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Visual Studio at Microsoft Build 2022

May 26, 2022 May 26, 2022 05/26/22

Chris Hardy

This week we had Microsoft Build 2022 and there were some announcements made in Amanda Silver’s Theme session and multiple breakouts that are exciting for Visual Studio users, like you. We released the .NET Multi-platform App UI (a.k.a. .NET MAUI), announced Microsoft Dev Box, Azure Deployment Environments and Visual Studio on Arm64. With ...

Visual Studio 2022 now available

November 8, 2021 Nov 8, 2021 11/8/21

Amanda Silver

I am really excited to announce that we've reached general availability for Visual Studio 2022. Watch the keynote on YouTube.

Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5 is now available

March 16, 2020 Mar 16, 2020 03/16/20

Jacqueline Widdis

Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5 and 16.6 Preview 1 are available today. Included in this release are updates in .NET Productivity, .NET Mobile development, C++, and debugging.

What’s New in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5 Preview 2 for C++, Xamarin, and Azure Tooling Experiences

January 30, 2020 Jan 30, 2020 01/30/20

Ulzii Luvsanbat [MSFT]

Last week, Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5 Preview 2 was released, bringing many new features and improvements for developers in Visual Studio to help you build better software faster. Please read some highlights of new features and improved developer experiences in this page.

‘Tis the Season for the Visual Studio 2019 v16.4 Release

December 3, 2019 Dec 3, 2019 12/3/19

Jacqueline Widdis

Visual Studio 2019 v16.4 is available today. Highlights of the release include: better GitHub integration, Vertical Tabs, Container Tools, Xamarin Hot Reload, C++ Tooling, .NET Productivity, Pinnable Property Tabs, and much more.

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.3 Preview 3, now available

September 4, 2019 Sep 4, 2019 09/4/19

Jordan Matthiesen

Visual Studio for Mac 2019 v8.3 Preview 3 is now available, with new web editors, solution-level NuGet package management, and multi-targeting support.

Become a Visual Studio for Mac super user with this Tips and Tricks Video Series

January 30, 2019 Jan 30, 2019 01/30/19

Cody Beyer

Visual Studio for Mac comes packed with powerful, yet hidden features. In this video series, we put together a number of tips and tricks to help you become more productive and efficient with writing code with Visual Studio for Mac. Whether you're creating a new game with Unity or a new web application with .NET Core, these short, roughly 5-minute, videos will help you do it better and faster. Check out the new series now!

Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8

August 14, 2018 Aug 14, 2018 08/14/18

John Montgomery

Today we are releasing Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8. In this version we have focused on productivity, performance and bug fixes. There are many new features you‘ll find useful, but in this post, I’ll underscore the highlights you may be most interested in. For the complete list of all the updates in today’s release, check out the ...

Hyper-V Android emulator support

May 8, 2018 May 8, 2018 05/8/18

Visual Studio Blog

Today, at Build 2018, we announced a preview of the Google Android emulator that’s compatible with Hyper-V, available on the Windows 10 April 2018 Update. This enables developers with Hyper-V enabled on their machines to use a hardware accelerated Android emulator, without needing to switch to Intel’s HAXM hypervisor. Amazing work was done...

Microsoft Build 2018: New releases for Visual Studio, Visual Studio for Mac, .NET Core and Xamarin.Forms

May 7, 2018 May 7, 2018 05/7/18

Julia Liuson

At Microsoft Build this year we have many exciting announcements - .NET Core 2.1 RC, Future of Windows Desktop Development, Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7, Visual Studio for Mac version 7.5, Xamarin Forms 3.0 General Availability, Visual Studio Live Share Public Preview, and we introduce Visual Studio IntelliCode.