Resources

Curated links to official documentation, blogs, training, and community resources

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Official Documentation

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Visual Studio Blog

Visual Studio May Update – Plan, Review, Refine

Plan agent, multi-file diff, and context management

Visual Studio April Update – Cloud Agent Integration

New cloud-based agent features and April release highlights

Agent Skills in Visual Studio: Teach Copilot How Your Team Works

Customize Copilot agent with team-specific skills and workflows

Announcing a free GitHub Copilot for Visual Studio

Introduction to the free tier for Visual Studio users

How to Install GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio

Step-by-step installation guide

How to use GitHub Copilot Chat in Visual Studio

Guide to conversational AI assistance

Next edit suggestions available in Visual Studio

Learn about predictive code editing

Introducing Code Referencing for Copilot Chat

Transparency in AI-generated code

Conversational way to chat with GitHub Copilot

New chat interface improvements

Get started with GitHub Copilot CLI: A free, hands-on course

Free hands-on course for learning Copilot CLI

GitHub Copilot Testing for .NET in Visual Studio 2026

AI-powered unit testing for .NET applications

Custom Agents in Visual Studio

Build preset and custom agents for your workflow

Visual Studio February Update

Latest IDE improvements including custom agents

Modernize .NET Anywhere with GitHub Copilot

Cross-platform .NET modernization with Copilot

Extend your coding agent with .NET Skills

Create reusable behaviors for Copilot agents

GitHub Copilot Dev Days

Build faster with Copilot CLI, VS Code & Visual Studio

Azure DevOps Remote MCP Server (public preview)

Use Azure DevOps data in Copilot with remote MCP server

Agentic Platform Engineering with GitHub Copilot

Infrastructure automation with Copilot agents

MSSQL Extension for VS Code v1.41

SQL development with Copilot integration

Visual Studio March Update - Build Your Own Custom Agents

Latest enhancements to custom agent capabilities

Awesome GitHub Copilot Resources

Centralized hub for Copilot customizations and plugins

Microsoft Agent Framework Version 1.0

Production-ready framework for building AI agents in .NET/Python

Dataverse Skills: Your Coding Agent Now Speaks Dataverse

Build Power Platform solutions with AI agent support

Ten Months with Copilot Coding Agent in dotnet/runtime

Real-world experience using Copilot agents at scale

Announcing Azure MCP Server 2.0 Stable Release

Self-hosted remote MCP server for Azure resource management

Agentic development with .NET Aspire

Build, run, and observe agentic workflows with .NET Aspire

Azure MCP tools ship built-in to Visual Studio 2022

Native Azure MCP integration without separate extensions

Agentic Refactoring with GitHub Copilot + Docker Sandbox

Secure isolated runtimes for legacy modernization

Copilot Memories

Capture and share coding preferences automatically

Unlock language-specific rich symbol context

New find_symbol tool for agent mode

GPT-4o code completion model (public preview)

New code completion model based on GPT-4o mini

Faster .NET Upgrades with GitHub Copilot

AI-powered .NET app modernization experience

C++ refactoring and build performance with Copilot

MSVC upgrades, build optimization, and C++ refactoring

Claude 3.7 Sonnet in Visual Studio

Anthropic's Claude 3.7 model now available in Copilot

Visual Studio 2026 is here

Major release with enhanced AI-driven development

C++ Code Intelligence for GitHub Copilot CLI

Enhanced C++ support in Copilot CLI (Preview)

GitHub Copilot meets Azure Developer CLI

AI-assisted Azure project generation with azd

Copilot auto model selection (preview)

Automatic model selection with 10% discount on premium requests

New Debugger Agent Workflow in Visual Studio

Guided debugging with AI-powered root cause analysis

What's Coming Next: Build 2026 Announcements

Microsoft Build 2026 Visual Studio and Copilot updates

Introducing the Plan agent in Visual Studio

Plan before you build with the new Plan agent

Doing More with GitHub Copilot as a .NET Developer

Advanced Copilot techniques for .NET development

WinUI agent plugin for GitHub Copilot

Build native Windows apps with AI agents

Announcing Intelligent Terminal 0.1

AI-powered terminal experience for Windows

Build and run agents at scale with Microsoft Foundry

Enterprise agent service announced at Build 2026

Review pull requests without leaving Visual Studio

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Native PR review experience with Copilot-powered insights

GitHub Copilot modernization for C++ is out of preview

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Automated C++ modernization with Copilot now GA

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GitHub Blog

Getting more from each token: context & model routing

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How Copilot improves efficiency with caching and Auto routing

GPT-5.5 is generally available for GitHub Copilot

New GPT-5.5 model now available for all Copilot users

Copilot code review: Comment experience improvements

Enhanced commenting and review workflow in code review agent

Agent mode 101: All about GitHub Copilot's powerful mode

Deep dive into agent mode capabilities

GitHub Copilot: Meet the new coding agent

Introduction to the autonomous coding agent

GitHub Copilot tutorial: Build, test, review, ship faster

Comprehensive tutorial with real prompts

Code review and refactoring with GitHub Copilot

Using Copilot for code quality improvements

Building your first MCP server

Extend AI tools with custom capabilities

What's new with GitHub Copilot coding agent

Latest updates to Copilot's autonomous coding capabilities

From idea to pull request with GitHub Copilot CLI

Practical guide to building with Copilot CLI

Delegate tasks to Copilot coding agent from Visual Studio

Offload complex tasks to autonomous agent mode

Secret scanning in AI coding agents via GitHub MCP Server

Detect exposed secrets before committing

GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio — February update

Expanded agent capabilities and smarter completions

Copilot coding agent works faster with semantic code search

Find code based on meaning, not exact text matches

Copilot code review now runs on agentic architecture

AI-powered code review with tool-calling agents

More visibility into Copilot coding agent sessions

View agent session logs and understand Copilot's work

Manage Copilot coding agent repository access via API

Programmatic control over agent access at scale

Research, plan, and code with Copilot cloud agent

Expanded agent capabilities beyond pull request workflows

Run multiple agents at once with /fleet in Copilot CLI

Parallel agent execution for multi-file tasks

Agent-driven development in Copilot Applied Science

How GitHub's AI team uses agents internally

Under the hood: Security architecture of GitHub Agentic Workflows

Deep dive into agent security and sandboxing

GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio — March update

Custom agents, find_symbol tool, and enterprise MCP governance

GitHub Copilot CLI auto model selection

Copilot chooses optimal models with 10% discount on premium requests

Enable cloud agent via custom properties

Granular control over cloud agent access per organization

Copilot coding agent now starts work 50% faster

Optimized startup times for cloud-based agent sessions

GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio — April update

Latest enhancements including inline agent mode features

Fix merge conflicts with Copilot cloud agent

Resolve conflicts in three clicks using AI agent

Copilot SDK in public preview

Build custom Copilot integrations with SDK

GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio — November update

Visual Studio 2026 GA with cloud agent and Copilot actions

GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio — January update

Colorized completions and partial acceptance

GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio — February update

Copilot memories, custom prompts, and NuGet MCP server

GitHub Copilot app: agent-native desktop experience

New standalone Copilot app for developers

Shape Copilot code review around your team

Customize code review to match your team's standards

Copilot SDK is now generally available

Build custom Copilot integrations with official SDK

Schedule and automate tasks with Copilot cloud agent

Automated agent execution in the cloud

Copilot CLI: UI, rubber duck, scheduling, voice input

Major enhancements to Copilot CLI experience

Improving token efficiency in GitHub Agentic Workflows

Optimize agent performance and reduce costs

GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio — May update

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Latest Visual Studio Copilot features and improvements

Custom agents in GitHub Copilot CLI

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Build workflow-based agents for CLI automation

Larger context windows and configurable reasoning levels

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Enhanced Copilot capabilities with extended context

Delegate tasks to Copilot coding agent from Visual Studio

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Send tasks to background cloud agent from VS

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Microsoft Learn Training

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Community & Support

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