{"id":243941,"date":"2023-07-10T12:09:47","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T19:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/?p=243941"},"modified":"2023-07-10T12:09:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T19:09:47","slug":"get-the-most-from-visual-studio-with-microsoft-dev-box-now-generally-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/get-the-most-from-visual-studio-with-microsoft-dev-box-now-generally-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Get the most from Visual Studio with Microsoft Dev Box&#8211;now generally available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, we\u2019re excited to announce that Microsoft Dev Box is now generally available. Below we\u2019ll highlight a few significant features of Dev Box for Visual Studio users. <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/devbox_GA_blog\">Read the announcement blog<\/a> to learn more about our journey to Microsoft Dev Box and what the service means for Visual Studio subscribers.<\/p>\n<p>Last month at the Build conference, we announced <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/devbox_build_blog\">several new integrations<\/a> between Visual Studio and Microsoft Dev Box. These integrations are designed to deliver the best Visual Studio experience possible, making Dev Box the go-to workstation for developers using Visual Studio.<\/p>\n<p>These features are focused on two things\u2014optimizing performance and delivering a seamless, ready-to-code experience on Dev Box. Starting with Visual Studio 17.7, your solutions can be prepared as part of your Dev Box image, allowing for much faster first-load experiences. Once devs have their Dev Box spun up, Visual Studio users can expect a warm welcome thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/turbocharge-your-visual-studio-experience-with-microsoft-dev-box\/\">auto-sign in<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/unifiedsettings\/\">unified settings<\/a>. Additionally, you can look forward to <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/devdrive\/\">built-in support and integrations for Dev Drive<\/a> coming soon that will boost disk performance and accelerate your development workloads.<\/p>\n<p>Dev teams can speed up configuration of their Dev Box images by starting with new <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/visual-studios-azure-marketplace-images-now-support-microsoft-dev-box\/\">Visual Studio images<\/a>, now available in the Azure Marketplace. We\u2019re also working on adding support for <a href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/t5\/azure-developer-community-blog\/create-ready-to-code-dev-boxes-using-config-as-code-now-in\/ba-p\/3835034\">configuration-as-code YAML files<\/a> that developers and dev leads will be able to use to further customize their Dev Box images. This feature is currently in preview.<\/p>\n<p>Try out <a href=\"http:\/\/aka.ms\/devbox\">Microsoft Dev Box<\/a>, now in GA today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, we\u2019re excited to announce that Microsoft Dev Box is now generally available. Below we\u2019ll highlight a few significant features of Dev Box for Visual Studio users. Read the announcement blog to learn more about our journey to Microsoft Dev Box and what the service means for Visual Studio subscribers. Last month at the Build [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1092,"featured_media":255385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[155],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-243941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-visual-studio"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"<p>Today, we\u2019re excited to announce that Microsoft Dev Box is now generally available. Below we\u2019ll highlight a few significant features of Dev Box for Visual Studio users. Read the announcement blog to learn more about our journey to Microsoft Dev Box and what the service means for Visual Studio subscribers. 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