Visual Studio Blog

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 becaus

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 &