In 2026, AI Orchestration will happen on the desktop - not in the cloud - and it will be "Integrative" in nature. I am convinced that agentic orchestration (the kind that actually helps individuals and teams be more productive) will happen at scale on the desktop and not in the cloud (look no further than StationOne as a reference example).
Microsoft announced in August 2025 that support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) is generally available in Visual Studio. MCP enables AI agents within Visual Studio to connect to external tools and services via a consistent protocol. The announcement notes that Visual Studio now provides new means to configure and manage MCP servers. MCP, introduced by Anthropic in 2024, is an open standard that simplifies interactions between AI‑enabled development workflows and external systems such as databases, code search engines and deployment pipelines.