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Use Visual Studio in Presentation Mode

Mads KristensenAugust 10, 2020Aug 10, 202008/10/20

Have you ever seen a presentation using Visual Studio, but had a hard time seeing the too-small fonts in the editor, Solution Explorer and menu system? How about all the custom extensions and themes the presenter used, making it harder to figure out what exactly was going on? Perhaps you were the presenter? Here’s how Visual Studio ...

Making repeated edits easier with IntelliCode suggestions

Peter GroenewegenAugust 6, 2020Aug 6, 202008/6/20

As of Visual Studio 2019 16.7, your repeated edit experience can now be enhanced by IntelliCode suggestions. IntelliCode spots repetitions and suggests other places in your code where you could apply that same change.

Angular Language Service for Visual Studio

Gabrielle CrevecoeurAugust 5, 2020Aug 5, 202008/5/20

Great news everyone: The Angular Language Service is coming to Visual Studio! For those who don't know, the Angular team has done a lot of great work on powering up the editing experience for Angular using something called the Angular Language Service. It lays the foundation to provide things like auto-completion, rename, and more across ...

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.7 is now available

Jon GallowayAugust 5, 2020Aug 5, 202008/5/20

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.7 is available today and includes support for gRPC / OpenAPI client generation and improved unit testing integration. Additionally, it includes several improvements for Xamarin developers, including Xamarin.Forms 4.8 Support. This release also includes initial support for macOS Big Sur, with the exception ...

Visual Studio 2019 v16.7 and v16.8 Preview 1 Release Today!

Jacqueline WiddisAugust 5, 2020Aug 5, 202008/5/20

Announcing the release of Visual Studio 2019 version 16.7 and Visual Studio 2019 version 16.8 Preview 1. Both versions include additional Git integration, .NET Productivity improvements, WPF additions, and C++ improvements.

Database Profiling with Visual Studio

Esteban HerreraJuly 27, 2020Jul 27, 202007/27/20

Examine when database queries were executed and measure how long the take using Visual Studio's Performance Profiler.

Viewing Managed COM Objects Through Native Pointers

Mark DownieJuly 15, 2020Jul 15, 202007/15/20

If you are a developer who is curating a successful .NET project using COM interop, then our latest preview of Visual Studio is for you (Download 16.7 Preview 3). This feature automatically decodes managed COM objects referenced by native pointers allowing you to fully inspect values in the Locals window.

Improving the authentication experience for enterprises leveraging Conditional Access policies

Ruben RiosJuly 10, 2020Jul 10, 202007/10/20

As part of the Visual Studio 2019 16.6 update, we’ve introduced a set of new capabilities to improve your overall authentication experience. While these changes benefit all Visual Studio users, they are especially helpful if you need to work across Azure AD tenants that have enabled multi-factor authentication (MFA) policies. That’s ...

Exciting new updates to the Git experience in Visual Studio

Pratik NadagoudaJuly 9, 2020Jul 9, 202007/9/20

We've been addressing your feedback for improving the Git experience within Visual Studio. This post talks about updates in merge conflict resolution, branch management, previewing commits, branch history, and much more.

Delivering on a promise – the essential extension pack

Mads KristensenJune 24, 2020Jun 24, 202006/24/20

During Microsoft Build 2020 in May, developers watching the live stream asked me to make it easy to acquire the basic extensions all Visual Studio users would benefit from. What a great idea, so of course I said yes. The wait is now over, get the The Essentials extension pack today! During my Visual Studio 2019 (remote dev) tips & ...