The Remote File Explorer allows you to access your files and folders on your remote machines that you are connected to through the Connection Manager without having to leave the IDE. In C++ projects, Visual Studio will automatically detect all WSL connections when you use CMake Presets to build your project. To add a new remote connection to a machine that isn\u2019t WSL through the Connection Manager, please see our documentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n To access the Remote File Explorer, navigate to View > Remote File Explorer<\/em> in Visual Studio after downloading it through the Linux and Embedded Workflow in the VS Installer.<\/p>\n You can perform file operations from here such as:<\/p>\n To learn more about the Remote File Explorer\u2019s capabilities, please see our blog post announcements: View files on your Remote Machines using the new Remote File Explorer in Visual Studio – C++ Team Blog (microsoft.com)<\/a> and What\u2019s New for the Remote File Explorer in Visual Studio – C++ Team Blog (microsoft.com)<\/a>. If there is anything you would like to see added to this view, please comment on our open feedback ticket here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Users can now leverage the Visual Studio\u2019s integrated terminal to access their remote targets when developing for remote machines from Windows, via an interactive SSH shell. It can be accessed by going to View>Terminal<\/em>.<\/p>\n Instead of having to start a separate SSH session inside of PowerShell or WSL and having to re-authenticate, you can select one of your existing connections from the Connection Manager or WSL. You only have to authenticate once when you add a stored connection. To add a new remote connection to a machine that isn\u2019t WSL through the Connection Manager, please see our documentation<\/a>. In the upper-left corner of the integrated terminal, you can click on the SSH connection and see the options enumerated from your Connection Manager.<\/p>\n Additionally, the new integrated terminal now supports manipulating files, running background tasks, configuring your remote system, and testing your deployed code all from inside of VS instead of having to use an external SSH client. This terminal also supports color and command sequences, so for example, copy, paste, and find shortcuts will work, as well as interactive programs like vim.<\/p>\n For more information, please see our blog post here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Downloading WSL and its associated dev tools is now easier than ever, so you can get started with Linux development and spin up a new WSL instance with a few simple clicks.<\/p>\n All you need to do is navigate to Project > Install WSL For Me<\/em>.<\/p>\n From there, an installation dialog will pop up that will automatically check the status of the pre-requisites on your machine. After the pre-requisites are run and all pass, the installation process will kick off.<\/p>\n At the end, you can select \u201cFinish\u201d and the new WSL machine will be installed with all the build tools you need for development after you complete a reboot. You can then target this machine from your existing project to get started with Linux development or provision a new machine.<\/p>\n In partnership with some of our customers such as the Azure Networking team, we have added support for remote Linux unit tests to be run and debugger from the Test Explorer in CMake projects. Now, when you target Linux, you can use the Test Explorer in Visual Studio like you would locally. To open this view, you can navigate to Test > Test Explorer<\/em>.<\/p>\n Read more about our partnership in our blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n We appreciate the time you\u2019ve spent reporting issues\/suggestions and hope you continue to give us feedback when using Visual Studio on what you like and what we can improve. Your feedback is critical to help us make Visual Studio the best tool it can be! 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<\/a><\/p>\nRemote File Explorer<\/h3>\n
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Integrated Terminal<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nAutomatically Install WSL from Visual Studio<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nAdded support for remote Linux unit tests in Test Explorer<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nWrap up<\/h3>\n