This Microsoft coding tool is cheaper than most developer subscriptions

The Visual Studio Professional 2026 license includes IntelliCode, CodeLens, debugging tools, .NET and C++ support, and ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Using Local AI to Cut Copilot Usage-Based Billing Shock

After being gobsmacked by the new billing plan using almost all my monthly credits in one or two days, I tried pushing some Copilot-style coding work onto local models in VS Code. What I found was ...
InfoQ

Azure Functions Ships Serverless Agents Runtime at Build 2026

Azure Functions shipped a serverless agents runtime in public preview at Build 2026. Agents are defined in .agent.md markdown ...
Microsoft

Beyond the benchmark: Advancing security at AI speed

Read how Microsoft Security has advanced its agentic vulnerability detection system, codename MDASH, integrating into ...
InfoQ

GitHub Copilot Desktop App Targets Parallel Agentic Workflows

GitHub has introduced the GitHub Copilot app, a desktop control centre for agent-native development that aims to keep ...