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Apr 16, 2021
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Managed Memory Dump Analyzers

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!

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Apr 15, 2021
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Enhanced Productivity with Git in Visual Studio

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!

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Apr 14, 2021
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Visual Studio 2019 v16.10 Preview 2 Releases Today

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!

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Apr 8, 2021
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Introducing Visual Studio Administrator Updates

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 updat...

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Apr 7, 2021
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Performance Improvements in NuGet

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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Mar 30, 2021
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Angular Language Service for Visual Studio Update

Gabrielle Crevecoeur

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. We want you to...

Mar 8, 2021
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What’s new with GitHub Actions tooling in Visual Studio

Angelos Petropoulos

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 experience ...

Mar 3, 2021
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Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.9 is now available

Jon Galloway

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.

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Mar 3, 2021
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Frictionless repeated edits: IntelliCode suggestions in completion list

Peter Groenewegen

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!

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Mar 2, 2021
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New Dynamic Instrumentation Profiling for .NET

Sagar Shetty

With the release of version 16.9 of Visual Studio, instrumentation profiling in Visual Studio just got better. Introducing our new dynamic instrumentation tool. This tool shows the exact number of times your functions are called and is faster than our previous static instrumentation tool. It also supports .NET Core instrumentation without...

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