Microsoft's June 2026 update to the Visual Studio IDE includes a GitHub Copilot usage window that provides a clearer view of a user's standing against GitHub's new usage-based model, where Copilot usage is now calculated based on token consumption rather than by request, as part of GitHub’s new usage-based billing model announced on June 30. GitHub Copilot switched to usage-based billing on June 1. The update also adds trust validation for Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, validating trust in two places during startup by comparing the current configuration against a previously trusted baseline and the server's fingerprint against the last-trusted fingerprint. Additional developments include the general availability of C++ scenarios for the GitHub Copilot modernization agent, which upgrade C++ projects to the latest Microsoft C++ (MSVC) Build Tools; long-distance next edit suggestions extending Copilot’s next edit suggestions across the full active file; and emojis now rendered in color across Visual Studio. Visual Studio 2026 was released in November 2025.