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The latest Visual Studio coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft's Azure MCP server now works in Visual Studio via Copilot Agent Mode preview
Microsoft just turned Visual Studio 2022 into a command center for Azure, rolling out a public preview of the GitHub Copilot for Azure extension that lets developers query resources, pull logs, run...
Elon Musk's Macrohard Plans to Simulate Microsoft Using Autonomous AI Agents
Elon Musk announced on August 22, 2025, that he is launching a “purely AI software company” named Macrohard—a cheeky but calculated move targeting Microsoft directly. The announcement, made on...
You Can Now Silence GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio 2022: Debounced and On-Demand Completions Arrive
Microsoft has shipped a set of focused updates in Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14.13 that fundamentally alter how GitHub Copilot interacts with developers in the code editor. For the first time,...
Visual Studio 2022 Update Lets Developers Disable Copilot Interruptions and Accept Code Piecemeal
With the release of Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14.13, Microsoft has handed developers the keys to manage one of the most persistent annoyances of AI-assisted coding: GitHub Copilot’s tendency to...
Azure Tops Gartner’s 2025 Cloud-Native Platform Rankings With Serverless GPU and AI Push
Microsoft Azure took the top spot in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud-Native Application Platforms, claiming the furthest position on Completeness of Vision. The analyst firm’s recognition...
Visual Studio MCP GA Brings GitHub Server v0.12.1, but Prompt Injection Risks Demand Vigilance
Microsoft has shipped general availability support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) directly into Visual Studio, letting developers connect Copilot Chat to external services through a simple...
Visual Studio Gets MCP GA: Copilot Can Now Securely Access Databases, CI, and More
Microsoft has released general availability of Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration in Visual Studio, marking a pivotal shift in how developers wield AI assistants. Starting today, GitHub Copilot...
Microsoft’s GPT-5 Ecosystem Overhaul: Smart Routing, Deeper Reasoning, and Enterprise Guardrails
Microsoft has simultaneously activated OpenAI’s GPT-5 family across its entire productivity, development, and cloud portfolio—a coordinated day-one deployment that embeds advanced reasoning into...
Microsoft’s GPT-5 Overhaul: How Smart Mode Is Transforming Every Business Tool
Microsoft didn’t just update Copilot on August 7—it lit the fuse on a platform-wide explosion of GPT-5 across every major product surface, from consumer Windows apps to enterprise cloud APIs. The...
Airport Biometric Job Boom: Tanzania Recruits 23 Windows IT Techs for Immigration Systems
A recruitment portal in Tanzania has just posted a single intake for 23 identical junior IT support roles, all stationed at Dar es Salaam’s airports and all tasked with keeping biometric...
GPT-5's Windows Debut Brings Smarter AI, But Cautionary Tales Remain
Microsoft has embedded OpenAI’s new GPT‑5 reasoning engine into Copilot, GitHub Copilot, and Visual Studio just days after launch—bringing expanded context windows, model‑routing “Smart...
ATO’s 800-Developer AI Coding Assistant Pilot: COBOL Translation, Privacy Demands, and the Vendor Battle
The Australian Taxation Office is preparing to issue a request for tender for an enterprise-grade AI coding assistant that will serve roughly 800 in-house developers—a move that could set a...