Visual Studio 2026 Introduces AI-Driven Debugging Tools with Copilot Assistance

Visual Studio 2026 is bringing Copilot deeper into its debugging experience, with AI-driven exception analysis, smarter breakpoint handling, and inline insights that help developers understand code behavior in real time. These enhancements are designed to accelerate troubleshooting and reduce repetitive tasks during development.

Here’s what’s new:

• Exception Assistance

  Visual Studio analyzes your entire repository—not just the file you’re in. It reviews past bugs, pull requests, and previous fixes to detect similar issues, highlight affected code paths, and pinpoint where unexpected values may have been introduced.

• Inline in Editor

  No more hunting for errors one by one. Debugging insights appear directly in the editor, clearly showing which part failed and how it impacted the final result.

• Debug with Copilot

  When a test fails, the Debugger Agent reviews the test, its code, and recent changes. It proposes a fix, runs the test, refines the solution, and delivers a clear summary of what changed—and why.

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Power BI Marks a Decade of Innovation in 2025 Holiday Recap

In its 2025 holiday recap, Microsoft Power BI celebrates a decade of innovation, highlighting major product advancements and global community events that defined the year. The Power BI 2025 year-end review underscores landmark moments—from its 10-year anniversary to breakthrough features empowering users to turn data into action faster than ever. Microsoft Power BI closes out 2025 with a celebration of ten years of impact, spotlighting community contests, anniversary initiatives, and powerful new capabilities.

Here are the highlights:

• Leveling Up the Power BI Community

  Power BI launched a two-month learning bonanza with discounted certification vouchers, a nostalgic startup experience in Power BI Desktop, and the Power BI Data Viz Championships — a global competition celebrating data storytelling by the community.

• Build Once, Model Anywhere

  Users can now create and edit semantic models directly in the Power BI service, achieving true parity with Power BI Desktop. This enables end-to-end development in the browser and empowers more users, including those on macOS.

• From Insight to Action—Inside the Report

  With translytical task flows, users can now take action directly from reports—writing data back to source systems and turning insights into outcomes without leaving the experience.

• Ask Questions. Get Answers. Instantly.

  Power BI introduced a full-screen “Chat with your data” experience, allowing users to ask natural-language questions and receive instant, secure answers from their reports, datasets, and apps.

• Your Files, Now Analytics-Ready

  OneDrive and SharePoint shortcuts in OneLake (Preview) make it easy to analyze familiar files—Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDFs —alongside structured data, creating a single source of business context without duplication.

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Microsoft Pulls Back the Curtain on Visual Studio’s Feedback Engine

Microsoft has published a detailed behind-the-scenes look at how the Visual Studio feedback system works, explaining how bug reports and feature requests from the Developer Community become actionable engineering tickets. The post highlights how community engagement — including votes and comments — influences prioritization and resolution timelines, ensuring developer voices help shape the future of the IDE.

Here’s how it works:

• How it starts

  Every bug report or feature request submitted via the Developer Community becomes a tracked ticket. It’s mirrored in Microsoft’s internal Azure DevOps system and routed to the right product team.

• How your feedback is prioritized

  Community feedback is triaged alongside internal work. If an issue is impactful and aligns with product direction, it’s prioritized—no matter who submitted it.

• What makes feedback impactful

  Engagement matters. Votes, comments, severity, and overall community traction increase a ticket’s score, helping Microsoft identify what users care about most.

• Rollback scenarios

  If a new release disrupts your workflow, rollback-related feedback is treated as high priority to restore stability quickly.

• Tips for submitting effective feedback

  Speed up resolution with a clear title, detailed reproduction steps, screenshots or recordings, and—when possible—a minimal reproducible project.

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Power Apps Enhances Planning with Visual Process Maps Now Generally Available

Microsoft has announced the general availability of Process Maps in Power Apps, expanding how teams plan and design business solutions. The update allows makers and stakeholders to visually map workflows directly within Power Apps plans, helping align requirements earlier in the development process. This release reinforces Microsoft’s focus on improving clarity and collaboration before apps are built.

Here’s what you need to know:

• Why use Process Maps?

  Whether you’re building a new app or refining an existing one, process maps help teams align on steps, roles, and decision points early, reducing rework and misalignment.

• What’s new?

  Process Maps are now built into Plans, allowing you to visually design end-to-end workflows, collaborate with clearer user story mapping, and update processes using AI-assisted edits validated for consistency.

• Why it matters for business solutions

  Visualizing processes upfront helps teams identify bottlenecks, reduce miscommunication, and minimize delivery risks—leading to faster decisions, smoother implementations, and better outcomes.

• Business impact

  Organizations using process maps report faster project cycles, higher solution adoption, and stronger ROI.

• How to get started

  Open the Plan Designer in Power Apps, create or select a plan, navigate to Process Maps, and start visualizing your workflows.

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Power BI Streamlines Azure Data Factory-to-Fabric Migration with New Assessment Tool

Power BI has released a new assessment tool designed to help organizations evaluate their Azure Data Factory pipelines before migrating to Fabric Data Factory. The tool identifies which pipelines are migration-ready, which require updates, and which features aren’t yet supported—enabling Power BI users to plan their transition with greater clarity and confidence.

Here’s what you need to know:

• Why Perform a Migration Assessment?

  The assessment tool highlights pipelines and activities that are ready, need updates, or aren’t yet supported, helping you plan and track your migration with confidence.

• How to Run the Assessment

  Open your Azure Data Factory in the Azure Portal and select Run upgrade assessment (preview) from the authoring canvas toolbar to begin the evaluation.

• Reviewing the Results

  A side pane will display your pipelines and activities, allowing you to expand each item for status details and required remediation.

• Exporting the Assessment Summary

  Export the results as a CSV to view each pipeline’s migration status—Ready, Needs review, Coming soon, or Not compatible.

• What’s Next?

  Use the PowerShell upgrade tool for early migration, plan remediation for flagged items, and stay informed as Fabric Data Factory continues to expand feature support.

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Visual Studio 2026 Brings a Faster Git Experience

Visual Studio 2026 makes switching branches, stashing changes, committing, and managing pull requests far more seamless — all inside the IDE, without dropping into external tools. Even complex workflows like juggling bug-fixes and code reviews are now more fluid, thanks to performance optimizations and integrated tooling for Git.

Here’s what’s new and how it helps you work smarter:

• Create topic branches fast

  Right-click main in the Git Repository Window → New Local Branch From → name it fix/auth-race-1. You’re switched instantly, with the new 2026 Git status bar keeping you updated on branch and sync status at a glance.

• Stash changes and stay flexible

  Head to the Git Changes Window → select modified files → Stash All with a note like “WIP: Auth fix before demo.” Your working directory stays clean while you move between tasks.

• Pop stashes and review effortlessly

  Restore your work via the Stash tab → Pop Stash. Add a quick quality check by hitting the Copilot Code Review button to generate helpful inline comments.

• Commit faster with AI-generated messages

  Click Generate Commit Message in Git Changes. It auto-formats to your team’s standards and links to DevOps—saving you time and keeping history clean. One click to push and you’re good.

• Create PRs and review inline

  After pushing, follow the banner in Git Changes to create a pull request. Add reviewers from the dropdown, click Create, and your work is ready for feedback.

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GitHub Copilot Testing for .NET Arrives in Visual Studio Insiders

Microsoft has unveiled GitHub Copilot Testing for .NET, bringing AI-generated unit tests directly into Visual Studio Insiders. The new feature lets developers instantly create, build, and run tests with a single click, speeding up reliability and coverage. It marks a major step toward fully integrated, AI-assisted testing workflows for .NET teams.

Here’s what you need to know:

• What is it?

  GitHub Copilot Testing for .NET is purpose-built for generating high-quality tests, understanding your code structure and project setup to create, build, and run tests across any scope—from a single method to your entire solution.

• Why use it?

  It provides scalable AI-generated unit tests, deterministic and type-safe results, multi-framework support, and seamless Visual Studio integration, including automatic test recovery.

• Getting started

  Install the latest Visual Studio 2026 Insiders Build, ensure your C# project builds cleanly, enable Copilot Testing under Tools > Options, and make sure you have a GitHub Copilot license.

• How to choose what to test

  Use @test #target in Copilot Chat to generate tests, where #target can represent a member, class, file, project, solution, or #changes for your Git diff.

• What you’ll get

  You’ll receive a clear summary of created/updated tests, coverage changes, quality indicators, insights into testability gaps, and direct links to the generated test files for quick iteration.

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Power Apps “Plans”: A Smarter Way to Understand and Evolve Your Solutions

The new Plans feature gives developers a clear, auto-generated view of their existing solutions, making it easier to review and communicate how everything fits together. Instead of manually checking each app, table, and flow, Plans provides a structured blueprint you can refine and share. This helps teams save time, reduce errors, and confidently plan their next enhancements.

Here’s what you need to know:

• Why it matters

  Save time with automatically generated plans, improve collaboration with a shared, visual blueprint, and accelerate innovation by quickly spotting gaps and opportunities.

• What’s new

  The new Create a plan from your solution feature uses AI to analyse your solution and automatically generate business objectives, user roles, data model insights, and an overview of your apps, flows, and tables.

• How it works

  Open Solutions in Power Apps, select your solution, and choose Create a plan from solution—just ensure it contains at least one app and one table, and Copilot will generate and save the plan based on whether the solution is managed or unmanaged.

• Why use it?

  A structured, AI-generated plan speeds up decision-making and reduces risk — whether you’re onboarding new team members, preparing for an audit, or planning the next phase of your app lifecycle.

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Microsoft Unlocks Real-Time Web Context in Visual Studio Copilot Chat with New “URL Context” Feature

Visual Studio’s Copilot Chat now lets developers paste URLs directly into prompts, enabling it to pull live information from webpages for more accurate, context-aware responses. This update helps overcome the limits of relying solely on built-in training data, giving developers instant access to up-to-date documentation and project-specific resources.

Here’s what you need to know:

• Use Web Into Copilot Chat

  With the new URL context feature, Copilot Chat can pull information directly from the web pages you provide. Just paste a URL into your prompt, and Copilot will use that page’s content to deliver more accurate, relevant, and real-time responses.

• How to Use Reference URLs

  Paste your chosen URL into the chat, and Copilot will read and process the page to give you context-aware answers that extend beyond its built-in training.

• Limitations

  Copilot’s ability to extract content depends on the webpage’s accessibility and structure. Pages requiring authentication or those with heavy dynamic elements may limit what Copilot can access or understand.

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Microsoft Rolls Out New Visual Studio Updates This November 2025

Microsoft has released its latest round of Visual Studio updates, introducing fresh AI-driven enhancements designed to help developers work smarter and faster. These improvements aim to reduce repetitive, time-consuming tasks by providing intelligent assistance right inside the coding workflow.

Discover what’s new in this month’s release:

• Visual Studio 2026 Is Here

  The latest version is now generally available, bringing performance boosts, a refreshed UI, and major advancements in AI-driven development to streamline your workflow.

• GitHub Cloud Agent Preview

  Now in preview, the Cloud Agent can handle repetitive and time-consuming tasks for you. Just enable it from the Copilot badge → Settings & Options → Coding Agent to get started.

• Copilot Actions via Context Menu

  Interact with Copilot instantly—no typing needed. Right-click, choose an action, and let Copilot assist you directly from your context menu.

• Copilot Intent Detection for All-in-One Search

  The updated “Did you mean…” suggestions help you find more relevant results—especially when search results are empty or the top match isn’t quite right.

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