"Microsoft has released its first preview of the Visual Studio 2026 IDE through the company's new Insiders channel, which replaces the old Preview channel for early access to upcoming features. The new IDE offers deeper integration of the GitHub Copilot AI coding assistant, including a profiler agent that analyzes performance and suggests fixes. Visual Studio 2026 Insiders, announced September 9, can be downloaded at visualstudio.microsoft.com/insiders/."
"Working alongside GitHub Copilot, the Profiler Agent in Visual Studio 2026 helps developers understand and fix performance issues without needing to be a profiling expert, according to release notes. The Profiler Agent can analyze CPU usage, memory allocations, and runtime behavior, along with surfacing performance bottlenecks, and suggest optimizations. Further, developers now can bring their own language models to Visual Studio Chat, while improved code search capabilities in Copilot Chat promise to give developers more relevant results."
Microsoft released the first preview of Visual Studio 2026 through a new Insiders channel replacing the old Preview channel for early feature access. The IDE integrates GitHub Copilot more deeply and includes a Profiler Agent that analyzes CPU usage, memory allocations, and runtime behavior to surface bottlenecks and suggest optimizations. Visual Studio 2026 emphasizes snappier performance and a modern, lighter design. Developers can bring their own language models to Visual Studio Chat, and Copilot Chat gains improved code search to deliver more relevant results. The Insiders preview was announced September 9 and is available at visualstudio.microsoft.com/insiders/.
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