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Are you thinking about earning a Microsoft certification to help advance your career, build on your existing skills, or meet new requirements at work?  If so, you may already be wondering where to start. Which courses, labs, and hands-on exercises will help you prepare? How much time will it take to find the right resources, and how much wil...

Compare commits with your working tree, resolve merge conflicts in bulk, and keep coding with refreshed Copilot chat, Hot Exit, keyboard tab controls, and Fonts and Colors.

Start a standalone Markdown note and use the opt-in Hot Exit preview to resume unsaved work next session.

What if you could experiment with a new Azure service without requesting additional budget, prepare for your next technical certification using learning resources you already have, or build a dashboard without creating every UI component from scratch?  If you're a Visual Studio subscriber, you may already have benefits that can help you do a...

Compare a historical commit with your working tree without checking out the commit or leaving your branch.

Reorder your document tabs and return to them by visual position with new keyboard shortcuts.

Stop solution builds after the first project failure so you can return to fixing the error sooner.

What happens when developers who have spent decades working with Visual Studio start rethinking how they write code, learn new skills, and expand their access to development tools?  At VSLive! San Diego, we had an opportunity to find out as developers gathered for five days of technical sessions, hands-on learning, and conversations about Visual...

Maybe you’d deploy that .NET application you’ve been working on. Try a serverless architecture. Experiment with containers. Build a proof of concept. Or spend some time exploring an Azure service you haven’t used yet.  If you’re an eligible Visual Studio subscriber, you may already have a personal Azure sandbox waiting for you.  Many Visu...