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Azure MCP tools now ship built into Visual Studio 2022 — no extension required Azure MCP tools are now built into Visual Studio 2022 as part of the Azure development workload — no separate extension to find, install, or update. You can enable over 230 tools across 45 Azure services directly in GitHub Copilot Chat The post Azure MCP tools now ship built into Visual Studio 2022 — no extension required appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.

We’ve all been there: a bug report lands in your inbox with a title like “App crashes sometimes” and zero reproduction steps. Your morning, which was supposed to be spent building new features, is now a forensic investigation. You’re setting scattershot breakpoints, staring at the call stack, and trying to guess what the original reporter was thinking.  Debugging isn’t just about fixing code; it’s about reducing uncertainty. The post Stop Hunting Bugs: Meet the New Visual Studio Debugger Agent Workflow appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.

Make Visual Studio floating windows work perfectly with PowerToys FancyZones. Flip one option to get independent windows, better snapping, and less friction. The post Take full control of your floating windows in Visual Studio appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.

Bookmarks in Visual Studio have always been a simple, reliable feature. Many developers use them regularly, and over the years we’ve heard consistent feedback from those users. Bookmarks were useful, but there were a few core gaps that kept them from being as effective and relevant as they could be. Navigation was one of the The post Bookmark Studio: evolving bookmarks in Visual Studio appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.

This month’s Visual Studio update gives you new ways to customize GitHub Copilot. Custom agents allow you to build specialized Copilot agents tailored to your team’s workflow, backed by the tools and knowledge sources that matter to your project. Alongside that, agent skills bring reusable instruction sets, and a new find_symbol tool gives agents language-aware The post Visual Studio March Update – Build Your Own Custom Agents appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.

A few months ago, I was talking with a developer who said something that stuck with me:  “I love building apps. I just don’t love rebuilding the same UI controls over and over again.”  That’s the reality for a lot of teams. You want to focus on your business logic, your architecture, your differentiation. Instead, you burn cycles wiring up The post Unlock More Power in Your Development Workflow: Syncfusion for Visual Studio Subscribers  appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.

Get the Inside Scoop on Visual Studio Subscriptions, Straight to Your Inbox  A few weeks ago I was talking with a Visual Studio Enterprise subscriber. Seasoned .NET developer. Ships production code. Knows his stack inside and out.  During the conversation I mentioned one of the training benefits included in his subscription.  He stopped me.  “I didn’t even The post Get the Inside Scoop on Visual Studio Subscriptions, Straight to Your Inbox appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.

When I first found Visual Studio Dev Essentials, it felt like discovering a hidden door in the developer toolkit world. I’d heard about free tools and cloud credits, but I wasn’t sure if it would really matter in day-to-day coding life. The short answer: it absolutely does.  What struck me most was how the program was built with real developers in mind, and the fact The post Visual Studio Dev Essentials: Free, Practical Tools for Every Developer  appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.

This month’s Visual Studio update continues our focus on helping you move faster and stay in flow, with practical improvements across AI assistance, debugging, testing, and modernization. Building on the momentum from January’s editor updates, the February release brings smarter diagnostics and targeted support for real world development scenarios, from WinForms maintenance to C++ modernization. The post Visual Studio February Update appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.

Agents in Visual Studio now go beyond a single general-purpose assistant. We’re shipping a set of curated preset agents that tap into deep IDE capabilities; debugging, profiling, testing alongside a framework for building your own custom agents tailored to how your team works. Built in agents Each preset agent is designed around a specific developer The post Custom Agents in Visual Studio: Built in and Build-Your-Own agents appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.