The latest release of the Visual Studio GitHub Copilot Chat Extension introduces two noteworthy productivity features, slash commands and context variables. Additionally, developers can explore ...

The GitHub Copilot 'AI pair programmer' coding assistant has introduced voice commands, experimental at first.

Microsoft has launched Visual Studio 2026 in preview, a major update focused on deep AI integration, performance, and a ...

Visual Studio 2019 version 16.6 brings speedier and keyboard-friendlier Git commands, faster XAML Hot Reloads, and a new mocking framework ...

Microsoft has launched a public preview of GitHub Copilot for Azure, a new Visual Studio extension that uses AI agents to ...

GitHub’s open-source Spec Kit formalizes spec-driven development for AI coding agents by providing a CLI, templates, and prompts that move work through specification, plan, tasks, and implementation, ...

If GitHub Copilot is not working or is not responding in Visual Studio or VS Code, it's most likely facing an authentication, network, or compatibility issue.

Also the Visual Studio tooling support for Git is almost blank. The compiled version of the add-in is available in the Visual Studio Gallery.

Visual Studio 2022 17.6 brings significant performance, editor, and C++ enhancements, while a version 17.7 preview adds more productivity improvements.

This means Visual Studio users, for example, can now use GitHub and other Git-compatible repositories to host and manage their projects.