AI Dev Days: Using AI to Enhance Developer Productivity with #vscode & #githubcopilot

Day 2 is all about Azure, GitHub and using AI to make your coding better. Topics will include Agent HQ, VS Code, Visual Studio 2026, GitHub Copilot Coding Agent, and app modernization. Join us for highlights from Microsoft Ignite and GitHub Universe 2025 and a hands-on lab to grow your skills with the latest AI developer tools. Day 2: Sessions 00:09:51 Keynote: Martin Woodward, VP of Developer Relations at GitHub, will open day two with a discussion of how GitHub and Visual Studio Code are revolutionizing the developer experience. 00:13:36 VS Code Release 1.07, Olivia Guzzardo, Kai Maetzel, Brigit Murtagh, Connor Peet, Logan Ramos – Join the VS Code team as they break down all the new big features in the latest release available right now! There will even be some special guests along the way, so you don’t want to miss it! 01:18:25 Introduction to GitHub Copilot CLI, Ryan Hecht – Transform your terminal into an AI-powered development environment with GitHub Copilot CLI, which brings the same runtime that powers GitHub Copilot coding agent directly to your command line. 01:31:52 Scripting the Copilot CLI to Do Your Job for You, John Lindquist – Ready for a deep dive in the Copilot CLI? Go beyond the basics as John shows you advanced ways of thinking about and using the Copilot CLI to help script and automate your daily development activities 02:02:50 A Unified Agent Experience in VS Code, Josh Spicer, Osvaldo Ortega Valencia – Local, background, and cloud agents all come together in a new unified experience to help you create, manage, and organize tasks. Josh and Osvaldo break down the latest features in VS Code enabling you to do more by managing a fleet of agents running on your machine or in the cloud. 02:31:34 Build and Leverage Custom Agents, Harald Kirschner – Local, background, and cloud agents all come together in a new unified experience to help you create, manage, and organize tasks. Josh and Osvaldo break down the latest features in VS Code enabling y