Microsoft Build 2026 Day 2 LIVE | GitHub Copilot, VS Code, and more

Visual Studio Code hosts a Microsoft Build 2026 Day 2 live stream focused on what’s new in GitHub Copilot and VS Code, with sessions on agent skills, extending Copilot via the Copilot SDK, Copilot CLI updates, model shipping, TypeScript updates, and multi-agent patterns.

Overview

A full-day live event covering new features, demos, and workflows across GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Code.

Agenda

Day 1 recap

• Day 1 Recap: What You Missed (or Watched Twice)
  • Pierce Boggan + Cassidy Williams with Burke Holland

GitHub Copilot agents and extensibility

• Agent Skills
  • Addy Osmani
• Extend GitHub Copilot with the Copilot SDK
  • Patrick Nikoletich
• What's new in GitHub Copilot CLI?
  • Evan Boyle

Models and working with models

• How we ship models
  • Julia Kasper
• Working with Models

TypeScript and editor workflows

• TypeScript updates: Latest Features and What's next
  • Daniel Rosenwasser

Multi-agent and agentic workflows in VS Code

• Multi-agent patterns in VS Code you won't learn from docs
  • Chris Reddington, Julia Kaspar, Harald Kirschner, Pierce Boggan with Burke Holland, Kent C. Dodds
• From issue to merge in one loop: the GitHub Copilot app
  • Seth Juarez and Burke Holland

Azure AI Foundry / Foundry tooling

• Toolboxes in Foundry
  • Linda Li & Atul Aggarwal with Seth Juarez

VS Code product updates

• Your Browser Lives in VS Code Now
  • Justin Chen
• The PM/dev handoff isn't what it used to be
  • Courtney Webster
• Designing VS Code UX for Agentic Era
  • Joanna Oikawa
• The New Agents Window in VS Code
  • Harald Kirschner

AI model ecosystem and concepts

• Claude Is in Copilot. Here's What That Actually Means.
  • Tyler Leonhardt
• Is DOOM a Tensor?
  • Anthony Shaw