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July 26, 2023 Jul 26, 2023 07/26/23
Mads Kristensen
We’re excited to announce that you can now subscribe to the Visual Studio blog via email! By subscribing, you’ll get the latest updates on Visual Studio delivered straight to your inbox. And let’s be honest, who doesn’t love getting fun and exciting emails? Here are some benefits of subscribing: You’ll be the first to ...

Rock Your Debugging Game: Parallel Stack Window Tips You Need to Know!

July 25, 2023 Jul 25, 2023 07/25/23
Harshada Hole
In Visual Studio 2022 17.6 and 17.7 we added a ton of new features in Parallel Stack Window that can take your multithreaded debugging to the next level. But what can the Parallel Stack Window do for you? The answer is simple - it offers valuable insights into how your code functions in multithreaded or parallel or async environments. ...

Too many tabs open? No problem!

July 20, 2023 Jul 20, 2023 07/20/23
Mads Kristensen
When you have lots of tabs open in Visual Studio, your horizontal screen resolution determines how many will fit the Tab Well. The remaining document tabs won’t be shown unless you enable multi-row tabs. But what if you don’t want to lose the coding space multi-row tabs take up, and still need an easier way to get an overview of all your ...

Announcing the .NET MAUI extension for Visual Studio Code

July 11, 2023 Jul 11, 2023 07/11/23
Maddy Montaquila
Last month, we released the first preview of C# Dev Kit, a lightweight, editor-first experience that augments your C# development in Visual Studio Code with a Solution Explorer, native Test Explorer, AI-powered code authoring, and more. Today, we’re excited to announce the first preview of the .NET MAUI extension, which, paired with C# ...

Get the most from Visual Studio with Microsoft Dev Box–now generally available

July 10, 2023 Jul 10, 2023 07/10/23
Ruben Rios
Today, we’re excited to announce that Microsoft Dev Box is now generally available. Below we’ll highlight a few significant features of Dev Box for Visual Studio users. Read the announcement blog to learn more about our journey to Microsoft Dev Box and what the service means for Visual Studio subscribers. Last month at the Build ...

Visual Studio Toolbox: Accelerate your builds of SDK-style .NET projects

June 22, 2023 Jun 22, 2023 06/22/23
Leslie Richardson
The Visual Studio Toolbox show helps you become a more productive developer by focusing on tooling in and out of Visual Studio.  Our latest episode of VS Toolbox (available both on Learn and YouTube) features Drew Noakes from the .NET team. He demonstrates how you can dramatically reduce build times for SDK-style .NET projects. What is ...

Announcing Create a Pull Request in Visual Studio

June 19, 2023 Jun 19, 2023 06/19/23
Jessie Houghton
  We heard from you that you can do 90% of your development workflow in Visual Studio, but then need to rely on the web to create your pull requests. We're continually bringing productivity enhancements to Visual Studio and are excited to announce that as of 17.7 preview 2 release. You can now create a pull request without leaving the ...

Configure Visual Studio policies using Microsoft Endpoint Manager (Intune)

June 15, 2023 Jun 15, 2023 06/15/23
Christine Ruana
Visual Studio global policies are now included in the Microsoft Endpoint Manager (Intune) settings catalog! It's easier for administrators to configure their organization’s devices now that the Visual Studio software policies are readily accessible in the Device Configuration Profile UI. A few months ago, we announced the release of ...

Visual Studio 2022 17.7 Preview 2 is here!

June 13, 2023 Jun 13, 2023 06/13/23
Taysser Gherfal
 Welcome to the Public Preview 2 of Visual Studio version 17.7! Hot on the heels of our recent Preview 1, we're thrilled to roll out another collection of upgrades tailored to empower developers like you. Preview 2 pushes the boundaries further, providing speed, productivity, and collaboration improvements for developers across different ...