The next evolution in software development is here, powered by AI, agentic coding, and GitHub Copilot. Whether you are brand new to Copilot or already familiar and looking to understand how AI can enhance your daily workflow, this session will take you from zero to confident. Copilot helps developers write code faster, explain unfamiliar code, reduce repetitive work, and stay in the flow, making it especially valuable for teams maintaining or modernizing legacy applications.

We will explore how Copilot works inside Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code, walk through the different chat modes, and cover practical prompting techniques anyone can use immediately. You will also learn how Copilot can help refactor code, modernize legacy codebases, generate unit tests, and guide best practices using real-world .NET and modern web examples. Along the way, we will highlight how emerging agentic coding capabilities are enabling AI to take on multi-step tasks and further boost developer productivity. Whether you are new to Copilot or already experimenting with AI-assisted development, you will leave with practical skills that help you start coding smarter today.