Visual Studio July Update Introduces Copilot Agent and Built-in .NET/Azure Skills

Original sourceVisual Studio Magazine

Summary

Microsoft's July 2026 update for Visual Studio adds Agent (preview) to Copilot Chat, simplifying tasks like feature changes, bug fixes, and refactoring with less back-and-forth. Built-in agent skills are launched simultaneously, such as ASP.NET Web API guidance and code quality checks, which become…

Key points

.NET and Azure developers can immediately use built-in AI skills to accelerate daily development and deployment tasks
The combination of Copilot Agent and built-in skills extends AI assistance from code generation to project-level workflow automation
Development teams can reduce repetitive manual tasks and unify code style and quality standards through organization-level custom instructions

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