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Visual Studio 2022

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

Amanda Silver

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 ...

Managed Memory Dump Analyzers

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

Mark Downie

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

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

Pratik Nadagouda

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

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

Justin Johnson

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

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

Christine Ruana

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

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

Nikolche Kolev

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.

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