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- Python in Visual Studio Code β November 2025 Releaseby Luciana Abud on November 13, 2025 at 6:41 pm
The November 2025 release brings new Pylance features including improvements to Copilot Hover Summaries and a Code Action to convert wildcard imports to explicit imports. Keep on reading to learn more! The post Python in Visual Studio Code β November 2025 Release appeared first on Microsoft for Python Developers Blog.
- Python in Visual Studio Code β October 2025 Releaseby Luciana Abud on October 10, 2025 at 5:55 pm
The October 2025 release of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code are now available. This release includes improvements to the Python Environments extension, Copy Test ID functionality, and enhanced environment activation when using Copilot Chat. Keep on reading to learn more! The post Python in Visual Studio Code β October 2025 Release appeared first on Microsoft for Python Developers Blog.
- Simplifying Resource Management in mssql-python through Context Managerby Jahnvi Thakkar on September 26, 2025 at 9:49 am
Reviewed by: Sumit Sarabhai and Gaurav Sharma If youβve 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. Thatβs where context managers step The post Simplifying Resource Management in mssql-python through Context Manager appeared first on Microsoft for Python Developers Blog.
- Python in Visual Studio Code β September 2025 Releaseby Luciana Abud on September 15, 2025 at 6:22 pm
The September 2025 release includes pipenv support in the Python Environment Extension, a new experimental hover feature with GitHub Copilot and Pylance, and more! The post Python in Visual Studio Code β September 2025 Release appeared first on Microsoft for Python Developers Blog.
- Announcing the Data Wrangler powered Notebook Results Tableby Angelos Petropoulos on August 19, 2025 at 7:08 pm
An introduction to the new Results Table integrated into the output cell of Notebooks, powered by the VS Code extension called Data Wrangler. The post Announcing the Data Wrangler powered Notebook Results Table appeared first on Microsoft for Python Developers Blog.
- mssql-python vs pyodbc: Benchmarking SQL Server Performanceby Saumya Garg on August 12, 2025 at 11:10 am
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. Itβs mature, trusted and has been serving the community well for years. But as applications scale and Python becomes more central to modern data workflows β from microservices to The post mssql-python vs pyodbc: Benchmarking SQL Server Performance appeared first on Microsoft for Python Developers Blog.
- Python in Visual Studio Code β August 2025 Releaseby Courtney Webster on August 7, 2025 at 8:58 pm
The August 2025 release includes Python shell integration support for Python 3.13+, Python Environments extension improvements, enhanced terminal suggestions with documentation, and more! The post Python in Visual Studio Code β August 2025 Release appeared first on Microsoft for Python Developers Blog.
- Announcing Full Cross-Platform Support for the mssql-python Driverby Sumit Sarabhai on July 14, 2025 at 11:41 am
After the successful release of Public Preview of mssql-python driver, weβre thrilled to announce a major milestone for the mssql-python driver: full support for all three major operating systemsβWindows, macOS, and Linux. This release marks a significant leap forward in our mission to provide seamless, performant, and Pythonic connectivity to Microsoft SQL Server and the The post Announcing Full Cross-Platform Support for the mssql-python Driver appeared first on Microsoft for Python Developers Blog.
- Python in Visual Studio Code β July 2025 Releaseby Courtney Webster on July 11, 2025 at 2:50 pm
The July 2025 release includes TBA and more! The post Python in Visual Studio Code β July 2025 Release appeared first on Microsoft for Python Developers Blog.
- Python in Visual Studio Code β June 2025 Releaseby Courtney Webster on June 16, 2025 at 4:38 pm
The June 2025 release includes Copilot chat tools in the Python extension, project creation from a template, language server based terminal suggest, and more! The post Python in Visual Studio Code β June 2025 Release appeared first on Microsoft for Python Developers Blog.










