MCP (Model Context Protocol) provides a universal standard for connecting LLMs to external data sources and tools, eliminating the need to manually copy-paste context into a chat session and enabling ...

Visual Studio Code 1.124 brings more autonomous AI agents, cross-device session support, browser history, and new enterprise controls.

Microsoft has released VS Code 1.123 with a new Research Agent, AI session syncing, Chronicle search, browser upgrades, and ...

In this article, we’ll cover what GitHub Copilot is, why it matters, and how you can use it to generate and optimize code inside Visual Studio. We’ll also examine how GitHub Copilot can fix issues in ...

Latest weekly update supports previewing videos in the image carousel, adds a Copy Final Response command to the chat context menu, and simplifies Copilot searches of codebases. Microsoft has released ...

Visual Studio Code has switched to weekly updates, so new features and bug fixes are now arriving at a rapid pace. The new version 1.112 update is now available, with a significant upgrade for web ...

Business and enterprise users can now connect their own API keys to use LLMs via OpenRouter, Ollama, Google, OpenAI, and more in VS Code Chat. Visual Studio Code 1.117 is available for download. The ...

ZioNet founder Alon Fliess previews his Visual Studio Live! San Diego session on building true agentic systems in .NET -- covering the cognitive loop, MCP tool integration, multi-agent orchestration ...

TL;DR: Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026, a full-featured IDE with built-in AI tools and collaboration features, is now price dropped to $34.97 (reg. $499.99) through May 17 at 11:59 p.m. PT.