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Feb 19, 2026
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C++ symbol context and CMake build configuration awareness for GitHub Copilot in VS Code

Sinem Akinci
Sinem Akinci

C++ code navigation and build system tooling play an important role in the developer inner-loop. Code navigation tooling provides a precise, semantic understanding of your codebase, while build system tooling helps you express build configurations and variants for reproducible builds. In the VS Code ecosystem, these powerful capabilities are availa...

C++CMakeVisual Studio Code
Feb 19, 2026
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Microsoft C++ (MSVC) Build Tools v14.51 Preview Released: How to Opt In

Augustin Popa
Augustin Popa

Today we are releasing the first preview of the Microsoft C++ (MSVC) Build Tools version 14.51. This update, shipping in the latest Visual Studio 2026 version 18.4 Insiders release, introduces many C++23 conformance changes, bug fixes, and runtime performance improvements. Check out the release notes for an in-progress list of what’s new. Conforman...

C++Visual Studio
Feb 6, 2026
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What’s New in vcpkg (Nov 2025 – Jan 2026)

Augustin Popa
Augustin Popa

This blog post summarizes changes to the vcpkg package manager as part of the 2025.12.12 and 2026.01.16 registry releases and the 2025-11-13, 2025-11-18, 2025-11-19, 2025-12-05, and 2025-12-16 tool releases. These updates include support for targeting the Xbox GDK October 2025 update, removing a misleading and outdated output message, and other min...

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Feb 4, 2026
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MSVC Build Tools Versions 14.30 – 14.43 Now Available in Visual Studio 2026

Augustin Popa
Augustin Popa

When Visual Studio 2026 reached General Availability in November, it included several versions of the Microsoft C++ (MSVC) Build Tools: To make it easier to bring your Visual Studio 2022 projects to Visual Studio 2026, we are now including all the versions of MSVC that shipped in Visual Studio 2022 version 17.0 and later to...

C++Visual Studio