Exciting news! The public roadmap for evolving Visual Studio with AI-powered agentic experiences is here. Each month brings smarter, faster, and more intuitive tools to enhance the coding experience. Here’s a look at what’s coming next!

Entity Framework Core is powering many of today’s applications with powerful, feature-rich ORM capabilities. Developers benefit from strongly-typed LINQ queries that translate into efficient SQL queries. But complexities arise as schemas grow larger and so do queries. #EntityFramework #ORM

The August 2025 update for Visual Studio 2022 (v17.14) is out now! This release is packed with features to help developers stay focused, productive, and in control. Whether building games, tuning performance, or exploring AI, meaningful improvements make everyday development smoother.

The GitHub Copilot for Azure extension is now in Public Preview for Visual Studio 2022 (17.14+). Bringing Azure developer tools directly into GitHub Copilot Agent Mode. Query resources, diagnose issues, deploy, and run CLI commands—all from the Copilot Chat. #AzureDevTools

Microsoft is recognized as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud-Native Application Platforms, marking a second consecutive year of excellence. This achievement highlights continuous product innovation, a seamless developer experience, and AI leadership.

Debugging in .NET can consume a massive amount of a developer's energy. Visual Studio aims to enhance the debugging and profiling experience, making it easier and truly enjoyable. It meets developers right where their real work happens. #DotNet #DevTools

Building a powerful AI assistant for business tasks requires measurable performance metrics—this begins with defining what a "correct" answer looks like. Enter the concept of ground truth.

Exciting news for developers! You can now bring your own language model into Visual Studio Chat. 👩‍💻👨‍💻 #DevCommunity

Exciting news for developers! MCP support is now GA in Visual Studio, unlocking richer, real-time context across development stacks. Agent Mode is more powerful than ever! #VisualStudio #MCP

Proxy 4 is here! After years of innovation and sustained use in the Windows OS codebase, Proxy has matured into a production-grade, modern C++ library for runtime polymorphism. The theory behind Proxy is original,

GitHub’s Dependabot now automates dependency updates for C++ projects using vcpkg! This is an exciting development, allowing teams to easily keep library dependencies current and secure with minimal effort. #Cplusplus #GitHub

Have a generative AI application and questioning the quality of its results? Consider leveraging Azure AI Foundry for evaluation. This platform offers a suite of tools and built-in metrics to assess your application's performance effectively.

Exciting news for developers: the official NuGet MCP Server has arrived! This integration allows real-time NuGet package information and management tools to enhance your AI-powered development workflow. #NuGetMCPServer

There’s something special about hosting developers at Microsoft HQ. This year’s Visual Studio Live! Redmond was electric, with every room buzzing. From session one, developers engaged actively, asking smart questions and connecting with Visual Studio, Azure, and GitHub Copilot teams.

Smarter Code Search in Visual Studio has just taken a huge leap forward! The new Remote Semantic Search integration helps find what you need faster and with greater precision. Get ready for a new way to explore your code!

Proud to share that Microsoft is recognized as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Container Management, marking the third consecutive year. This acknowledgment highlights the innovation and real-world impact of Microsoft's container portfolio.

Exciting news in the .NET universe! The seventh preview release of .NET 10 is here, packed with enhancements across the Runtime, SDK, libraries, and more. Dive into the full release notes below and start exploring today. #dotnet #devcommunity

For business leaders building with AI, the conversation has moved beyond chat. The bar is higher: can AI generate, reason, and deliver measurable outcomes—safely and at scale? Today, announcing the general availability of OpenAI’s new flagship model, GPT-5,

The recent engagement by the ISE team at Microsoft with a large industrial customer aimed at making a previously developed distributed system production-ready. This system utilized technologies like Python, Azure IoT, Kubernetes, Redis, and Dapr to handle a greater scale of messages.

Artificial intelligence is swiftly integrating into the toolkit of the modern .NET developer. One tool rising to the occasion is GitHub Copilot Chat, which holds the potential to save time, eliminate friction,

Exciting updates are here! The recent vcpkg package manager release (2025.07.25) introduces several noteworthy changes, enhancing functionality and performance. Let’s dive into the highlights.

When building AI applications, comprehensive evaluation is crucial to ensure accurate and reliable responses. Microsoft is enhancing its AI evaluation libraries, introducing new evaluators for agent quality assessment and NLP metrics. #AI #Evaluation

Welcome to the August 2025 .NET servicing updates. Here’s what’s new in the latest release of .NET & .NET Framework. Let’s dive in.

Support for Visual Studio 2015 will end on October 14, 2025. For those using older versions, upgrading to Visual Studio 2022 is crucial to maintain productivity and security. It introduces the power of Copilot and significant productivity enhancements.

Navigating the complexities of C++ code can often disrupt the workflow, especially when updating existing code. Updating data member access levels typically involves multiple steps: adjusting class sections, adding getter/setter methods, and updating all references. #CPlusPlus

Dependabot's new NuGet updater brings significant enhancements for .NET developers. If waiting for updates or dealing with cryptic errors was common, those days are over. #DevOps

In today's world, large language models (LLMs) have transformed interactions with data applications. However, they often struggle with precise,

Join Robert Green and Leslie Richardson for a full day of live sessions, demos, and interviews at Microsoft HQ! Tune in on August 5 for a special edition of Visual Studio Toolbox Live—broadcast straight from VS LIVE! Redmond. #VisualStudioToolbox

Today, we're thrilled to announce the sixth preview release of .NET 10, featuring enhancements across the .NET Runtime, SDK, libraries, C#, ASP.NET Core, Blazor, .NET MAUI, and more. Dive into the full release notes linked below! #DotNet10

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is evolving! 🚀 We're thrilled to announce the MCP C# SDK now supports the new specification version 2025-06-18, equipping .NET developers with powerful AI capabilities. #AI #MCP

We’re excited to see so many of you diving back into your Pluralsight benefit after our April 3rd announcement about extended access. Your passion for learning with Visual Studio inspires us daily! Here's what's new for you.

As a .NET developer, productivity is key to your workflow. GitHub Copilot Chat offers two modes—Ask Mode and Agent Mode—each with unique strengths. Let’s dive in! #DotNetDev

🚀 Exciting news! The latest 1.21 release of the CMake Tools extension for Visual Studio Code is here! 🎉 This update addresses multi-root improvements and adds CMake presets version 10 support. Check our CHANGELOG for all updates!

In a recent engagement, our team of Data Scientists and Software Engineers developed custom AI models tailored to our customer’s specific needs. Balancing a rapid experimentation mindset with engineering fundamentals like CI/CD, PR reviews,

🚀 Big news! Microsoft has achieved ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certification for its Azure AI Foundry Models and Microsoft Security Copilot! This globally recognized standard reinforces our commitment to responsible and transparent AI management. #AIInnovation

Exciting news in the .NET world! Today we're thrilled to announce the sixth preview release of .NET 10, packed with enhancements across the board. From Runtime to ASP.NET Core, there's a lot to explore! Check out the full release notes linked below and get started today. #dotnet #developers

Want to extend AI assistants with custom capabilities? In this thread, we’ll dive into how to build a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server using .NET 10 and publish it to NuGet, making your AI tools discoverable and reusable by the .NET community! #AI #DotNet

GitHub Copilot and its models are capable of some amazing things. In Agent mode, this AI can create parts of or even entire applications from your written (or spoken!) instructions. Feel those coding vibes? #AI #Coding

Ever wondered how AI can help manage your inventory? 🤖💼 A while ago, I glimpsed an AI agent updating a table and thought, why not try this with Microsoft Power Platforms?

At Microsoft Build 2025, we unveiled the new GitHub Copilot Coding Agent, which has the potential to transform productivity in software development. 🎉 What if Copilot could completely handle straightforward coding issues? Let’s explore this dream scenario!

Welcome to the .NET servicing updates for July 2025! Let’s dive into what’s new in our latest release of .NET & .NET Framework. #DotNet #TechUpdates

Developing C++ code can be complex. The project structure, style, and convention vary widely across repositories, often requiring developers to navigate multiple files to grasp critical context. #Cplusplus #CodingChallenges

As technology continues to reshape every industry, organizations are transforming with cloud, data, and AI—resulting in smarter operations and impactful customer experiences. #CloudTransformation

Unlock enterprise-scale web research automation! 🚀 Today, we’re thrilled to announce the public preview of Deep Research in Azure AI Foundry—an API and SDK-based offering of OpenAI’s advanced agentic research capability, fully integrated with Azure’s enterprise-grade platform. #AzureAIFoundry

🚀 Exciting updates in the vcpkg package manager! Let’s dive into the key changes from the recent 2025.06.13 registry release and tool updates. Here’s a summary of what’s new! #vcpkg #Cplusplus

At Electronic Arts (EA), the Frostbite Engineering Workflows team supports thousands of developers working on powerful game engines behind your favorite games. #GameDev

🚀 Exciting news! Microsoft has been named a leader in The Forrester Wave™: Serverless Development Platforms, Q2 2025! This recognition reflects our commitment to empowering developers and driving meaningful innovation with Azure Functions and Azure Container Apps. #MicrosoftAzure

Microsoft Build 2025 showcased an exciting reimagination of the software development lifecycle, driven by powerful AI capabilities. 🎉 #MicrosoftBuild2025

Microsoft Build 2025 showcased an exciting reimagination of the software development lifecycle, driven by powerful AI capabilities. 🎉 #MicrosoftBuild2025

Generative AI is a transformative force, redefining how modern enterprises operate. It's become central to driving productivity and innovation. The pressure is on: organizations must adopt AI fast to unlock real value or risk falling behind.