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I was talking with a developer recently about a project his team was working on. They'd built an application, connected their data sources, and had everything in working order. Then came another request from management: Could they add a dashboard within the app so users could actually see what was happening with all that data?  As we talked, the...

Whether your team hosts its own AI models, you have an API key from a model provider, or you want to experiment with a model running on your machine, Bring Your Own Model (BYOM) lets you use those models without leaving Visual Studio. BYOM is now generally available in Visual Studio 18.12. Since the August Preview, your feedback has shaped impro...

Today, we are announcing Visual Studio 2026 Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) 18.11 alongside Visual Studio 2026 18.12 on the Stable channel. LTSC 18.11 will receive two years of support, through November 14, 2028, rather than the one year of LTSC support we previously announced. If you are using Visual Studio 2022 for its LTSC benefits this is a ...

Copilot Chat in Visual Studio just got a new engine. Starting with Visual Studio 2026 version 18.12, it runs on the Microsoft Copilot SDK developed by GitHub, the same technology powering GitHub Copilot CLI, the GitHub Copilot app, and VS Code. It’s on by default, and it’s a major upgrade: same models, more tasks solved, new ways to work. We put...

Keeping up with new technology is one thing. Finding worthwhile opportunities to explore what matters most to your work is another.  That's where VSLive! can help. It brings technical learning, hands-on experience, expert guidance, and a community of developers together in one place, giving you focused time to explore evolving technologies and...

Are you thinking about earning a Microsoft certification to help advance your career, build on your existing skills, or meet new requirements at work?  If so, you may already be wondering where to start. Which courses, labs, and hands-on exercises will help you prepare? How much time will it take to find the right resources, and how much wil...

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What if you could experiment with a new Azure service without requesting additional budget, prepare for your next technical certification using learning resources you already have, or build a dashboard without creating every UI component from scratch?  If you're a Visual Studio subscriber, you may already have benefits that can help you do a...

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