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Visual Studio 2022

Amanda Silver April 19, 2021 Apr 19, 2021 04/19/21

All of our product development begins and ends with you—whether you posted on Developer Community, filled out a survey, sent us feedback, or took part in a customer study, thank you for helping to continue to steer the product roadmap for Visual Studio. I have exciting news—the first public preview of Visual Studio 2022 will be released ...

Managed Memory Dump Analyzers

Mark Downie April 16, 2021 Apr 16, 2021 04/16/21

With the release of Visual Studio 2019 16.9 you can try out our new managed memory dump analyzers to help you root cause the issues that plague your applications in production. We're excited for you to give it a try!

Enhanced Productivity with Git in Visual Studio

Pratik Nadagouda April 15, 2021 Apr 15, 2021 04/15/21

We’ve continued to enhance the Git tooling in Visual Studio and are excited to announce some long-awaited updates. We've built functionality that addresses gaps around discoverability, switching repositories, navigation, and more!

Visual Studio 2019 v16.10 Preview 2 Releases Today

Justin Johnson April 14, 2021 Apr 14, 2021 04/14/21

We are excited to announce the release of Visual Studio v16.10 preview 2. This release continues a theme of developer productivity and convenience. We’ve added C++20 ranges, IntelliSense completions, and new features for testing, Docker, and Git integration!

Introducing Visual Studio Administrator Updates

Christine Ruana April 8, 2021 Apr 8, 2021 04/8/21

During the month of April 2021, Visual Studio will start publishing administrator updates to Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio 2019 via Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) and the Microsoft Update Catalog. Enterprises will be able to then use standard deployment tools like Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager to easily roll out these...

Performance Improvements in NuGet

Nikolche Kolev April 7, 2021 Apr 7, 2021 04/7/21

With each new release of Visual Studio comes a plethora of performance improvements when restoring NuGet packages, managing project dependencies, and browsing for the next great package to include in your solution.

Angular Language Service for Visual Studio Update

Gabrielle Crevecoeur March 30, 2021 Mar 30, 2021 03/30/21

Last August, the JavaScript/TypeScript tools team released the Angular Language Service for Visual Studio customers. We wanted to appeal to the many ASP.NET/ASP.NET Core users that are building their front-end projects with Angular. Though there was a lot of praise around this extension, the experience was not so great for all users...

What’s new with GitHub Actions tooling in Visual Studio

Angelos Petropoulos March 8, 2021 Mar 8, 2021 03/8/21

In a previous post, using GitHub Actions in Visual Studio is as easy as right-click and Publish, we announced the efforts we added to Visual Studio extending our Publish experiences to introduce and assist customers into a repeatable, predictable continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) environment using GitHub Actions. Our Publish ...

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.9 is now available

Jon Galloway March 3, 2021 Mar 3, 2021 03/3/21

We're excited to announce that Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.9 is available for you to download today. This release includes support for .NET 6 Preview 1, testing support for Unity applications, a preview of a new Quick Actions and Refactorings dialog, solution filter (.slnf file) support, and a new XML editor.

Frictionless repeated edits: IntelliCode suggestions in completion list

Peter Groenewegen March 3, 2021 Mar 3, 2021 03/3/21

As a developer you make repetitive changes to your code all the time. In many cases you don't even realize that you are doing a repetitive task or that Visual Studio IntelliCode suggestions can help you. IntelliCode suggestions can already do the edit and find other location where the same edit applies, making your life easier!