Microsoft Product Manager Mike Kistler previews his Visual Studio Live! session on how MCP servers give .NET developers a universal standard for connecting AI models to external data and tools -- and ...

Microsoft announced a new VSLive! Microsoft AI Hackathon 2026, an in-person build event at its Redmond campus focused on Microsoft Foundry, Azure OpenAI, GitHub Copilot and agent-based development.

A one-time license for a developer tool that tends to stick around ...

Microsoft’s Azure-based AI development and deployment platform shines with a strong selection of models and agent types and an excellent playground for experimenting with agents.

Microsoft is rolling out major updates across its developer ecosystem, from Visual Studio 2026’s deep AI integration and Git workflow enhancements to Xbox’s new Game Package Manager and PowerToys 0.99 ...

The fourth preview brings new methods to existing classes in the .NET base class library and a new configuration file for ...

Today's applications require monitoring, logging, configuration, etc. Each of these concerns can be implemented as a ...

Microsoft officially added full production Windows Driver Kit support to Visual Studio 2026 for driver development workflows.

Visual Studio has never really been the lightweight option. It's not the tool you open just to tweak a config file or write a quick script. It is the big Windows development environment, the one built ...

A lower-cost way to upgrade your dev setup.

This professional-grade development environment is down to a one-time $34.97, eliminating the need for ongoing subscriptions.

Despite the lingering perception that no one really uses Copilot, Microsoft said Wednesday that its user base and engagement are growing for the AI tool that’s baked into M365 apps like Word, Excel, ...