Visual Studio Code 1.122 introduced a new feature, “ Use BYOK [Bring Your Own Key] without a GitHub sign-in ,” that allows ...

Visual Studio Code 1.126 adds session-level Copilot cost information, continuing Microsoft's recent focus on helping developers monitor and manage usage-based GitHub Copilot billing.

VS Code 1.125 adds in-editor visibility into additional Copilot budget usage as GitHub's AI-credit billing model continues to draw developer scrutiny.

The command palette can now be moved and new AI functions are available. Publishers can be defined as trustworthy for extensions. Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.97. The first release of ...

Visual Studio 2026 now supports Git Pull Request reviews inside the IDE, plus new theme color controls in version 18.7.

TL;DR: Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026, a full-featured IDE with built-in AI tools and collaboration features, is now price dropped to $34.97 (reg. $499.99) through May 17 at 11:59 p.m. PT.