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Visual Studio 2022 – 17.5 Released

February 21, 2023 Feb 21, 2023 02/21/23

Anthony Cangialosi

We’re excited to announce that Visual Studio 17.5 is now generally available. This release is full of updates that take friction out of your daily workflows making it easier for you stay in the zone while you code. Features like all-in-one search and intent-based suggestions help you move faster, while improved build and debug speeds ensure ...

Visual Studio’s Azure Marketplace images now support Microsoft Dev Box

October 5, 2022 Oct 5, 2022 10/5/22

Ruben Rios

Over the last couple of years, we’ve expanded our Visual Studio VM image offerings for the Azure Marketplace. These images have proven to be popular not only for evaluating the latest Visual Studio releases, but also for jumpstarting developer environments in the cloud. In this post, we'll introduce new images optimized for running Visual ...

It’s finally here. Bicep is in Visual Studio!

September 14, 2022 Sep 14, 2022 09/14/22

Uche Nkadi

In less than two years, Bicep’s VS Code extension has grown from zero users to more than 15 thousand a month. In addition to the Bicep extension's success, millions of resources are now deployed with Bicep files via Azure CLI and Azure PowerShell. Our incredible community has not only shaped the suite of Bicep features we know and love today...

It looks like you’re using Visual Studio. Would you like help?

August 25, 2021 Aug 25, 2021 08/25/21

Misty Hays

We recently asked in an installer survey what you’d find valuable to see while you’re staring at the installer screen during updates/installations in Visual Studio 2022, and y’all said tips and tricks! Y’all also told us that you want to see tips in the IDE, too—in a Visual Studio start page! Receiving tips from a virtual ...

Visual Studio 2022 Preview 3 now available!

August 10, 2021 Aug 10, 2021 08/10/21

Mads Kristensen

We are excited to announce the third preview release of Visual Studio 2022! With Preview 3 there are more new capabilities on the themes of personal and team productivity, modern development, and constant innovation. In this blog we’re going to highlight a few of the new capabilities of Visual Studio 2022 Preview 3. We’d love for you to ...

Intelligent Visual Studio Search Service

March 2, 2021 Mar 2, 2021 03/2/21

Anne Gao

In v16.9 Visual Studio release, we introduce the AI-powered Visual Studio Search service, which is integrated into the shortcut Ctrl+Q for intelligent Visual Studio feature searches. This blog post introduces the system architecture in high level details, including the core Azure services that we built and leveraged.

Visual Studio Subscriptions resources for remote learning and productivity

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

Caity Buschlen

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 Code Docker extension 1.0 – Better than Ever!

March 16, 2020 Mar 16, 2020 03/16/20

Mike Morton

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.

Azure IoT Tools November Update: standalone simulator for Azure IoT Edge development and more!

November 28, 2019 Nov 28, 2019 11/28/19

Jun Han

Welcome to the November update of Azure IoT Tools! In this November release, you will see the new standalone simulator for Azure IoT Edge development, the support of Vcpkg for IoT Plug and Play development and more new features. Deploy Event Grid module on Azure IoT Edge Event Grid on IoT Edge brings the power and flexibility of Azure ...

Azure IoT Tools October Update: new experience of sending device-to-cloud messages and more!

October 30, 2019 Oct 30, 2019 10/30/19

Jun Han

Welcome to the October update of Azure IoT Tools! In this October release, you will see the totally new experience of sending device-to-cloud messages and Azure IoT Device Provisioning Service support in Visual Studio Code. New experience of sending device-to-cloud messages Z, a software engineer, developed an application about a ...

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