Agentic DevOps with GitHub Copilot

Explore the latest developments in GitHub Copilot's agentic capabilities through this 12-minute conference talk from Microsoft Ignite 2025, presented by GitHub's Martin Woodward. Discover how GitHub Copilot has evolved beyond traditional auto-completion to become an intelligent agent that can analyze code, manage development workflows, and work asynchronously on your behalf. Learn about the new agents across the DevOps stack and the introduction of Agent HQ for centralized management of AI-powered development assistants. Watch demonstrations of Copilot automatically handling UI-related issues, creating draft pull requests, conducting code reviews, detecting errors, and building social sharing buttons. Gain insights into setting up agents within your DevOps workflow and understand how Microsoft's collaboration initiatives are shaping the future of AI-enhanced development. Master practical techniques for integrating these advanced AI features into your daily development work across VS Code and GitHub platforms to maximize productivity and code quality.

Syllabus

0:00 - Introduction and welcome with GitHub's Martin Woodward at Ignite
00:02:10 - Comparison of traditional Copilot auto-completion versus new agent analysis
00:02:36 - Announcement of agents across DevOps stack and introduction of Agent HQ management
00:04:01 - Assigning a UI-related issue to Copilot
00:04:16 - Copilot automatically creates draft pull requests and works asynchronously
00:04:49 - Using Copilot for code reviews and error detection
00:05:33 - Creating social sharing buttons with Copilot
00:08:32 - Introduction to agent setup in the DevOps stack
00:09:41 - Discussion on Microsoft collaboration and acronym MCP