VS Gets AI Agents + MCP C# SDK 2.0 and More
Microsoft is unifying Copilot into a single agent platform across Visual Studio, VS Code, GitHub, and CLI.
“A year ago, APIs were the dominant integration layer. Increasingly, MCP becomes the integration layer for AI agents.”
Microsoft is converging its AI developer experience around a common agent platform, with a new Visual Studio agent preview built on the GitHub Copilot SDK joining VS Code, GitHub, and CLI. The MCP C# SDK 2.0 release signals MCP's growing role as the standard integration layer for AI agents, displacing traditional APIs. Microsoft Foundry also expanded its model and infrastructure offerings, reinforcing the shift toward platform-level AI competitive advantage.