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Visual Studio 2019 version 16.3 Preview 2 and Visual Studio for Mac version 8.3 Preview 2 Released!

August 13, 2019 Aug 13, 2019 08/13/19
Jacqueline Widdis
Visual Studio version 16.3 Preview 2 and Visual Studio for Mac version 8.3 Preview 2 are available. Because many of the features in this release are a response to Developer Community feedback, we are excited to share our changes. First of all, the latest Preview versions both PC and Mac are available to download from VisualStudio.com. You can ...

Preview Features in Visual Studio

August 5, 2019 Aug 5, 2019 08/5/19
Stephanie Su
The Preview Features page under Tools > Options > Environment has a new look! We introduced the Preview Features page so that you can easily find these capabilities and be able to control their enablement. The new layout provides more information and an opportunity to give feedback on the features. While these features are in development...

Resolve code issues in live apps running in Azure Kubernetes Services with the Snapshot Debugger

July 15, 2019 Jul 15, 2019 07/15/19
Mark Downie
Snapshot Debugger is built for production so you can set Snappoints and Logpoints in code, like debugger breakpoints and tracepoints. However, when a Snappoint is hit in an AKS Linux Docker container, a snapshot is dynamically created without stopping the process. You are then able to attach to these snapshots using Visual Studio.

Going all in on ‘Suggest a Feature’ in Visual Studio Developer Community

June 4, 2019 Jun 4, 2019 06/4/19
Sean
In October 2018, we shared the plan to migrate from UserVoice forum to Developer Community. Since then, we have received and responded to over 2500 new feature suggestions on Developer Community with hundreds of those shipped in Visual Studio. Thank you for making the move and continuing to help us improve the functionality in Visual Studio!