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 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.

Microsoft is extending Dataverse into coding-agent marketplaces while expanding its MCP tools, certification program and governance controls.

Beyond Copilot usage visibility, the June update delivers several other enhancements centered on AI-assisted development, security and quality-of-life improvements. Here's a quick rundown of the ...

In this Q&A, developer and VSLive! speaker Esteban Garcia explains how GitHub Copilot can accelerate the full software development lifecycle -- from architecture and code to tests, CI/CD, and Azure ...

New research on the effect of AI-powered GitHub Copilot on software development cites some adverse results. The "Coding on Copilot" whitepaper from GitClear sought to investigate the quality and ...

Distributed, high-scale applications often come with a hidden tax: the complexity of managing state, concurrency, and scalability across many moving parts. Traditional n-tier architectures can ...

The July 8, 2026, Visual Studio Code update expands agent workflows, chat attachments, browser-tab controls, OS-level shortcuts and enterprise telemetry management.

Microsoft says TypeScript 7, announced July 8, brings native Go performance to VS Code, Visual Studio and other editors.

Microsoft has officially begun decommissioning its IntelliCode suite, marking the end of a multi-year effort to provide local, machine-learning-assisted code completions. The move, executed alongside ...

A priority queue assigns a priority to each element. Knowing how to build them is important in solving many coding problems. A priority queue is a data structure that holds information that has some ...

VS Code 1.120 brings the Agents window to Stable preview. The new window opens from a title-bar button. Agent customizations include Agents, Skills, Instructions, Hooks, MCP Servers and Plugins. It ...