Microsoft Adds Real-Time Copilot Usage Tracking to Visual Studio as GitHub Billing Shifts on June 1
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Updated · InfoWorld · Jul 7
Microsoft Adds Real-Time Copilot Usage Tracking to Visual Studio as GitHub Billing Shifts on June 1
3 articles · Updated · InfoWorld · Jul 7
Summary
June 2026’s Visual Studio update adds a Copilot usage window with real-time token tracking, showing developers where they stand under GitHub’s new usage-based billing model.
GitHub Copilot usage is now measured by token consumption rather than requests, and the new window—opened from the Copilot badge menu—was built to make that pricing shift easier to monitor.
Visual Studio also now checks MCP server trust twice at startup, comparing both configuration and post-launch fingerprints against previously trusted baselines before allowing changed servers to run.
Other June additions include generally available C++ modernization-agent flows for upgrading to the latest MSVC Build Tools, plus long-distance next edit suggestions across the full active file.
The update extends Visual Studio 2026, released in November 2025, with smaller usability changes such as color emoji rendering in the editor, markdown previews, Copilot Chat, build output and Solution Explorer.