Browse .NET News (134)
Visual Studio Code Team outlines the significant updates in VS Code 1.112 Insiders, focusing on Copilot CLI improvements, chat-based image analysis, and enhanced developer features.
Sergey Menshykh details the latest updates to Microsoft Agent Framework for Python, introducing code-defined Agent Skills, flexible script execution, and approval flows for enterprise safety and control.
Pierce Boggan details how the VS Code team integrates AI and GitHub Copilot to streamline their development pipeline, covering automated code review, release cadence acceleration, and quality management strategies.
Dmytro Struk, Chris Rickman, and Eduard van Valkenburg present hands-on techniques for building production-ready AI agents using the Microsoft Agent Framework, highlighting secure shell execution and conversational context management.
Mika Dumont explores how the modernize-dotnet agent empowers developers to modernize .NET projects from Visual Studio, VS Code, the Copilot CLI, or even directly on GitHub, generating structured upgrade plans and supporting custom workflows.
Rahul Bhandari (MSFT) details the .NET 10.0.5 out-of-band update, which fixes a debugger regression for macOS developers using Visual Studio Code.
Carie Fisher explains how GitHub leverages GitHub Copilot, AI automation, and developer-centric workflows to turn accessibility feedback into actionable, continuously resolved issues. The piece details technical approaches, architecture, and human-in-the-loop best practices for delivering more inclusive code.
Microsoft Fabric Blog details how VS Code users can now deploy SQL database schema changes directly to Fabric, streamlining data engineering workflows. Author Microsoft Fabric Blog explains new publish dialog and item templates, improving productivity for database and application development teams.
stclarke summarizes Microsoft's GDC 2026 announcements, highlighting major updates for Windows PC game development including new DirectX/PIX features, a broader Xbox mode, and advancements in ML-driven graphics pipelines.
stclarke explores Microsoft’s rollout of agentic AI tools Azure Copilot and GitHub Copilot for unified modernization workflows, highlighting features that streamline cloud migration and application transformation for IT and development teams.
The .NET Team announces the availability of .NET 11 Preview 2, highlighting new features, performance improvements, and expanded support across libraries, runtime, SDK, ASP.NET Core, Blazor, .NET MAUI, and more for developers.
Rahul Bhandari (MSFT) and Tara Overfield summarize important security fixes and servicing information for .NET and .NET Framework with the March 2026 update, including CVE resolutions and detailed changelogs.
Gwen Davis explains how the GitHub Copilot SDK brings agentic execution directly into applications, allowing developers to move beyond text-based prompts and orchestrate complex AI-driven workflows.
Tim Heuer introduces the dotnet/skills repository, which equips .NET developers with agent skills to extend coding agent workflows. Discover how these skills boost productivity and can be integrated with GitHub Copilot CLI, VS Code, and other tools.
Visual Studio Code Team summarizes the new features in VS Code Insiders 1.111, including improvements to Copilot integration, source control, agent plugins, and accessibility.
Justin Yoo details how to build a production-ready AI interview coach using Microsoft Agent Framework, Foundry, MCP, and Aspire, sharing multi-agent orchestration, cloud infrastructure, and .NET integration strategies.
Jim Harrer introduces Visual Studio Dev Essentials, Microsoft's free developer program, offering a suite of tools, cloud credits, downloads, and learning resources designed to support every developer.
Nick Brady rounds up February 2026's major Microsoft Foundry updates—including the arrival of frontier AI models, Agent Framework RC, REST API GA, SDK previews, and architectural innovations for developers and machine learning practitioners.
Allison describes how GitHub Copilot users can now connect to the Figma MCP server in VS Code, synchronizing design context and rendered UIs as editable frames—streamlining workflows for developers.
Daniel Rosenwasser announces the Release Candidate of TypeScript 6.0, detailing major updates, feature highlights, and migration guidance for developers as the platform transitions to its next major version.