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Visual Studio 2019 version 16.6 Preview 2 Brings New Features Your Way
Visual Studio 2019 version 16.6 Preview 2 releases today with several new features to help developer productivity. Check out our improved Git integration, .NET Productivity features, plus so much more!
Visual Studio Subscriptions resources for remote learning and productivity
The Visual Studio Subscriptions team wants to do everything we can to support you, wherever you’re at during this tough time. We’ve got some suggestions for staying productive at home, and ways that you can take advantage of benefits in your Visual Studio subscription to maximize this time of great uncertainty.
Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.5 is now available
Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.5 is available today and includes ASP.NET Core authentication templates, support for Azure Functions 3.0, and improvements to the overall experience for those using assistive technologies.
Visual Studio for Mac: Become a Productivity Pro
Despite continued advancement and innovation in the IDE space, the bottom line is that IDEs are a productivity tool. As a software developer, the value of an IDE is directly related to how much using the tool increases your productivity. Subsequently, when we make decisions about how to improve Visual Studio for Mac, your productivity is always at the forefront. With that in mind, I want to share with you my favorite time-savers within the IDE that help boost my productivity, and I hope they boost yours as well. Add Custom Tools Custom tools are a super powerful feature of Visual Studio for Mac that a...
Visual Studio for Mac: Refresh(); event recap
We had a great time at the Visual Studio for Mac: Refresh(); event on February 24th! All the videos, slides, and links to demo code are available for you to watch, use for your own virtual events, blog posts, etc. in this repo. In case you couldn’t watch it then, here’s a session recap and links to the on-demand videos: Keynote: A Fresh Look at Visual Studio for Mac Video | Slides | Links Amanda Silver (CVP of Product for Developer Division) kicked off the event by describing how Visual Studio for Mac fits in to Microsoft’s suite of developer tools that meet the challenges of modern software developme...
Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5 is now available
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.
Visual Studio Code Docker extension 1.0 – Better than Ever!
We recently released the 1.0 version of our Visual Studio Code Docker extension, which is the first general availability (GA) release. The Docker extension makes it easier to build apps that leverage Docker containers.
The Spring 2020 Roadmap for Visual Studio published
The Visual Studio roadmap has been updated to provide a peek into the work planned for Visual Studio through June 2020. It captures significant capabilities that we plan to add, but it's not a comprehensive feature list.
What’s New in Visual Studio Online
Learn what the Visual Studio Team has been working on since our public preview announcement last November. We've got lots of new things from better environment configurations to Visual Studio Code Insiders support and more!