Microsoft is expanding the role of AI agents in Visual Studio, allowing companies to distribute their own custom GitHub Copilot agents across repositories and giving development organizations a new ...
Experimental feature allows users to get a second opinion from a complementary model on the primary agent’s work.
Microsoft says AI is spreading across the development workflow, but developers remain focused on IDE fundamentals and .NET modernization.
The latest version of Visual Studio Code now includes a full Markdown Editor mode that provides word processor-like WYSIWYG editing capabilities.
Visual Studio 2026 version 18.9 adds adjustable AI reasoning, organization-wide agents, Git worktrees and integrated submodule management.