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Visual Studio 2022 17.4 Preview 2

September 14, 2022 Sep 14, 2022 09/14/22
Marc Goodner
We have released Visual Studio 2022 17.4 Preview 2. In this post we'll share details about features added since Preview 1. Feedback from developers like you during our preview cycle is so important for us to deliver a final product that meets your high expectations. We welcome your feedback in the threads to this post or through Developer ...

It’s finally here. Bicep is in Visual Studio!

September 14, 2022 Sep 14, 2022 09/14/22
Uche Nkadi
In less than two years, Bicep’s VS Code extension has grown from zero users to more than 15 thousand a month. In addition to the Bicep extension's success, millions of resources are now deployed with Bicep files via Azure CLI and Azure PowerShell. Our incredible community has not only shaped the suite of Bicep features we know and love today...

Adding color to bracket pairs

September 5, 2022 Sep 5, 2022 09/5/22
Mads Kristensen
When dealing with deeply nested brackets in Visual Studio, it can be hard to figure out which brackets match and which do not. For people with color blindness or other optic maladies, the problem can be even worse. By color-coding bracket pairs, we’re making this much easier. (image) Various IDE’s and editors offer this feature ...

Live Share: Enterprise Policies are here!

August 17, 2022 Aug 17, 2022 08/17/22
Carolina Uribe-Gosselin
Securing your Visual Studio Live Share session has never been easier. Whether you’re looking to restrict access to only individuals in your organization or to disable read-write terminals, your organization can now configure policies for proper control and compliance. (image) Today, we invite organizations to explore everything Live ...

What’s New in Visual Studio 2022 17.4 Preview 1

August 16, 2022 Aug 16, 2022 08/16/22
Marc Goodner
We released Visual Studio 2022 17.4 Preview 1 last week alongside the 17.3 generally available release. In this post we'll share details about some of the new capabilities in this preview and the focus of this release. Feedback from developers like you during our preview cycle is so important for us to deliver a final product that meets your ...

Git Line-staging Released!

August 15, 2022 Aug 15, 2022 08/15/22
Taysser Gherfal
We are excited to announce the release of Line-staging support in Visual Studio 2022. Line-staging, a.k.a. interactive staging, enables you to split your changed lines of code across different commits. Line-staging could also be utilized in reviewing your changes before committing them. Mark your changed lines or sections of code as reviewed ...

Choosing a .NET Memory Profiler in Visual Studio – part 1

August 11, 2022 Aug 11, 2022 08/11/22
Clément Habinshuti
Summary Visual Studio provides two great tools for analyzing and diagnosing memory issues in .NET applications: the Memory Usage profiler and .NET Object Allocation Tracking tool. While both tools are useful, it may not be obvious for new user to know which one to use when. This article aims to clarify what each tool is good for and how to ...

VisualStudio.Extensibility: A New Way to Write Extensions

August 10, 2022 Aug 10, 2022 08/10/22
Leslie Richardson
Last year, we announced the first phase of a new extensibility model for Visual Studio.  This new model will make extensions easier to write and more reliable along with additional benefits such as being able to install these extensions without restarting the IDE.  Now, we’re excited to announce the second phase of the new extensibility ...

Visual Studio 2022 17.3 is now available!

August 9, 2022 Aug 9, 2022 08/9/22
Chris Hardy
We are happy to announce that Visual Studio 2022 17.3 has been released and is now generally available. At Microsoft, we thrive on getting feedback and experiences from those using Visual Studio and continually work to improve the product based on this feedback. Visual Studio 2022 17.3 comes with new features such as .NET MAUI GA tooling, ...