Use AL language intelligence from AI agents and other editors

Development: Use AL language intelligence from AI agents and other editors. Generally available, GA 2026-10 (Microsoft 365 roadmap). "Run the standalone AL language server to provide completion, navigation, references, rename, formatting, and other project-aware LSP features outside Visual Studio Code. Business value: Teams can use full AL language intelligence in AI coding agents and development environments that support the Language Server Protocol (LSP), without requiring Visual Studio Code as the client.

Microsoft 365 roadmap 573338 · Development · generally available · roadmap status “Launched”, phase General Availability

What Microsoft says

“Run the standalone AL language server to provide completion, navigation, references, rename, formatting, and other project-aware LSP features outside Visual Studio Code. Business value: Teams can use full AL language intelligence in AI coding agents and development environments that support the Language Server Protocol (LSP), without requiring Visual Studio Code as the client. This opens AL development to additional editors and agentic workflows while retaining accurate project-aware navigation and refactoring.”

Dates

General availability: October CY2026 (2026 release wave 2)
Public preview: not given
On the roadmap since 2026-09-30, last changed 2026-09-30

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Videos

What’s new in AL and Tools (2026 release wave 2): AL language server with project awareness at 1:14
Microsoft presents: Agentic development with AL developer tools and ALMCP deep dive: Language Server Protocol (LSP) for AL at 19:47
What’s new: Agentic Developer Loop (2026 release wave 2): AI language server protocol at 10:16

Microsoft Learn

Source: Microsoft 365 roadmap. Status words follow the roadmap.