{"id":253176,"date":"2025-05-21T08:55:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T15:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/?p=253176"},"modified":"2025-05-21T08:55:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T15:55:18","slug":"connecting-to-private-nuget-feeds-just-got-easier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/connecting-to-private-nuget-feeds-just-got-easier\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecting to Private NuGet Feeds Just Got Easier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/visual-studio-2022-v17-14-is-now-generally-available\/\">Visual Studio 2022 17.14 update is here<\/a>, and it brings great quality-of-life improvements\u2014especially around NuGet authentication. From context about the authentication needs of private NuGet feeds to a simplified account selection workflow, this update helps you stay focused on your code! If you haven\u2019t already, <a href=\"https:\/\/visualstudio.microsoft.com\/downloads\/\">download<\/a> the latest Visual Studio update to take advantage of this and the rest of the improvements.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Streamlining the NuGet authentication experience<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Over the past year, we\u2019ve made significant strides to improve the identity and authentication experiences across Visual Studio 2022. For instance, we introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/enhancing-your-visual-studio-authentication-experience\/\">Web Account Manager (WAM) support<\/a> to unify and simplify the sign-in experience of Entra ID accounts &amp; we recently followed that up by adding <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/boost-your-github-productivity-with-our-new-multi-account-support\/\">multi-account support for GitHub<\/a>, making it easier than\u00a0ever to manage your GitHub identities inside Visual Studio.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we\u2019re excited to share the next step in that journey: a more intuitive and reliable NuGet authentication experience. With the latest update, Visual Studio now proactively detects when authentication is needed during package restore and presents a new dialog that provides helpful context\u2014such as which feed you\u2019re attempting to access\u2014and makes it easy to select the account best suited for the job. This small but impactful change simplifies the sign-in process, reduces authentication prompts, and helps you stay focused on your coding needs.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what you can expect:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Clearer sign-in guidance<\/strong> showing you the specific NuGet feed you are accessing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Improved support for multi-factor authentication (MFA) <\/strong>allows you to efficiently manage accounts needed for NuGet restore operations, whether adding new accounts, selecting from existing ones, or re-entering credentials directly within the dialog.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A more predictable sign in experience<\/strong>, with fewer repeated prompts and less authentication guesswork.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/05\/Improved-Nuget.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-253325\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/05\/Improved-Nuget.png\" alt=\"Improved Nuget image\" width=\"608\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/05\/Improved-Nuget.png 608w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/05\/Improved-Nuget-300x147.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Try It Out and Keep the Feedback Coming<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>We\u2019ll continue investing in making the Visual Studio\u2019s identity and authentication experiences more seamless, secure, and intuitive so please, keep the feedback coming\u2014 Every <a href=\"https:\/\/developercommunity.visualstudio.com\/VisualStudio\">suggestion, upvote<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/ide\/how-to-report-a-problem-with-visual-studio?view=vs-2022\">report<\/a> helps us prioritize the areas that matter most to you. And while we\u2019ve made great progress, we\u2019re far from done!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Visual Studio 2022 17.14 update is here, and it brings great quality-of-life improvements\u2014especially around NuGet authentication. From context about the authentication needs of private NuGet feeds to a simplified account selection workflow, this update helps you stay focused on your code! If you haven\u2019t already, download the latest Visual Studio update to take advantage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1092,"featured_media":253325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[155],"tags":[6589,298,6806],"class_list":["post-253176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-visual-studio","tag-authentication","tag-nuget","tag-nuget-packages"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"<p>The Visual Studio 2022 17.14 update is here, and it brings great quality-of-life improvements\u2014especially around NuGet authentication. From context about the authentication needs of private NuGet feeds to a simplified account selection workflow, this update helps you stay focused on your code! 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