Microsoft's public VS Code issue tracker on GitHub offers an unusually detailed look at features and changes the development team is considering -- including some that could eventually turn up in ...

Microsoft extends Dev Container agent sessions to remote projects while quietly removing last week's AI-generated release-notes warning.

The VS Code team combined Copilot's completion and next-edit systems to make inline suggestions more continuous and responsive.

Microsoft's latest weekly VS Code release makes its AI-assisted publishing process explicit while adding Dev Container agent sessions, expanded Codex support and automated session cleanup.

Snowflake's Matt Nunn explains why effective AI starts with effective data preparation, from ingestion and transformation through semantic context, storage, enrichment and secure consumption.

GitHub Copilot's Auto model selection now offers Efficiency, Balance and Intelligence settings for prioritizing cost, a mix of factors or quality. In a hands-on test using the same prompt, Auto ...

Microsoft's first .NET 11 release candidate is supported for production use as the platform moves toward its Nov. 10 launch.

Microsoft's Mads Kristensen asked developers what they want from Visual Studio's Test Explorer, drawing recurring calls for better reliability, smarter test execution, improved filtering and the ...

The 2026 Visual Studio Magazine Reader's Choice Awards mark the 32nd year of the annual reader-voted program. Readers voted across 40-plus categories covering tools, components and services used in ...

Microsoft has released a stable, customizable Agent Framework Harness for building autonomous agents with .NET and Python. The harness combines an automatic tool-calling loop with planning, persistent ...

Visual Studio 2026 v18.8 includes built-in Agent Skills created by Microsoft's .NET and Azure teams. Skills provide reusable, task-specific instructions, workflows and guardrails that Copilot loads ...