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GitHub Copilot for C# and .NET Articles, Tutorials & News
GitHub Copilot for C# and .NET articles, tutorials, and news from the DotNetNews archive.
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GitHub Copilot for C# is the focus of this topic page. GitHub Copilot for C# and .NET shows up when .NET code leaves the laptop and has to run under cloud, container, or CI constraints. Intermediate and senior .NET developers use this hub to scan practical writing without treating every link as an endorsement.
Recurring subtopics in recent issues include GitHub Copilot for C#, Copilot .NET, AI coding C#, and Copilot Visual Studio. Those themes are drawn from titles and excerpts in the newest archive entries for this tag, not from a marketing outline.
Expect publisher tutorials, release notes, architecture write-ups, and field notes linked from DotNetNews issues. Start here is a short editorial shortlist for GitHub Copilot for C# and .NET; the archive list is chronological and larger. Secondary angles such as GitHub Copilot for C# and Copilot .NET appear when the archive actually covered them. Nearby reading often overlaps with GitHub for .NET Developers and Visual Studio for C# and .NET.
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Editor picks for GitHub Copilot
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Modernize .NET applications in the GitHub Copilot app
Microsoft Dev Blogs Issue #495
Interesting GitHub Copilot workflow for modernization work that is usually too broad for a single prompt anyway.
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GitHub Copilot Generated Our .NET Tests. It Missed What Mattered Most
Medium Issue #489
Useful counterweight to AI hype: generated tests can look busy while still missing the behavior that actually protects a system.
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Modernize .NET Apps with GitHub Copilot
YouTube Issue #488
Modernization with Copilot is a real interest area for .NET Framework shops.
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GitHub Copilot Workspace for Enterprise Teams: A Complete .NET Guide
C# Corner Issue #487
Copilot guidance for larger teams is where the discussion gets practical: planning, review flow, and governance matter more than novelty.
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AI-Powered Codebase Modernization Using GitHub Copilot Agents
C# Corner Issue #486
Modernization with Copilot agents is compelling if expectations stay realistic.
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🔴 Let It Cook with Claude Fable 5
YouTube Issue #477
Relevant for developers watching how Copilot and model changes affect real coding workflows inside VS Code.
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Doing More with GitHub Copilot as a .NET Developer
Microsoft Dev Blogs Issue #474
Copilot tips from the .NET team on getting more value from your AI pair programmer.
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GitHub Copilot Agent for Unit Tests: My Real-World Spargine Experiment
dotNetTips.com Issue #473
Real-world Copilot friction: code deletion, slow perf, inconsistent adherence. Worth reading if you're piloting AI agents.
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Dew Drop - September 28, 2026 (#4758)
Morning Dew by Alvin Ashcraft Issue #572
Top Links AG-UI Protocol now has a first-class .NET SDK (Daniel Roth) Syncfusion Releases First Set of Open-Source Blazor Controls (Syncfusion Team) GitHub Copilot app for Beginners: How to build cust...
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Visual Studio September Update - Power Your Workflow with Your Model
Microsoft Dev Blogs - Mark Downie Issue #571
The best LLM in Visual Studio is the one you choose. This month's update puts that idea front and center: pick the model that fits how you work, then use it everywhere GitHub Copilot already helps you...
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Bring Your Own Model to the GitHub Copilot SDK with C#
Microsoft Dev Blogs Issue #571
Hi, I know, I keep coming back to the same theme on this blog: agent harnesses. In Build Your Own AI Agent Harness in C# we built one from scratch. In
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Microsoft Shows C# Developers How to Bring Their Own Models to GitHub Copilot SDK
Visual Studio Magazine Issue #570
A new .NET sample demonstrates how developers can use Microsoft Foundry or other AI model providers with GitHub Copilot's agent runtime.
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Visual Studio September Update Expands BYOM, Adds NuGet Fixes
Visual Studio Magazine Issue #569
PENDING REVIEW: MICROSOFT ARTICLE UNRETRIEVABLE (BOT CHALLENGE RETRYABLE). Microsoft's September roundup highlights model choice, Copilot-assisted package fixes, pull request exploration and new debug...
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SharePoint Framework (SPFx) roadmap update – September 2026
Microsoft Dev Blogs - Vesa Juvonen Issue #569
New Copilot UX components heading to Generally Available in October 2026, SPFx 1.24 Beta 5 is now available, React 18 support is coming in 1.24. Updates coming in Node.js support. The post SharePoint ...
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How to build Power Automate flow using MCP Server with Github Copilot
C# Corner - Parthiv Suthar Issue #569
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🎖️ Captain's Training: Master Copilot Studio | Use the New Harness, MCPs and More
YouTube - Microsoft Developer Issue #568
Get started with Microsoft Copilot Studio and learn the fundamentals of building custom agents for your organisation. We’ll explore the new GitHub Copilot harness, designed for reasoning-heavy, multi-...
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GitHub Copilot Computer Use: What Can AI Actually Do Inside a Desktop App?
C# Corner - Aarav Patel Issue #568
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🌎 Expanding Your Airspace | Extend your Copilot with Plugins, Work IQ Dev Tools and more!
YouTube - Microsoft Developer Issue #565
Discover the new developer experience for extending Microsoft 365 Copilot with Copilot Plugins and Work IQ Developer Tools (WIQD). See how agents, skills, connectors, and MCP capabilities can come tog...
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Bring your plugin to Microsoft Copilot with Work IQ Developer Tools
Microsoft Dev Blogs - Seth T. Bacon, Sébastien Levert, Rachit Kumar Malik Issue #565
Bring an existing agent plugin into Work IQ Developer Tools (WIQD) and the plugin registry or create a new plugin to utilize the full Microsoft Copilot packaging workflow. A plugin gives Microsoft Cop...
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Updates to Copilot Code Reviews for Azure Repos
Microsoft Dev Blogs - Dan Hellem Issue #565
We announced the public preview of Copilot Code Review for Azure Repos in late August. Since then, we have continued to make improvements, fix bugs, and add new features. We wanted to share an update ...
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Turn Meeting Transcripts into Project Plans with GitHub Copilot Agents | MVP Unplugged
YouTube - Microsoft Developer Issue #564
Welcome to the next MVP Unplugged, where Microsoft MVPs share real-world projects and insights from the field! In this episode, host Justin Garrett sits down with Microsoft MVP Mahmoud A. Atallah to e...
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Introducing the Agent Experience (AX) Practitioner Playbook
Microsoft Developer - Waldek Mastykarz Issue #560
AI coding agents now pick the SDK, the version, and the pattern for your developers. The AX Practitioner Playbook is our method for finding out whether they get your technology right, and for fixing t...
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GitHub Copilot Agent Mode: How to Control What an AI Coding Agent Can Do
C# Corner - Aarav Patel Issue #557
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GitHub Copilot and .NET Performance: Benchmark Every Optimization
dotNetTips.com - David (dotNetDave) McCarter Issue #554
GitHub Copilot offers optimization suggestions but testing their effectiveness requires careful engineering. While some improvements may seem beneficial, they can complicate code or slow performance. ...
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My coding agent wrote outside the repo. Nothing stopped it.
Goat Review - Cyril Canovas Issue #553
You let a coding agent loose on a repository. It reads what it needs, then writes — a file two directories up, a ~/.config it had no business in, a /tmp script it runs next. When you look at how, the ...
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VS Code Learn: Extending Agents
YouTube - Visual Studio Code Issue #553
Checkout key aspects of AI Agents with Tools, Tool sets, Permissions and Sandboxing. We'll also look at MCP (Model Context Protocol) and how to use it to connect your agents to external data sources. ...
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Faster C++ code intelligence for Copilot CLI with Whole Codebase Indexing
Microsoft Dev Blogs - Sinem Akinci Issue #553
C++ repositories can contain millions of lines of code spread across deeply connected source files and headers. Without a reusable index, navigating to definitions, finding references, or searching fo...
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Claude Code Remote Control Server
Rockford Lhotka's Blog Issue #553
In my last post I talked about using SSH to run Claude Code on one of my desktop machines while I’m traveling with my laptop. It works, but it has problems. The biggest one is that disconnecting kills...
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Code it with AI
Rockford Lhotka's Blog Issue #552
For the past couple of months I’ve been co-hosting Code it with AI , a YouTube series with Carl Franklin (yes, that Carl, from .NET Rocks!). I haven’t mentioned it here yet, and that’s an oversight I ...
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Copilot CLI
YapCast – Jesse Liberty Issue #551
tl;drGitHub Copilot CLI is a terminal-native, agentic coding assistant that brings GitHub Copilot’s AI into your shell. Instead of only offering completions in an editor, Copilot CLI lets you ask natu...
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Adding Cosmos with Spec Kit & Copilot
YapCast – Jesse Liberty Issue #549
Yesterday I set out to add Cosmos to my demonstration project. The goal was to keep track of all queries, even after the browser is closed. My plan was to work with Spec Kit and Copilot, as described ...
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Build an interview coach app with the GitHub Copilot SDK
Microsoft Developer Issue #548
An interview coach has to do more than ask questions. It needs to read a resume, follow up on an incomplete answer, and save enough context to give useful feedback at the end. Some of that work is con...
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Your AI coding agent evaluation is only as good as its sandbox
Microsoft Developer Issue #548
Your AI coding agent passed the eval. But did the model know the answer, or did it find it somewhere on your machine? A correct answer can still invalidate your measurement. The post Your AI coding ag...