc. announced a collaboration with Microsoft to enable customers to confidently access Anaconda’s curated library of open-source packages with...

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