We are thrilled to announce the General Availability (GA) of Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12. This update focuses on providing fantastic developer experiences for working with .NET 9 projects and new AI productivity features, along with continuous improvements for all developers. Thanks to your con...

A lesson about the software forensics process involved in developing the Bring Back Plus/Minus extension, which brings back the plus/minus symbols to the editor outlining feature in Visual Studio 2022

Visual Studio 2022 17.11 now allows you to pass your entire workspace or specific classes and functions as context for GitHub Copilot Chat. By referencing your entire codebase, down to specific classes and functions, Copilot Chat can deliver refined and accurate results tailored to your code. @works...

Visual Studio 17.11 introduces Multi-Project Launch Configuration, streamlining multi-project debugging. This feature allows you to set up and save profiles for launching projects with predefined settings, making it easier to manage complex solutions. Learn how to enable the feature, create and shar...

Discover the new IDE features in Visual Studio 2022 v17.11, including improved code search scoping, familiar keyboard shortcuts, enhanced component detection with *.vsconfig files, and seamless user authentication via Web Account Manager. Explore these updates and optimize your development workflow....

Explore the latest debugging and diagnostic enhancements in Visual Studio 2022 v17.11, including async method exception handling, AI-generated breakpoint expressions, Blazor WebAssembly debugging, and LINQ expression visualization. Streamline your workflow with improved performance and new tools. Do...

We are thrilled to announce the General Availability (GA) of Visual Studio 2022 version 17.11. This release is a testament to our commitment to listening to you, our developer community. Every enhancement, every fix, and every new feature in this release has been shaped by your feedback.

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While debugging you can now hover over any delegate and get a convenient Go to source link, making it easier to navigate to underlying code.

The Visual Studio Version Control team has delivered new features in 17.10 GA, streamlining your inner loop and code review experiences.

A five-year-old Visual Studio feature request for automatic IDE updates is finally getting enacted by Microsoft amid a lot of initial developer pushback, seemingly misplaced.

Explore the latest Visual Studio 2022 update, version 17.10, featuring significant performance enhancements like faster Windows Forms designer loading, improved Razor colorization, quicker solution loading, and reduced DLL overhead. Discover how these updates boost productivity and streamline your d...

We have redesigned the Visual Studio Resource Explorer! Now you can manage all your localizations from a single unified view.

Learn about the latest features, bug fixes, and support for Visual Studio 2022. Download today.

We’ve just shipped preview support for viewing your GitHub and Azure DevOps pull request comments directly in your working file in Visual Studio in 17.10 Preview 2. As one of the most highly requested Git tooling feature suggestions on Developer Community,

Learn about the latest features, bug fixes, and support for Visual Studio 2022. Download today.

Visual Studio App Center is scheduled for retirement

In the rapidly evolving world of software development, staying ahead of the curve is crucial. The introduction of AI in Visual Studio, particularly GitHub Copilot, has revolutionized the way developers code. With Copilot integrated into Visual Studio, you can leverage AI to streamline your workflows...

This preview release brings additional tools to help you improve your code reviews with Copilot, diagnostics improvements, as well as additional Extensibility and WinForms enhancements.

Visual Studio 2022 version 17.9 introduces a host of new features and improvements for C++ developers. Now, you can use the Memory Layout feature to visualize the memory layout of your classes, structs, and unions directly in the editor. Additionally, the #include Diagnostics feature provides insigh...

Discover the highlights of Visual Studio’s 2023 year in review. From new features to improved performance, learn how Visual Studio continues to innovate and enhance the developer experience.

Discover the enhanced Extension Manager in Visual Studio 17.9! Streamline your development workflow with improved extension management features. Explore the latest updates and boost productivity.

Download Visual Studio 2022 17.10 Preview 1. The fastest coding experience with GitHub Copilot Chat, brings enhancements in productivity, debugging, C++, and game development.

Discover Visual Studio 2022 17.9, the current version with AI Git messages, C++/ .NET upgrades. Download the latest tools for innovation.

We improved instrumentation and our .NET counter tool, broadened platform support, seamlessly integrated unit test profiling, and boosted overall performance. Your valuable feedback via Developer Community was crucial in making Visual Studio's profiling experience noticeably more intuitive %

This post offers an % updates, allowing you to catch up on any enhancements you might have missed. Join us in celebrating the strides made in refining and optimizing the debugging journey throughout the past year! All features listed below are included in our latest Visual Studio version and are ava...

A look back at the improvements we made to Visual Studio in 2023 for C++ developers, including the IDE, toolchain, and vcpkg package manager.