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Microsoft Foundry Toolkit for VS Code is Now Generally Available

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junjieli
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Apr 16, 2026
We are thrilled to announce that the Microsoft Foundry Toolkit for VS Code, formerly AI Toolkit, is now Generally Available (GA)! From first model prompt to production‑grade AI agents, Foundry Tool...
Updated Apr 16, 2026
Version 3.0
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Jaycenornin
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May 15, 2026

What about full Visual Studio? ALL of the AI development MS is releasing is focusing on VS Code, but some of us don't want to read 15,000 Linux man pages to code on Windows. I prefer an IDE that makes sense and works for me, but apart from adding Github Copilot Chat, VS is being completely ignored when it comes to AI.