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Visual Studio 2019 v16.8 Preview 2 Releases New Features Today!

August 25, 2020 Aug 25, 2020 08/25/20

Jacqueline Widdis

New features in Git Integration, .NET Productivity, Web Tools, and Xamarin are releasing in Visual Studio 2019 v16.8 Preview 2. Each of our teams continue to work hard to delight our developers. For this reason, Preview releases are some of the most exciting for us as we wait to hear how our newest features impact your work.

Visual Studio 2019 v16.7 and v16.8 Preview 1 Release Today!

August 5, 2020 Aug 5, 2020 08/5/20

Jacqueline Widdis

Announcing the release of Visual Studio 2019 version 16.7 and Visual Studio 2019 version 16.8 Preview 1. Both versions include additional Git integration, .NET Productivity improvements, WPF additions, and C++ improvements.

Visual Studio 2019 v16.7 Preview 2 Available Today!

June 2, 2020 Jun 2, 2020 06/2/20

Jacqueline Widdis

Today we are releasing 16.7 Preview 2 with new features in C++ Connection Manager, .NET Productivity, Git Productivity, and Local Process with Kubernetes. Give them a try and let us hear your feedback!

Keep your IntelliCode completions fresh with our GitHub Action for Team Completions

May 20, 2020 May 20, 2020 05/20/20

Caty Caldwell

Introducing the Visual Studio IntelliCode GitHub Action for Team Completions, teams can share and automate code completions easily! Visual Studio IntelliCode automates training a Team Completions model as part of your CI workflow to provide in-line completion suggestions based on your own types in C# and C++.

Releasing Today! Visual Studio 2019 v16.6 & v16.7 Preview 1

May 19, 2020 May 19, 2020 05/19/20

Jacqueline Widdis

Visual Studio 2019 version 16.6 is generally available today along with version 16.7 Preview 1. Check out our newest features in C++, .NET Productivity, Git Integration, and XAML. Plus, sign-up to try VS Codespaces.

Introducing Visual Studio Codespaces: cloud-hosted development for wherever you’re working

April 30, 2020 Apr 30, 2020 04/30/20

Nik Molnar

With a new name of Visual Studio Codespaces, lowered pricing, a Basic instance type, and many other new features, there's never been a better time to try remote development. Go give it a try!

See What’s New in Visual Studio 2019 v16.6 Preview 3!

April 16, 2020 Apr 16, 2020 04/16/20

Jacqueline Widdis

Visual Studio 2019 v16.6 Preview 3 releases today with new features in Git user experiences, Terminal, Mobile Developer, and Microsoft Fakes for .NET Core.

Visual Studio 2019 version 16.6 Preview 2 Brings New Features Your Way

March 26, 2020 Mar 26, 2020 03/26/20

Jacqueline Widdis

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 2019 for Mac version 8.5 is now available

March 23, 2020 Mar 23, 2020 03/23/20

Dominic Nahous

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 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.

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