Productivity

Visual Studio 17.1 Preview 2 is now available!

Dominic Nahous January 5, 2022 Jan 5, 2022 01/5/22

Visual Studio 2022 17.1 Preview 2 continues to iterate on the themes of the Visual Studio 2022 release. We're enhancing existing features, bringing new productivity improvements, and making it easier for you to make Visual Studio your own.

Discover quick actions for common tasks as you type, with IntelliCode

Peter Groenewegen September 15, 2021 Sep 15, 2021 09/15/21

Have you ever found yourself wishing there was a built-in tool to accomplish a common task? You could not find the tool and started the work manually. Only after you have started the work, you discover there was a quick action to do the task. IntelliCode can now spot when you're performing a common task and recommend the right quick action...

Boost your productivity with Productivity Power Tools Extensions in Visual Studio 2022!

Leslie Richardson August 31, 2021 Aug 31, 2021 08/31/21

Need a set of extensions to help improve your productivity? We’re excited to announce that one of the most popular and anticipated sets of extensions is now available to download for VS 2022 today: Productivity Power Tools for Visual Studio 2022!

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

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

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 ...

Debugging External Sources with Visual Studio

Harshada Hole August 16, 2021 Aug 16, 2021 08/16/21

Have you ever needed to debug and step into a code of dependent NuGet or .NET libraries that do not build as part of your solution? Today, debugging through them is not so easy as debugging your projects that are part of your solution. Starting with Visual Studio 2022 Preview 3, we are adding a new "External Sources" node in the Solution Explo

Type less, code more with IntelliCode completions

Mark Wilson-Thomas June 17, 2021 Jun 17, 2021 06/17/21

In Visual Studio 2022 Preview 1 you can automatically complete larger chunks of code, up to a whole line at a time; download the preview now.

Frictionless repeated edits: IntelliCode suggestions in completion list

Peter Groenewegen March 3, 2021 Mar 3, 2021 03/3/21

As a developer you make repetitive changes to your code all the time. In many cases you don't even realize that you are doing a repetitive task or that Visual Studio IntelliCode suggestions can help you. IntelliCode suggestions can already do the edit and find other location where the same edit applies, making your life easier!

Intelligent Visual Studio Search Service

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

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 2019 v16.9 and v16.10 Preview 1 are Available Today!

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

Our team is eager to release Visual Studio 2019 v16.9 and v16.10 Preview 1. These include new features from our C++, .NET Productivity, XAML tooling, Address Sanitizer, and IntelliCode teams.

Visual Studio 2019 v16.9 Preview 2 and New Year Wishes Coming to You!

Jacqueline Widdis December 8, 2020 Dec 8, 2020 12/8/20

Visual Studio 2019 v16.9 Preview 2! Our C++, .NET, and Xamarin Forms teams have been hard at work to deliver some great new functionality. This includes improvements in IntelliSense, binding properties, and using directives. Check out this latest release to give our features a try.

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