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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 Container Tools Extension (Preview) Announcement

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

Christos Matskas

Today we’re excited to announce the preview availability of the new Visual Studio Container Tools Extension (Preview) for Visual Studio 2019. This is an important milestone in the iteration of our container tooling in Visual Studio, as we try to empower developers to work better with their containerized applications directly from within the IDE. The current Visual Studio Tools for Containers provide a great getting started experience for developers building new containerized applications, as well as capabilities to containerize an existing application.

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 ...

Intelligent Productivity and Collaboration, from Anywhere

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

Jonathan Carter

Today we’re excited to announce the private preview of a set of developer services that enable you to work from anywhere, and on any device, complete with the most intelligent productivity and collaboration tools in the industry.

Redesigning the New Project Dialog

April 29, 2019 Apr 29, 2019 04/29/19

Pratik Nadagouda

Last week, we released Visual Studio 2019 version 16.1 Preview 2. If you have the latest update – awesome and thank you. If not, you can download it from the link above. Or, if you already have the Preview, just click the notification bell inside Visual Studio to update. This post discusses one of the most visible interface changes we’ve ...

Visual Studio 2019 version 16.1 Preview 2

April 24, 2019 Apr 24, 2019 04/24/19

Paul Chapman

Visual Studio 2019 version 16.1 Preview 2 is now available with performance and reliability improvements as well as enhancements to C++, debugging, extensibility, and the IDE experience.

Live Share now included with Visual Studio 2019

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

Jon Chu

Today we’re excited to announce Visual Studio Live Share for generally availability and included with Visual Studio 2019! This is the culmination of over a year of hearing your feedback and building a product that enhances the many diverse ways you and your team collaborate. Regardless of whether your team is fully remote, partially distributed, or entirely co-located, we want to make your collaboration experiences more enjoyable and productive with Live Share.