Microsoft has shared its latest look ahead at how artificial intelligence will evolve inside Visual Studio. The February roadmap signals a shift toward stabilizing AI workflows while continuing to expand the role of agents in everyday development. The update hints at deeper integration and smarter interactions across the IDE experience.
Here’s what developers like you can expect:
Agent Mode & Coding Agents
Improved progress indicators for long-running tasks, smarter failure handling and retries, plus enhanced diagnostics and logging — helping agents recover gracefully and making issues easier to troubleshoot.
Planning Agent
A new dedicated experience designed for scoping, refining, and iterating tasks before execution — moving beyond the lightweight planning mode developers use today.
Copilot SDK & Platform Integration
Early work begins to integrate the Copilot CLI directly into Visual Studio Copilot for a more connected development workflow.
Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Continued investment in secure and scalable tool connectivity, including Client ID metadata documents and governance support for MCP servers inside Visual Studio.
Models & Context Management
Under-the-hood improvements to keep Copilot fast even with large contexts — simplifying context reduction and preventing unexpected behavior.
Copilot Experience in the Editor
Smoother day-to-day coding with improved acceptance shortcuts, reduced IntelliSense conflicts, and better quick-info support.
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