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Introducing Visual Studio Administrator Updates

Christine Ruana April 8, 2021 Apr 8, 2021 04/8/21

During the month of April 2021, Visual Studio will start publishing administrator updates to Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio 2019 via Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) and the Microsoft Update Catalog. Enterprises will be able to then use standard deployment tools like Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager to easily roll out these...

Catch up with Visual Studio Tools for Unity on Mac

Abdullah Hamed February 17, 2020 Feb 17, 2020 02/17/20

Whats new in Visual Studio Tools for Unity since we launched Visual Studio for Mac.

‘Tis the Season for the Visual Studio 2019 v16.4 Release

Jacqueline Widdis December 3, 2019 Dec 3, 2019 12/3/19

Visual Studio 2019 v16.4 is available today. Highlights of the release include: better GitHub integration, Vertical Tabs, Container Tools, Xamarin Hot Reload, C++ Tooling, .NET Productivity, Pinnable Property Tabs, and much more.

Welcome to the new home of our developer tools blogs!

Nicole Bruck February 13, 2019 Feb 13, 2019 02/13/19

With the new look and URL for Microsoft’s developer tools and services blogs where you can explore the latest news and updates for our products, discover a new project to try out, and share your favorite content with your friends.

Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 now available

Angel Zhou November 19, 2018 Nov 19, 2018 11/19/18

Visual Studio version 15.9 is now out. This release comes with improvements for C++ debugging, .NET tooling, UWP performance, and more. Click to learn more!

How to Convince Your Management to Upgrade to Visual Studio 2017 for C# and C++ Developers

Kasey Uhlenhuth July 31, 2018 Jul 31, 2018 07/31/18

Visual Studio 2017 is our best IDE yet. To help you write great code, it’s packed with new Refactorings and Quick Actions, and offers unit testing, debugging, navigation, and code style improvements. It loads solutions faster than ever, and ships with C# 7.3 and the MSVC compiler toolset that conforms to the latest C++ standards.

Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 RC

Visual Studio Blog March 3, 2016 Mar 3, 2016 03/3/16

Today we released the next set of reliability and performance improvements in Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 RC, which also addresses issues that we hear from your continued feedback. Building on what we announced with the CTP release, here’s what you’ll find in Update 2 RC: As with the CTP, we’ve continued to ship ...

Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 CTP

Visual Studio Blog February 10, 2016 Feb 10, 2016 02/10/16

Today we released Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 CTP. Our focus for this release has been stability and performance, along with responding to feedback you’ve given us on Visual Studio 2015 RTM and Update 1. Here are the biggest things you’ll find in this update: We’ve also added a number of features ...

Visual Studio Update 1 RC

Visual Studio Blog October 29, 2015 Oct 29, 2015 10/29/15

Today we released Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 RC, which builds on the Update 1 CTP we released three weeks ago. In addition to the features introduced in the CTP as described here, the Release Candidate includes the following: For a complete list of features in Update 1 RC and information on bug fixes and known issues...

Visual Studio 2013 Update 5 CTP 3 Released

Visual Studio Blog March 9, 2015 Mar 9, 2015 03/9/15

Visual Studio 2013 Update 5 CTP 3 released today, primarily focuses on bug fixes. The release notes and knowledge base article have the complete list of features and fixes. As always, please give us your feedback, suggestions, thoughts, and ideas on our UserVoice site, through the in-product Send-a-Smile and Send-a-Frown UI, or file a bug ...

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