In this video, Visual Studio Code experts Josh and Osvaldo explore how developers can leverage new capabilities for managing local, cloud, and background agents through a unified interface.

A Unified Agent Experience in Visual Studio Code

Presenters: Josh and Osvaldo
Source: Visual Studio Code team

Overview

Discover new features in Visual Studio Code that allow you to manage agents running locally, in the background, or in the cloud. This session explores how the unified experience makes it easier to organize and orchestrate development and operational tasks across a fleet of agents—from your own machine to cloud environments via Azure.

Key Topics

Unified Agent Management: Centrally organize, control, and monitor local, cloud, and background agents from within VS Code using a streamlined interface.
Developer Productivity: Leverage new tooling to automate tasks and coordinate workflows between different agent types.
Integration with Cloud Services: Learn about connecting VS Code tasks to Azure-hosted agents and discover workflow improvements for cloud-based development.
Real-World Demos: See step-by-step demonstrations of registering agents, configuring distributed tasks, and managing operations directly from VS Code.

Resources

Microsoft Foundry Discord: Community discussions and Q&A
Azure Free Trial: Get started with Azure cloud services
VS Code Lab Repo: Hands-on lab for experimenting with agents
AI Dev Days On Demand: Catch up with past and future sessions
AI Dev Days Hackathon: Register for upcoming events

Learn More

Explore additional sessions and global events as part of the “AI Apps & Agents” learning series. Stay connected with the wider developer community and keep up with the latest advancements in developer tooling and cloud integrations.