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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
12/04/2025
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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.
12/03/2025
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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.
12/03/2025
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Visual Studio 2026 debuts as the world’s first AI-native IDE, introducing intelligent agents, faster performance, and full compatibility with .NET 10 and existing extensions. The release adds Copilot Workspace integration, improved Azure DevOps tooling, and a redesigned, more responsive user experience.
11/12/2025
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Microsoft introduced a new auto model selection feature in Visual Studio's Copilot Chat that automatically chooses the best available AI model for each session, improving performance and efficiency while offering paid users faster responses and a 10% discount on premium requests.
11/12/2025
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Microsoft's November Visual Studio roadmap outlines in-progress work on multi-agent support, enhanced chat and planning, MCP integration with governance, and expanded model management, reflecting continued investment in AI-driven development workflows.
11/05/2025
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It will spotlight Visual Studio 2026 with sessions on profiling, upgrades, debugging, and AI integration.
10/31/2025
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The Visual Studio team released their October public roadmap, outlining new AI agent features, enhanced model-context integration and performance priorities.
10/30/2025
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Microsoft outlined steps for developers to migrate existing C++ projects to Visual Studio 2026 with updated toolsets, standards, and SDKs.
10/30/2025
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Uno Platform 6.3 introduces .NET 10 Preview support, Visual Studio 2026 readiness, major WebAssembly performance gains, and improved developer productivity with Hot Design and refined TabView controls.
10/27/2025
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The feature extends GitHub Copilot's Agent Mode to handle larger, multi-step coding tasks with structured reasoning, transparency, and progress tracking.
10/23/2025
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Microsoft released a new Visual Studio 2026 Insiders build (version 11104.47) that, according to their announcement, brings performance improvements--especially in startup speed and hot-reload.
10/08/2025
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Microsoft’s latest Visual Studio AI roadmap reveals plans to natively integrate remote AI agents--like the GitHub Copilot Coding Agent--directly into Copilot Chat, alongside a wave of improvements spanning agent performance, chat functionality, and new model support.
10/06/2025
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Microsoft today announced that the brand-new Visual Studio 2026 will be the star of the show at the Visual Studio Live! developer conference in Orlando in November.
10/02/2025
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GitHub Copilot app modernization is now generally available in Visual Studio, providing AI-powered upgrades and Azure migration for .NET apps, with automated remediation, CVE scanning, and containerization support.
09/25/2025
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Keep asking; it ain't happening. Microsoft has reaffirmed that its full-featured Visual Studio IDE will remain exclusive to Windows, ending a years-long debate over bringing it to Linux and macOS by directing developers to use Visual Studio Code for cross-platform development.
09/22/2025
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Microsoft unveiled Visual Studio 2026 Insiders at VSLive! San Diego, introducing deep GitHub Copilot integration, performance and productivity upgrades, a Fluent UI redesign with new themes, and the new Insiders Channel to replace Preview.
09/09/2025
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By integrating GitHub Copilot directly into Visual Studio's diagnostic workflow, the new Copilot Diagnostics toolset promises to transform how developers identify, understand, and resolve performance issues and bugs.
09/04/2025
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Microsoft detailed its plans for advanced AI in its flagship IDE in September, with new modes for debugging and profiling, as well as enhancements for agentic DevOps, in the works.
09/03/2025
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Microsoft is bringing its Azure-aware Copilot experience to Visual Studio 2022. The preview extension lets developers use Copilot to inspect resources, check diagnostics and logs, run Azure CLI, and deploy inside the IDE.
08/26/2025
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Microsoft added bring-your-own-model support to Copilot Chat in Visual Studio and made the Model Context Protocol generally available in the IDE, expanding model choice and enabling governed connections to internal tools and data.
08/25/2025
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GitHub Copilot’s upgraded coding agent, now accessible through a new agents panel, lets Visual Studio and VS Code developers offload coding chores to AI and track results across GitHub’s ecosystem.
08/21/2025
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Microsoft used the Visual Studio Live! keynote at its Redmond headquarters to unveil the future of its flagship IDE, including monthly updates, a new major version, deeper AI and Copilot integration, and user-driven enhancements aimed at boosting speed, flexibility, and productivity.
08/14/2025
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By Visual Studio Magazine Editors
The 2025 Reader's Choice Awards recognize the solutions developers themselves rely on every day to build, test, deploy and maintain world-class applications.
08/14/2025
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Microsoft today announced OpenAI's latest and greatest frontier AI model is now available to the GitHub Copilot tool within the company's flagship Visual Studio IDE, just days after it was released.
08/12/2025