Azure Expands AI Agent Tools, VS Code Adds Model 'Bake-Off', GitHub CLI & Agentic Autofix Updates

The Gold Standard in AI-Assisted UI Development
Ignite UI's MCP toolchain and Agent Skills give GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Claude Code live access to real component APIs — eliminating hallucinated props, wrong imports, and broken scaffolds. What your agent generates is what your team ships. Just voted Gold for Agentic AI Tools in Visual Studio Magazine's Reader's Choice Awards. Try it free.
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Master Agents, Copilots, and RAG at Artificial Intelligence Live!, part of Live! 360 Orlando, Nov 15–20
Turn AI from buzzword into working software at Artificial Intelligence Live!, November 15-20, 2026, at the Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Orlando. Spend six days in hands-on labs, fast-focus sessions, and expert-led deep dives, taught by AI engineers, Microsoft advocates, and GitHub architects. Learn to build and deploy custom copilots and agents with Azure OpenAI, Semantic Kernel, and Copilot Studio. Dig into vector search optimization, agentic architectures, AI vulnerabilities and security, and full AI lifecycle governance. Then get the when, why, and how of plugin protocols like MCP, multimodal agents, explainability, and M365 integration in enterprise-ready environments. Your pass unlocks all six co-located Live! 360 conferences—200+ sessions, 16 hands-on labs and workshops, and expert panels you can mix into your own custom agenda. Whether you're just getting started or scaling AI at the enterprise level, this is the hands-on experience you need to lead in an AI-driven world.
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VSLive! Immersive .NET Full Stack Training with Copilot: Build the Entire Stack in 4 Days
Go deep on modern .NET at this hands-on virtual seminar, December 15-18, 2026. Spend four days building complete, end-to-end applications with the full .NET ecosystem—EF Core and SQL Server, ASP.NET Core MVC, Razor Pages, RESTful services, and Blazor WebAssembly—guided live by Microsoft MVP and best-selling Pro C# author Phil Japikse. Wire up a data access layer, ship RESTful APIs, spin up a single-page app, and fold GitHub Copilot Agent Mode into your workflow along the way. Whether you're sharpening your C# skills or bringing the whole stack back to your team, this intimate, expert-led seminar turns four days into a career-moving deep dive.
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