The Core of .NET, Microsoft Sessions, Cutting-Edge AI

T02 Master Debugging and Performance Optimization in Visual Studio

07/28/2026

8:00am - 9:15am

Level: Intermediate

Harshada Hole

Sr. Product Manager

Microsoft

Sireesha Pisipati

Principal Software Engineering Leader

Microsoft

This session brings together AI-assisted debugging and performance tuning techniques, helping you move from symptoms to root cause and measurable improvements, faster.

See how Copilot’s Debugger Agent guides investigation through stack analysis, state inspection, and execution flow, reducing guesswork and manual stepping. Then learn how to use the Visual Studio Profiler to identify bottlenecks, interpret CPU and .NET Allocation traces, and turn insights into real optimizations.

Through real-world scenarios, you’ll combine debugging, profiling, and Copilot-driven analysis to diagnose issues, validate fixes, and improve performance. We’ll also cover Profiler Agent updates, including unit test integration for validating improvements.

You will learn:

  • Guide debugging with the Debugger Agent
  • Analyze call stacks, execution flow, and program state
  • Identify and fix performance bottlenecks
  • Validate improvements with unit tests and BenchmarkDotNet