VS Live × GitHub Copilot

VS Live Redmond

One day.
Four ways to build.

Start in the desktop app, continue in the terminal, go deep into Visual Studio, and finish inside Copilot itself. A hands-on workshop with Kayla Cinnamon and James Montemagno.

Prepare your machineStart with Copilot App

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WORKSHOP_SIGNAL LIVE PATH

❯ copilot

Analyze this repo and create a plan.

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IDETinyShopagent
SDKsession.sendstream

Friday workshop · Microsoft HQ

A complete Copilot field guide.

We begin with a 15-minute state of GitHub Copilot, then build through four increasingly integrated surfaces. Each lab has its own starter, checkpoints, and focused lesson path.

01

Copilot App

Move from issue to implementation, review, testing, and merge using the Copilot app.

Complete a full repo-backed development loop.
90 minWindows · macOS · LinuxOpen lab
02

Copilot CLI

Plan, build, parallelize, review, and extend a retro contribution arena from the terminal.

Ship Mona Mayhem with an agentic CLI workflow.
60–90 minWindows · macOS · LinuxOpen lab
03

Visual Studio 2026

Explore advanced Copilot features while completing and improving the TinyShop solution.

Use Copilot across coding, debugging, planning, and delegation.
90 minWindows requiredOpen lab
04

Copilot SDK

Optional finale

Build a .NET accessibility reviewer with streaming, local tools, Playwright MCP, and trust boundaries.

Run Copilot as an agent inside your own application.
Time permittingWindows · macOS · LinuxOpen lab

Arrive ready to build.

Run the preflight before Friday so workshop time stays focused on Copilot.

View the complete preparation guide →