Sunday Signal: Model Roulette, Copilot Knobs, and the Quiet Cost War in Azure AI
TL;DR This week’s AI news for .NET and Azure engineers is less about splashy demos and more about control: which model runs, where data lives, and how much inference really costs. GitHub Copilot gained smarter (and pricier) model selection, Microsoft...
Copilot CLI’s Auto Model Selection Goes GA—and It Quietly Changes How You Pay for AI
TL;DR: As of April 17, 2026, GitHub Copilot CLI can automatically choose the “right” model per request. For .NET and Azure engineers, this means lower cost variance, fewer latency surprises, and less yak‑shaving over model knobs—as long as you understand...
GitHub Copilot SDK Lands for .NET: Embedding Agentic AI Without Building Your Own Brain
TL;DR GitHub Copilot’s SDK is now in public preview, and .NET developers can embed the same agent runtime that powers Copilot CLI directly into their own apps. You get tool orchestration, streaming, permissions, and tracing out of the box—without inventing...
Azure MCP Tools Go Native in Visual Studio 2022—Copilot Just Got Real Azure Superpowers
TL;DR As of April 15, 2026, Azure MCP (Model Context Protocol) tools now ship built into Visual Studio 2022—no separate extension required. If you use GitHub Copilot, you can manage Azure resources, deploy apps, and troubleshoot production issues directly from...
GitHub Copilot’s CLI Goes Remote — Why April 13’s Preview Matters for .NET & Azure Engineers
TL;DR: On April 13, 2026, GitHub shipped remote-controlled Copilot CLI sessions in public preview. You can now monitor and steer a running copilot session from the GitHub web UI or mobile apps. For teams shipping .NET on Azure, this quietly...
Wiring Custom Tools into Microsoft Foundry Agents with MCP on Azure Functions
TL;DR Microsoft just showed a clean, production-ready path for giving Foundry agents real superpowers: host your custom tools as Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers on Azure Functions, then plug them directly into Microsoft Foundry Agent Service. The result is reusable...
Copilot’s Cloud Agent Got Faster—and That Changes How You Ship on .NET
TL;DR: As of April 10, 2026, GitHub sped up the Copilot cloud agent’s validation pipeline by ~20%, shaving noticeable time off CodeQL, secret scanning, and advisory checks. If you’re building .NET services on Azure with AI-assisted workflows, this update quietly...
The Azure AI Stack Gets Louder, Smarter, and More Agentic — Weekly Roundup (Apr 12, 2026)
TL;DR This week’s Microsoft‑centric AI news is all about shipping: production‑ready agent frameworks, a newly GA‑adjacent Copilot SDK, and Azure AI Foundry doubling down on first‑party models and tooling. For .NET and Azure engineers, the story is less “wow, new...
Microsoft Agent Framework 1.0 Ships: Multi‑Agent AI Is Now a First‑Class .NET Citizen
TL;DR Microsoft Agent Framework 1.0 reached production readiness in early April 2026, unifying Semantic Kernel and AutoGen into a single, supported SDK for .NET and Python. For .NET/Azure engineers, this means stable APIs, long‑term support, and a practical way to...
Microsoft Agent Framework Lands on Azure App Service—Multi‑Agent Apps Get Real
TL;DR: As of April 9, 2026, Microsoft published fresh guidance on running multi‑agent AI apps on Azure App Service using the Microsoft Agent Framework (MAF). This is a concrete step from “agent demos” to production patterns: async orchestration, request–reply flows,...