Visual Studio April 2026 Update Adds Cloud Agents to GitHub Copilot — Remote Scalable Coding Task Execution
Microsoft’s Visual Studio April 2026 update shipped a capability that changes the feel of working with GitHub Copilot: cloud agents that execute coding tasks remotely, without consuming your local compute or blocking your current work. You describe a task, an agent picks it up, does the work in the cloud, and returns with a pull request. This is a meaningful step beyond inline autocomplete. How Cloud Agents Work The workflow is straightforward: ...