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Quick Tips for using Copilot Chat with C++ in Visual Studio

GitHub Copilot Chat is now available in both Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code when you have an active subscription to the service. Copilot Chat is your AI pair-programmer that allows you to speak...

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Using Copilot Chat with C++ in VS Code

If you are a C++ developer who uses VS Code as your editor, Copilot Chat can help you with many of your everyday coding tasks by allowing you to iterate with your code in natural language. Download...

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How Copilot is being used by the Time Travel Debugging team for repetitive...

Background  Ken Sykes and Juan Carlos Arevalo Baeza (JCAB) are both Principal Software Engineers who work on Time Travel Debugging at Microsoft. They are part of the team that maintains and develops...

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Time Travel Debugging team uses Copilot Chat for C++

Ken Sykes and Juan Carlos Arevalo Baeza (JCAB) are both Principal Software Engineers who work on the Time Travel Debugging team at Microsoft, which is the team that maintains and develops the Windows...

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Use AI-Powered Rename Suggestions to rename your C++ variables in Visual Studio

We are very excited to announce C++ support for AI-Powered Rename Suggestions from GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio 2022. Seamlessly integrated into your familiar Rename workflow in the IDE, AI-powered...

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Understand your C++ symbols using Copilot in Visual Studio’s Quick Info

Navigating your codebase and forget what exactly that method does? Looking for quick, easy-to-digest information on your code at any point in your development journey? We are excited to announce that...

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Improving GitHub Copilot Completions in VS Code for C++ Developers

GitHub Copilot code completions are autocomplete-stye suggestions that appear inline as you code. Until today, they have used context from your active file and other tabs open in the editor to inform...

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GitHub Copilot Extensions for C++ developers and beyond now available in VS Code

GitHub Copilot is now more extensible than ever for extension authors in VS Code. At the Microsoft Build conference, we announced that VS Code extensions can now leverage APIs for Copilot to build...

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Fix C++ warnings and errors with Copilot: Introducing AI-Assisted Code Fixes...

Stuck on an unfamiliar build error? Want to resolve your code errors quickly? Copilot is now integrated into Visual Studio error workflows to assist you with understanding and resolving C++ errors and...

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Tailored Code Completions for C++ Developers: Fine-tuned models are now in...

GitHub recently announced that custom models are available for GitHub Copilot Enterprise users in limited public beta. Custom models are fine-tuned on your organization’s proprietary codebases and...

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Latest enhancements to Copilot workflows in Visual Studio: Move seamlessly...

There have been new integrations added to Copilot workflows in Visual Studio to make it even more seamless to navigate between in-editor activities and the Chat window that has context of global...

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Configure GitHub Copilot Access via Content Exclusion

Have you ever wanted greater control over the sensitive content AI-powered tools can access in your repositories? You can now customize Copilot’s access to your files with the newly announced GitHub...

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Automatically generate any doc comment for C++ functions in Visual Studio

Have a difficult time documenting your C++ code? Spending too much time thinking of what a function and its parameters accomplish when generating documentation? Copilot is now integrated into C++ doc...

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VS Code C++ Extension 1.25 Release: Explain C++ symbols using Copilot &...

The 1.25 release of the C++ extension in Visual Studio Code introduces a new way to understand your code faster with GitHub Copilot-powered symbol summaries, as well as new customization options for...

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Dynamically Update C++ syntax using Next Edit Suggestions

When working in a C++ repo, you often are maintaining and updating existing code just as often as you are writing new code. However, updating code in C++ can often require navigating to several...

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Microsoft C++ Team at CppCon 2025: Trip Report

Another year and another CppCon is all wrapped up! Microsoft was pleased to once again be an exhibitor and to have several of our employees present sessions at the conference. Here are my major...

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Fix build issues using GitHub Copilot after upgrading MSVC Build Tools

Sign up for the Private Preview waitlist A few problems have reared their heads at every company where I’ve worked on C++ as a Software Engineer over the past 20 years. For the most part, those...

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Perform wide-sweeping refactors using C++ code editing tools for GitHub Copilot

Sign up for our Private Preview Refactoring a C++ codebase can often require tracking updates across various sections of multiple files to ensure accuracy and relevancy.  Historically, developers have...

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GitHub Copilot app modernization for C++ is now in Public Preview

With the launch of Visual Studio 2026, we announced a Private Preview of GitHub Copilot app modernization for C++, which reduces the cost of adopting the latest version of the MSVC Build Tools. We used...

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What’s New for C++ Developers in Visual Studio 2026 (18.1 – 18.6)

Visual Studio 2026 versions 18.1 through 18.6 deliver a wave of improvements for C++ developers. For MSVC Build Tools, the v14.51 release is now generally available with runtime performance gains and...

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