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Status on Visual Studio feature suggestions

July 31, 2019 Jul 31, 2019 07/31/19

Mads Kristensen

Visual Studio receives over 500 feature suggestions from customers every month on the Developer Community website. Handling that amount is a huge effort and we’d like to share with you how we handle this volume and the steps that we take to respond to them all.

Visual Studio 2019 version 16.2 Generally Available and 16.3 Preview 1

July 24, 2019 Jul 24, 2019 07/24/19

Jacqueline Widdis

Check out what's new in the 16.2 generally available and 16.3 Preview 1 release of Visual Studio 2019. See the improvements to Test Explorer, search capabilities within the product, C++ linker iteration build times, and .NET Core 3.0

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.1 is now available (and a Preview for 8.2)

June 13, 2019 Jun 13, 2019 06/13/19

Cody Beyer

Visual Studio for Mac 2019 v8.1 is available today along with a new Preview for v8.2. Both releases bring exciting new features, performance improvements and additional capabilities to help you be code better, faster.

Visual Studio 2019 version 16.2 Preview 2

June 11, 2019 Jun 11, 2019 06/11/19

Jacqueline Widdis

Check out what's new in the new Preview 2 release of Visual Studio 2019 16.2. Find out how to debug your ASP.NET (Core) web apps in the new Microsoft Edge Insider build, how to be more productive when you work with code in the IDE and how we make sure your Visual Studio installation makes the best out of your disk space

Visual Studio 2019 version 16.1 now generally available (and 16.2 Preview 1 as well)

May 22, 2019 May 22, 2019 05/22/19

Mads Kristensen

Today, we are making Visual Studio 2019 version 16.1 generally available, as well as the first preview release of Visual Studio 2019 version 16.2. You can download both versions from VisualStudio.com. If you already have Preview installed, you can alternatively click the notification bell from inside Visual Studio to update.

Visual Studio 2019 version 16.1 Preview 3

May 6, 2019 May 6, 2019 05/6/19

Angel Zhou

The third Preview version of Visual Studio 2019 version 16.1 is now available. You can download it from VisualStudio.com. Or, if you’re already on the preview channel, just click the notification bell from inside your Visual Studio 2019 Preview installation to update. This latest preview contains a range of additions, including IntelliCode support by default, various C++ productivity enhancements, and .NET tooling updates. We’ve highlighted some notable features below, and you can see a list of all the changes in the Preview release notes.

Announcing the general availability of IntelliCode plus a sneak peek

May 6, 2019 May 6, 2019 05/6/19

Allison Buchholtz-Au

Visual Studio IntelliCode is now generally available and we're offering a sneak peek of an up and coming feature.

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.1 Preview 1

May 6, 2019 May 6, 2019 05/6/19

Cody Beyer

Today, we are proud to announce the next major update for Visual Studio for Mac: Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.1 Preview. In this update, we are offering our new C# editor as the default experience in addition to introducing support for .NET Core 3 Preview and new project templates. We’ve also been working to improve ...

Visual Studio 2019: Code faster. Work smarter. Create the future.

April 2, 2019 Apr 2, 2019 04/2/19

John Montgomery

Visual Studio 2019 is now available for download at visualstudio.com/downloads. Try it today to experience our best release yet.

Visual Studio 2019 Release Candidate (RC) now available

February 27, 2019 Feb 27, 2019 02/27/19

John Montgomery

Visual Studio 2019 Release Candidate (RC) and Preview 4 are now available for download. Learn more about the new product channels in Visual Studio 2019 and how you can choose your path forward with the latest downloads.

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