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 has released the April update for Visual Studio 2026, introducing a wave of AI-focused improvements aimed at modern development workflows. The update places strong emphasis on cloud-based ...

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 ...

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Microsoft just dropped version 1.113 of Visual Studio Code. The company has moved to a quick weekly release schedule, and it is packing new features into every single update. This week, the focus is ...

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Pradershika Sharma is a tech deals writer for Lifehacker. She has a Master’s degree in English Literature, a B.Ed., and a TESOL certification. She has been writing professionally since 2018, creating ...

Every day, millions of people visit Microsoft’s website for information on products, pricing, and services. Spanning thousands of pages, the site now includes an AI-driven web agent that helps ...

Microsoft is introducing a new feature in Visual Studio that could be a game-changer for developers in terms of productivity. Microsoft has been heavily investing in AI integration in its flagship ...

Editor's take: Microsoft has long been the financial lifeline of OpenAI, but its growing reliance on Anthropic's models suggests that loyalty may be giving way to performance. By favoring Anthropic in ...