Visual Studio news feed

Visual Studio news feed

Publish Improvements in Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 Preview 4

May 16, 2018 May 16, 2018 05/16/18
App Center Team
Today we released Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7. Our 15.7 update brings some exciting updates for publishing applications from Visual Studio that we’re excited to tell you about, including: •Ability to configure publish settings before you publish or create a publish profile •Publish to a fully managed App Service Linux environment •...

.NET Highlights in Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 Preview 4

May 16, 2018 May 16, 2018 05/16/18
App Center Team
As you know we continue to incrementally improve Visual Studio 2017 (version 15), and our 7th significant update is currently well under way with the 4th preview shipping today. As we’re winding down the preview, we’d like to stop and take the time to tell you about all of the great updates that are coming in Visual Studio version 15.7 for...

CMake Support in Visual Studio – Targets View, Single File Compilation, and Cache Generation Settings

May 16, 2018 May 16, 2018 05/16/18
App Center Team
Visual Studio 2017 15.7 Preview 3 is now available, which includes several improvements to the CMake tools. The latest preview offers more control than ever over how to visualize, build, and manage your CMake projects. Please download the preview and check out the latest CMake features such as the Targets View, single file compilation, and ...

Build 2018 DevOps Recap – VSTS, App Center, App Insights & More 

May 12, 2018 May 12, 2018 05/12/18
App Center Team
DevOps is about people, process and products. Getting it all right requires effort but the benefits to your organization and customers can be huge. Microsoft has a fantastic set of products that can adapt to any language on any platform. In this demo heavy session, starting from just a blank desktop, we will create a new DevOps project and a ...

Visual Studio for Mac version 7.5 and beyond

May 11, 2018 May 11, 2018 05/11/18
App Center Team
Last year at Build, we launched Visual Studio for Mac, our native macOS IDE for developers building cloud, web, and mobile applications using .NET. Updates have been rolling out at a steady pace ever since, and we’re excited to announce the release of Visual Studio for Mac version 7.5. We have also continued to bring more Visual Studio 2017 ...

Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 and version 15.8 Preview 1

May 11, 2018 May 11, 2018 05/11/18
App Center Team
Today at Build, we announced the release of Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 and the first preview of the next update, Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8 Preview 1. If you would rather try these without installing them, check out the Visual Studio images in Azure that will be available soon. Before digging in, I’d like to call out other Visual ...

Announcing Entity Framework Core 2.1 RC 1

May 11, 2018 May 11, 2018 05/11/18
App Center Team
Today, we are excited to announce that the first release candidate of EF Core 2.1 is available, alongside .NET Core 2.1 RC 1 and ASP.NET Core 2.1 RC 1, for broad testing, and now also for production use! EF Core 2.1 RC1 is a “go live” release, which means once you test that your application works correctly with RC1, you can use it in ...

Try the Latest Release of Xamarin.Forms 3.0!

May 11, 2018 May 11, 2018 05/11/18
App Center Team
We are overjoyed to bring you our latest stable release of Xamarin.Forms, version 3.0. This is our fastest, richest release to date coupled with fantastic improvements up and down the Xamarin stack such as the latest XAML IntelliSense experience in Visual Studio 2017. When you upgrade to 3.0 you’ll discover new layout and styling power that...

Start developing on Windows 10 April 2018 Update today

May 11, 2018 May 11, 2018 05/11/18
App Center Team
We’re excited to announce that the Windows 10 April 2018 Update (build 17134.1) and SDK is now available. You may also know this as Windows 10, version 1803. A few new features and APIs sure to become your favorites Every major Windows 10 update always includes a wide range of APIs. These will surely be among your favorites. 1.Windows ...