Visual Studio Live Share for real-time code reviews and interactive education
Collaborating with your team using Visual Studio Live Share keeps getting easier! Since making Live Share available for the public use at BUILD last May, we’ve heard so much great feedback from our...
View ArticleNew Preview label for Visual Studio extensions
Visual Studio extensions can now be marked with a Preview label which is shown very clearly on the Visual Studio Marketplace. This gives your customers clear expectations that this version could...
View ArticleNew Benefits in Visual Studio Subscriptions
Last week at Microsoft Connect();, we announced two new benefits to assist cloud migration for our users who have Visual Studio Subscriptions. If you missed the event or want to watch the on-demand...
View ArticleA Year of Q#
The Quantum Architecture and Computation group launched Q#, our quantum computing programming language, a year ago on December 11th, 2017. Q# 0.1 was the result of a lot of hard work from a small,...
View ArticleNew Azure DevOps Work Item Experience in Visual Studio 2019
In previous versions of Visual Studio, the work item experience was centered around queries, which need to be created and managed to find the right work items. In Visual Studio 2019, we have removed...
View ArticleGet to code: How we designed the new Visual Studio start window
By now, many of you may have noticed a very prominent change to the launch of Visual Studio in Visual Studio 2019 Preview 1. Our goal with this new experience is to provide rapid access to the most...
View ArticleVisual Studio Code Updates for Java Developers: Rename, Logpoints, TestNG and...
As we seek to continually improve the Visual Studio Code experience for Java developers, we’d like to share couple new features we’ve just released. Thanks for your great feedback over the year, we’re...
View ArticleBuild Visual Studio extensions using Visual Studio extensions
What if the community of extension authors banded together to add powerful features to Visual Studio that made it easier to create extensions? What if those features could be delivered in individually...
View ArticleQ# – a Wish List for the New Year
In previous blog posts you have read about some of the ideas behind Q#, how it came into existence, and its development over the past year. You have read about quantum computing, quantum algorithms and...
View ArticleBuild an Azure IoT application with Cloud Explorer for Visual Studio
What we’ve heard and experienced ourselves is that when building applications, you have a frictionless experience when your code editor and tools are integrated and seamless. Yet when developing IoT...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2019 Preview 2 is now available
The second preview of Visual Studio 2019 is now available for download. This release contains a number of improvements and additions to the core experience and different development areas, many of...
View ArticleEnhanced in Visual Studio 2019: Search for Objects and Properties in the...
Are you inspecting many variables at once in the Locals window? Tired of constantly scrolling through the Watch window to locate the object you are currently interested in? New to Visual Studio 2019...
View ArticleDebug your live apps running in Azure Virtual Machines and Azure Kubernetes
We are excited to announce that, in our Visual Studio Enterprise 2019 preview, we are expanding Snapshot Debugger support beyond Azure App Services hosting ASP.NET Core and ASP.NET applications to now...
View ArticleBecome a Visual Studio for Mac super user with this Tips and Tricks Video Series
If you are a web, mobile or games developer and would like to know how to become more productive and efficient using Visual Studio for Mac then we’ve got you covered. Visual Studio for Mac is a...
View ArticleNew git tooling features
Visual Studio 2022 v17.11 includes fantastic updates to everyone working with Git. They bring the richness of both GitHub and Azure DevOps into Visual Studio and part of your natural workflow. This...
View ArticleNew debugging and diagnostic features
Debugging and diagnostics are vital skills for any developer, but they can also be difficult and time-consuming to get proficient . That’s why we’ve added some fantastic new features and enhancements...
View ArticleNew C++ features in Visual Studio v17.11
Visual Studio 2022 version 17.11 is here and comes with a host of new features for C++ developers. We’ve made improvements across our toolchain, Unreal Engine support, Build Insights, CMake debugger,...
View ArticleEnhancing Code Comprehension: GitHub Copilot’s Features in Visual Studio 2022...
GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio 2022 17.11 now offers an improved experience you to refer to their methods, classes, functions, and entire solution directly within the chat. By using the # symbol...
View ArticleNew IDE features in Visual Studio v17.11
In Visual Studio 2022 v17.11, you’ll discover several new features that address specific issues developers have reported. These updates don’t belong to a distinct category, but we’re dedicated to...
View ArticleC++ Gaming Productivity Update for Visual Studio 2022 version 17.11
Introduction In Visual Studio 2022 version 17.11, you will find brand new productivity enhancements for your game development workflows. From faster conditional breakpoints to a swath of Unreal Engine...
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