--- title: Microsoft unlocks Visual Studio for developers left... description: Microsoft announced at Build 2026 a set of updates to Visual Studio focused on embedding AI agents directly into the debugger, profiler, and test runner rather... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-unlocks-visual-studio-for-developers-left-behind-by-its-own-ai-udjkbqcug twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Microsoft unlocks Visual Studio for developers left behind by its own AI | daily.dev og:description: Microsoft announced at Build 2026 a set of updates to Visual Studio focused on embedding AI agents directly into the debugger, profiler, and test runner rather... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-unlocks-visual-studio-for-developers-left-behind-by-its-own-ai-udjkbqcug og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/UdjkbQcuG.png og:image:alt: Microsoft unlocks Visual Studio for developers left behind by its own AI og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Microsoft unlocks Visual Studio for developers left behind by its own AI **[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Microsoft announced at Build 2026 a set of updates to Visual Studio focused on embedding AI agents directly into the debugger, profiler, and test runner rather than treating AI as a separate chat interface. A key enterprise-facing move is bring-your-own-key (BYOK) support, allowing teams to use their own AI models and endpoints instead of being locked to Microsoft-sanctioned ones — addressing compliance, cost, and data sovereignty concerns. Additional updates include a GitHub Copilot modernization agent capable of migrating legacy Web Forms apps to Blazor and adding .NET Aspire for cloud observability, AI-assisted merge conflict resolution, pre-build error checking, and a shift to the GitHub Copilot SDK as the underlying AI integration layer. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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