# Unlocking the Power of AI for Every Developer in Visual Studio with Bring your Own Model

DevFeed: [Unlocking the Power of AI for Every Developer in Visual Studio with Bring your Own Model](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/unlocking-the-power-of-ai-for-every-developer-in-visual-studio-with-bring-your-own-model-4009.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/unlocking-the-power-of-ai-for-every-developer-in-visual-studio-with-bring-your-own-model/>)

Author: Tanmayee Kamath

Published: 2026-08-24T22:39:41Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Visual Studio Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/visual-studio-blog.md>)

Topics: [AI Chat](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-chat.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [github-copilot](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github-copilot.md>), [microsoft-foundry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microsoft-foundry.md>), [model](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/model.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [visual-studio](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/visual-studio.md>)

## AI overview

Visual Studio 18.10 Insiders introduces a preview of Bring Your Own Model, enabling developers to connect supported model providers or Microsoft Foundry deployments in the new Agent preview.

## Source excerpt

The best AI in Visual Studio is the AI you can bring with you. Developers don't work in a single-model world anymore. You might reach for one model for everyday coding, another for a domain-specific problem, and an approved model for work that must stay within your organization's governance boundaries. So, the question we hear [...] The post Unlocking the Power of AI for Every Developer in Visual Studio with Bring your Own Model appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.