--- title: Power Your Workflow with Your Model | daily.dev description: Visual Studio's September update expands Bring Your Own Model (BYOM) support, letting developers connect Microsoft Foundry, OpenAI, Anthropic, or Ollama models... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/power-your-workflow-with-your-model-2z7mufwdo twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Power Your Workflow with Your Model | daily.dev og:description: Visual Studio's September update expands Bring Your Own Model (BYOM) support, letting developers connect Microsoft Foundry, OpenAI, Anthropic, or Ollama models... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/power-your-workflow-with-your-model-2z7mufwdo og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/2z7mUfWDo.png og:image:alt: Power Your Workflow with Your Model 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. # Power Your Workflow with Your Model **[Visual Studio Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/vs)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Visual Studio's September update expands Bring Your Own Model (BYOM) support, letting developers connect Microsoft Foundry, OpenAI, Anthropic, or Ollama models to Agent Mode, now built on the new GitHub Copilot SDK-powered Agent (Preview). This breaks the earlier BYOM experience in Ask/Agent modes, and previously added Ollama models must be re-added. Other additions include one-click NuGet vulnerability fixes via Copilot and the NuGet MCP server directly from the Error List, a Git agent that summarizes and links into pull request discussions and files, C# debugger highlighting showing which operand decided a compound if condition, and Attach to Process support for Podman containers alongside Docker. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What happens to my previously added Ollama models after updating Visual Studio's Bring Your Own Model feature? Previously added Ollama models need to be re-added after updating to the latest Visual Studio 2026 release, due to backend updates for that provider. This is part of a breaking change where BYOM now works exclusively with the new Agent (Preview), built on the GitHub Copilot SDK-powered harness, replacing the earlier BYOM experience in the previous Ask and Agent modes. _Track Visual Studio's BYOM changes on daily.dev before they break your Ollama setup mid-upgrade._ ### How do I fix vulnerable NuGet packages directly from Visual Studio without manually researching each CVE? Restore a solution containing a vulnerable package, open View > Error List, find the NuGet Audit warning (NU1901, NU1902, NU1903, or NU1904), then select the sparkle action in the Fixer column. This opens GitHub Copilot Chat in agent mode, which uses the built-in NuGet MCP server to propose fixes for review and application. Requires GitHub Copilot sign-in. _Developers hardening dependency trees can follow daily.dev for new NuGet security tooling like this._ ### Which AI model providers can I connect to Visual Studio's Bring Your Own Model feature? Supported providers include Microsoft Foundry, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Ollama, with custom endpoint support available for OpenAI and Ollama. BYOM is enabled by default in preview across Community, Professional, and Enterprise SKUs, letting developers use their team's preferred model in Agent Mode whether or not they are signed in to GitHub. _Comparing AI model options for your IDE workflow is easier when daily.dev surfaces tooling changes like these._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Unlocking the Power of AI for Every Developer in Visual Studio with Bring your Own Model](https://daily.dev/posts/unlocking-the-power-of-ai-for-every-developer-in-visual-studio-with-bring-your-own-model-eylmtcqn4) · Visual Studio Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Bring your own language model key in VS Code now available](https://daily.dev/posts/bring-your-own-language-model-key-in-vs-code-now-available-c188bfmfg) · GitHub Changelog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Building AI agents with the GitHub Copilot SDK](https://daily.dev/posts/building-ai-agents-with-the-github-copilot-sdk-tauv44gc4) · InfoWorld · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#mcp](https://daily.dev/tags/mcp), [#visual-studio](https://daily.dev/tags/visual-studio), [#nuget](https://daily.dev/tags/nuget) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/power-your-workflow-with-your-model-2z7mufwdo) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Power Your Workflow with Your Model","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/power-your-workflow-with-your-model-2z7mufwdo","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/power-your-workflow-with-your-model-2z7mufwdo"},"datePublished":"2026-09-29T16:01:57.943Z","dateModified":"2026-09-29T19:21:13.606Z","description":"Visual Studio's September update expands Bring Your Own Model (BYOM) support, letting developers connect Microsoft Foundry, OpenAI, Anthropic, or Ollama models...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/6be134cf0b619ce10ff46aefa0b686eb?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/6be134cf0b619ce10ff46aefa0b686eb?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Visual Studio Blog","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Visual Studio Blog","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/03971923d4044f74ac177dc752e1e752","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/vs"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/power-your-workflow-with-your-model-2z7mufwdo","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"github,mcp,visual-studio,nuget","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Visual Studio Blog","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/vs"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Power Your Workflow with Your Model"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/power-your-workflow-with-your-model-2z7mufwdo#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What happens to my previously added Ollama models after updating Visual Studio's Bring Your Own Model feature?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Previously added Ollama models need to be re-added after updating to the latest Visual Studio 2026 release, due to backend updates for that provider. 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