Microsoft's latest announcements from Build 2026 signal a fundamental shift. The new GitHub Copilot desktop app is a move from inline code completion to a native environment for agentic workflows.

GitHub pioneered the modern AI coding era with Copilot, and the resulting explosion in agentic coding has led to notable strains on the most popular developer platform in the…

At Microsoft Build 2026, GitHub introduced new tools, updates, and surfaces so agents can work the way you already work.