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Visual Studio Performance Highlights Delivered in 2023

January 8, 2024 Jan 8, 2024 01/8/24
Nayana Srikanth
As we step into 2024, we're taking a moment to look back at the significant performance improvements our team delivered in 2023. Your valuable feedback, active collaboration, and unwavering support have been crucial in enhancing Visual Studio. This past year has been focused on optimizing performance, and we're thrilled to showcase the key ...

Visual Studio 2013 Retirement: Support reminder for older versions of Visual Studio

January 2, 2024 Jan 2, 2024 01/2/24
Paul Chapman
It’s a New Year, and a good time for a reminder of upcoming dates in the Visual Studio support lifecycle. Support for Visual Studio 2013 will end on April 9 of this year. If you’re using an older version of Visual Studio, we want to keep you productive and secure when using Visual Studio, and strongly recommend you upgrade to Visual Studio...

A year of making you more productive using Git in Visual Studio

December 27, 2023 Dec 27, 2023 12/27/23
Jessie Houghton
As we reflect on the past year, it’s clear that the journey of enhancing our Git tooling has been exciting! Our team has been dedicated to increasing GitHub integration, boosting productivity, and addressing valuable feedback from Developer Community. Today, we’re thrilled to share the milestones we’ve achieved and the enhancements that ...

Size, Alignment, and Memory Layout Insights for C++ Classes, Structs, and Unions

December 19, 2023 Dec 19, 2023 12/19/23
Mryam Girmay
In Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8, we introduced a feature that allows C++ developers to easily view the size and alignment of classes, structs, unions, base types, or Enums. Furthermore, in Visual Studio 2022 version 17.9 Preview 1, we're taking it a step further by providing the capability to visualize the memory layout of your C++ classes...

Unlocking the Secrets of Managed Memory: Dive into Event Handler Leak Insights!

December 15, 2023 Dec 15, 2023 12/15/23
Massimo Giusti
Event handler leaks have been around for a long time, and they are one of the peskiest issues WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) developers regularly deal with. You might be thinking: What makes event handler leaks so important? Event handler leaks are easy to cause, all it takes is to forget to unsubscribe to an event. Additionally, they ...

Visual Studio 17.9 Preview 2 has arrived!

December 12, 2023 Dec 12, 2023 12/12/23
Maddy Montaquila
Welcome to the release of Visual Studio 2022 17.9 Preview 2, which wraps up our development efforts for 2023. This update brings new features and enhancements, building on the solid foundation set by Preview 1 in November.  In this preview, we've made some improvements to the C++ and .NET MAUI development experiences. You'll find the...

Embracing SQL Server 2022 with SSDT 17.8: Unveiling Key Updates

December 5, 2023 Dec 5, 2023 12/5/23
Subhojit Basak
In the dynamic landscape of database development, SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) is a powerful tool for database developers in the Visual Studio ecosystem.  SSDT 17.8 is included in the latest version of Visual Studio 2022 v17.8, which was released on November 14th, 2023. This version introduces crucial enhancements and fixes, underscoring...

Scroll to expand document tabs

December 4, 2023 Dec 4, 2023 12/4/23
Dominic Nahous
When you have lots of tabs open in Visual Studio, your horizontal screen resolution determines how many fit in the document tab well. The remaining document tabs are hidden unless you configure Visual Studio to display tabs in multiple rows. Alternatively, you could switch your tab layout to vertical tabs instead of the default horizontal ...

My favorite features in Visual Studio 17.8

November 29, 2023 Nov 29, 2023 11/29/23
Mads Kristensen
It was a busy week for the Visual Studio team, preparing for both Ignite and .NET Conf. And releasing the latest version of Visual Studio 2022 which is now up to version 17.8. There were lots of announcements of cool new features, AI enhancements, performance improvements, and much more. That was a lot to digest, so I thought I’d bring ...