Default Settings Make Microsoft Copilot Agents Less Effective

Build better Microsoft Copilot agents by writing detailed instructions and switching to the Think Deeper LLM instead of the ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Visual Studio 2026 Gives Copilot Built-In Skills -- and Makes Them Prove Their Worth

Microsoft is moving Agent Skills beyond bring-your-own instructions by shipping expert-authored workflows with the IDE, while keeping them off by default until testing shows their benefits justify the ...
Visual Studio Magazine

VS Code 1.129 Introduces Agent Host and Experimental Agents Window Editor

Visual Studio Code 1.129 adds a dedicated process for running AI agent sessions and an experimental docked editor for reviewing agent-generated changes.
Seeking Alpha

Microsoft's AI agent Copilot Cowork now available globally; Cowork 1 to come soon

Microsoft (MSFT) announced on Tuesday the general availability of its AI agent Copilot Cowork worldwide, while noting that Cowork 1 will be released in the coming weeks. The U.S. tech giant said that ...
Computerworld

Microsoft upgrades M365 Copilot with Agent Mode

A new Agent Mode in Microsoft 365 Copilot will let users collaborate with the AI assistant on multistep tasks in Excel and Word, Microsoft announced on Monday. This will open up more complex ...
VentureBeat

Microsoft patched a Copilot Studio prompt injection. The data exfiltrated anyway

Microsoft assigned CVE-2026-21520, a CVSS 7.5 indirect prompt injection vulnerability, to Copilot Studio. Capsule Security discovered the flaw, coordinated disclosure with Microsoft, and the patch was ...
Redmond Magazine

Microsoft Expands Copilot's Agentic Capabilities in Office, Unveils AI Agent Builder Certification

Microsoft Copilot now performs multi-step actions in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint workflows. Work IQ and model improvements boost Copilot reliability, retention, satisfaction, and enterprise ...