Version 1.0 adds a generally available workflow for configuring, testing, evaluating and deploying hosted AI agents with Azure Developer CLI.

Preview SharePoint tools give Work IQ agents a discoverable interface to more than 60 operations with delegated permission scopes.

An experimental Windows terminal update adds agent status, cross-window search and headless execution for long-running sessions.

A Microsoft post outlines conference discounts and hands-on developer training options for qualifying subscription holders.

Microsoft says Copilot plugin updates will stop targeting JetBrains 2025.2.x as the minimum supported version moves to 2025.3.x.

A Foundry on Windows engineering report explains how mixed-precision quantization lets MAI-Code-1.1-Flash run on RTX Spark hardware.

A SharePoint Server Subscription Edition update will disable low-trust add-ins by default as Microsoft directs developers toward supported alternatives.

Visual Studio Code 1.145 adds remote agent browser and canvas support, more flexible local automations, and new controls for agent sessions.

The monthly roundup details the Copilot harness preview, generally available browser automation and hosted-agent resilience, and recent model and SDK updates.

Microsoft has published setup instructions for using a Qwen coding model locally with GitHub Copilot, offering an alternative to sending every coding request to a hosted model. Th ...