Editor's take: Microsoft has long been the financial lifeline of OpenAI, but its growing reliance on Anthropic's models suggests that loyalty may be giving way to performance. By favoring Anthropic in ...

Microsoft detailed its plans for advanced AI in its flagship IDE in September, with new modes for debugging and profiling, as well as enhancements for agentic DevOps, in the works. The company last ...

However, approach with caution: MCP servers are increasingly becoming a new way to hijack systems or launch cyberattacks, research shows. Microsoft has added Model Context Protocol (MCP) support to ...

Crashes occur during the initial IDE startup when loading extensions or caches, immediately after installing updates (e.g., .NET upgrades or Visual Studio patches), or during specific actions such as ...

GitHub Copilot for Azure just shipped with an important addition since its debut at Ignite 2024 as a private preview. The Visual Studio Code extension is no longer just an assistant -- it's now an ...

Microsoft Build 2025 is here—our annual showcase of the most exciting innovations shaping the future of development and AI. For engineers, makers, and subject matter experts, it’s the moment to see ...

Python libraries are pre-written collections of code designed to simplify programming by providing ready-made functions for specific tasks. They eliminate the need to write repetitive code and cover ...

Microsoft has taken significant steps to standardize how artificial intelligence models interact with cloud data by unveiling public previews for two distinct Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. The ...

Every time I click to get an extension on the Visual Studio Marketplace website, it sends me to a screen where it says it is loading organization information, but the screen refreshes and goes blank.