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VSLive! @ Microsoft HQ 2026 was one of the most energizing VSLive! events I’ve attended. What stood out was the level of engagement over five days of learning and conversation from July 27 through July 31. Developers came ready to dig into the future of Visual Studio, .NET, and AI-assisted software development, and many Microsoft engineers and product managers were there to have those conversations directly.  If you weren’t able to The post VSLive! @ Microsoft HQ: Developer Takeaways and Must-Watch Sessions appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.

A few months ago, we introduced a new guided agentic workflow in the Visual Studio Debugger Agent designed to help you move from a bug report to a verified fix without spending your morning guessing where to begin.   If you missed that announcement, check out  Stop Hunting Bugs: Meet the New Visual Studio Debugger Agent The post The Visual Studio Debugger Agentic Workflow Gets a Test-Driven Upgrade appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.

Tune Copilot model thinking effort, share custom agents across your organization, track usage, and simplify complex Git workflows with worktrees and submodule support. The post Visual Studio August Update — Work Smarter Across Models and Branches appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.

The best AI in Visual Studio is the AI you can bring with you. Developers don’t work in a single-model world anymore. You might reach for one model for everyday coding, another for a domain-specific problem, and an approved model for work that must stay within your organization’s governance boundaries. So, the question we hear The post Unlocking the Power of AI for Every Developer in Visual Studio with Bring your Own Model appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.

Today I will modernize a .NET Framework application to .NET 10 using the GitHub Copilot modernization tooling built-in to Visual Studio.   The tooling helps us upgrade applications running on legacy versions of .NET and also migrate them to Azure. Today we’re going to focus on the upgrade portion.   And, the tooling will do The post Today I will… Modernize a .NET application appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.

If you’ve worked with Git submodules for any length of time, you probably have a love-hate relationship with them. They’re genuinely useful for pulling a shared library, an SDK, or common build scripts into your project. But actually working with them usually means tabbing over to a terminal and trying to remember whether it’s git The post Today I will… manage Git Submodules without leaving the IDE appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.

If you’ve been looking for a practical way to build Azure skills, Cloud Academy (a QA company) gives Visual Studio subscribers hands-on learning that fits into busy schedules.  Whether you’re new to Azure, expanding your cloud expertise, working towards certifications or preparing for more advanced projects, this benefit helps you learn by doing.  What you’ll find in Cloud Academy  The Cloud Academy benefit gives Visual Studio subscribers a flexible The post Build Azure Skills Faster with Cloud Academy, a Visual Studio Subscriber Benefit appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.

Not every question deserves the same amount of thought. Renaming a variable isn’t the same as debugging a memory leak, and they don’t need the same level of thinking. So why should your model treat them the same way every time? Starting in Visual Studio 18.9 Insiders 2, it doesn’t have to. Supported models now come with a thinking The post Tell your model when to think harder  appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.

There’s a new Agent (Preview) in Copilot Chat, built on the same GitHub Copilot SDK that powers the GitHub Copilot CLI, that gets more done with less back-and-forth. The post Visual Studio July Update — Meet the New Agent, Powered by the GitHub Copilot SDK appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.

Organizations are increasingly looking for greater control over extensions within development environments. Driven by security, compliance, and internal governance requirements, teams want more visibility into how developers discover and acquire extensions. To address these needs, we’re excited to begin previewing Private Marketplace support in Visual Studio. Private Marketplace for Visual Studio For organizations familiar with The post Visual Studio Administrator? Join our Private Marketplace Preview! appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.