Aspire 13 adds official, first-class Python support so distributed apps can orchestrate Python services natively alongside other Aspire resources.
Threat actors are still abusing Visual Studio Code extensions as an entry point, with the latest fake Prettier incident showing a multi-stage path from marketplace install to credential theft and full remote access.
Microsoft has launched the VS Code Insiders Podcast, a new behind-the-scenes audio show that digs into experimental features, the people building them and what may be coming next to Visual Studio Code.
GitHub Copilot users can now select Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.5 model in chat across Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio (plus several other IDEs) during a new public preview.
Microsoft Foundry has introduced a preview cloud-hosted Foundry MCP Server that lets AI agents securely access Foundry tools for model, agent, deployment, and evaluation workflows from VS Code, Visual Studio, or Foundry itself
Since its Nov. 11 debut, Visual Studio 2026 sees improved Copilot Chat response quality by enhancing semantic code search with remote indexes, expanding awareness of external C# symbols, and increasing accuracy when developers reference specific line numbers, alongside new Copilot features like a GitHub Cloud Agent preview, context-menu actions, and intent detection in All-In-One Search.
Microsoft has been busy adding new features to Visual Studio 2026, which reached general availability on Nov. 11, including several new features driven by AI to enhance developer workflow.
Microsoft says its Go-based "native" TypeScript 7 compiler and language service are now stable enough for everyday editor and CLI use, delivering big speed gains and near-complete type-checking parity, while setting TypeScript 6.0 as the final JavaScript-based release and outlining remaining emit and tooling-API gaps.
Microsoft has added Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.5 to Microsoft Foundry in public preview, highlighting benchmark gains for coding and tool use, new agent-building controls in Foundry, expanded vision and computer-use capabilities, and updated pricing and regional availability.
Once-buzzy OData continues to move forward at Microsoft, with new .NET 10-aligned tooling previews and an ODataX proposal aimed at easing adoption while preserving the protocol's enterprise-strength querying model.
Google's new Antigravity IDE spurred much developer debate focusing heavily on its apparent status as a Visual Studio Code fork, with developers debating why another fork is needed, what it means for the VS Code ecosystem, and how open source reuse, lock-in, and fragmentation should be handled in AI-focused development tools.
Microsoft expanded VS Code for the Web -- Azure with new ways to open AI-generated code directly in the browser-based workspace while continuing to evolve the environment beyond its preview phases.
Google has introduced Antigravity, an agent-first IDE built around Gemini 3 and other LLMs that enters the AI IDE arena alongside Visual Studio Code, amid many reports and clues that it may be based on a VS Code fork.
Allen Conway explained how Blazor's render tree, component lifecycle, and modern rendering modes introduced in .NET 8 and refined in .NET 9 and .NET 10 give developers flexible, efficient options for building interactive web applications.
Microsoft introduced a new azd AI agent extension that lets developers build and deploy Microsoft Foundry agents directly from their local development environments.
Microsoft expanded Azure Cosmos DB's AI capabilities at Ignite 2025, adding new vector and full-text search features, Semantic Reranking and an MCP Toolkit for agentic applications.
Microsoft's C# 14 and F# 10 updates ship with .NET 10, adding new language features, tooling improvements and refinement-focused enhancements across both ecosystems. Extension member functionality highlights C# 14, while F# 10 gets scoped warning suppression in a release emphasizing refinement and consistency.
Microsoft added GPT-5.1 as an experimental model in Copilot Studio for early release Power Platform environments, enabling customers to test new capabilities ahead of general availability.
Microsoft announced two new OpenAPI.NET releases that it describes as the library's biggest update ever, adding OpenAPI 3.1 and 3.2 support along with performance and reliability improvements.
Microsoft has added the Azure MCP Server directly into Visual Studio 2026, enabling developers to manage Azure resources through natural-language interactions inside the IDE, which the company says now stands for "Intelligent Developer Environment."