Better Check Copilot User Activity, VS 2022 Shaped by Feedback/AI, Build and Deploy a .NET 9 App to Azure, More

August 22, 2024

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Copilot Rolled Out to Your Org? Better Check User Activity

Many organizations jumped on the Gen AI bandwagon in a big way, but now that it has fallen into the "trough of disillusionment," it might be time to check copilot usage to control costs, check for inappropriate or risky behavior and so on.

■	Copilot in Visual Studio Will Get Access to Org Knowledge Bases
■	GitHub Expands Copilot Enterprise Search in Visual Studio and VS Code
■	VS Code Insiders Get Copilot Chat AI-Enhanced Extensions in Latest Update
■	All the Copilots: Microsoft Explains 'The Ecosystem Is Larger than You Think'

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Visual Studio 2022 v17.11 Ships 'Shaped by Your Feedback' (and AI)

Microsoft's Mads Kristensen heavily emphasized the community contributions that helped the dev team ship the brand-new Visual Studio 2022 version 17.11, which includes new features, improvements and fixes across the board spawned from the ideas of users.

■	Visual Studio Uses RUBICON to Improve AI Conversations
■	Copilot AI Gets Smarter, More Secure in Visual Studio Previews
■	New Visual Studio Workload Highlights Microsoft's 'Renewed Focus' on WinUI
■	Visual Studio IntelliCode Still Among Top AI Code Assistants

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Building and Deploying a .NET 9 App Using Azure, Bicep and GitHub Actions

.NET 9 is coming in November, so here is help in how to build and deploy a modern .NET 9 app using cloud and DevOps tools.

■	Integrating Blazor with Existing .NET Web Apps
■	Stop Using Entity Framework as Just a DTO Provider
■	What's Next for ASP.NET Core and Blazor
■	Building Planet-Scale .NET Apps with Azure Cosmos DB

VSLive! Dev Conference Tip Leads to New IDE Extension: Sql Formatter

"During the VS Live conference last week, it was brought to my attention that Visual Studio has no support for formatting SQL files."

■	Mapping the Story: Make Your Flat Backlog More Dynamic to Build Better Products
■	Data Virtualization in SQL Server 2022
■	Creating Reactive Applications in .NET
■	Navigating Cloudy Horizons with Azure Monitor and Application Insights

VS Code 1 92: Pick Your Browser, Use OpenAI's GPT-4o AI Model

A highlight of the latest release of Microsoft's Visual Studio Code open-source-based code editor is the ability to pick your default browser for opening links, along with access to new advanced AI model.

■	Java, Python Tooling Advances in VS Code
■	Microsoft Previews AI Prompt Playground for VS Code: Prompty
■	Google Extends Free Use of VS Code AI Assistant Until Nov. 8
■	Stack Overflow Dev Survey: VS Code, Visual Studio and .NET Shine

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