Copilot & Developer Workflows

AIW02 GitHub Copilot Everywhere: CLI, VS Code, Visual Studio, and the Cloud

11/18/2026

8:00am - 9:15am

Level: Intermediate to Advanced

Kayla Cinnamon

Senior AI Developer Tools Advocate

Microsoft

GitHub Copilot isn’t one tool anymore, it shows up everywhere developers work. In this session, I’ll walk through what it actually looks like to use GitHub Copilot across the CLI, VS Code, Visual Studio, and cloud‑based development workflows. We’ll build a real feature end‑to‑end, moving between tools as we go, and talk honestly about what each surface is best at, where context breaks down, and when switching tools helps (or hurts). This is a demo‑heavy session focused on real workflows, real trade‑offs, and practical patterns for using Copilot across your entire development loop.

You will learn:

  • How you can use GitHub Copilot across multiple platforms
  • When each GitHub Copilot platform makes sense to leverage
  • How to use all of the GitHub Copilot platforms together for an end-to-end workflow