Microsoft is keeping Visual Studio's new built-in Agent Skills switched off by default while a public dashboard measures whether their performance gains justify the additional tokens they may consume.
Visual Studio Code 1.129 adds a dedicated process for running AI agent sessions and an experimental docked editor for reviewing agent-generated changes.
Microsoft's sixth .NET 11 preview advances async validation, C# unions, cross-platform UI controls, database queries, testing tools, Native AOT and container images.
Microsoft is extending Dataverse into coding-agent marketplaces while expanding its MCP tools, certification program and governance controls.