Visual Studio

Great new productivity features in Visual Studio
Sometimes it’s the little things in life that matter the most. In the latest version of Visual Studio, we’ve added some features and tweaks that aim to put a smile on your face and make you more productive. Here is a list of some of these, and if y...
2025-03-03 16:28
What’s New in vcpkg (February 2025): Package installation performance, new tested triplet, and more
This blog post summarizes changes to the vcpkg package manager as part of the 2025.02.14 registry release, 2025-02-11, 2025-01-29, 2025-01-24, and 2025-01-20 tool releases, as well as changes to vcpkg documentation throughout February. This release inc...
2025-02-27 23:20
Catch issues before you commit to Git
Discovering issues with code changes after committing changes can be frustrating. Fortunately, Visual Studio offers a new feature that helps you catch potential problems early, improving your code quality. Visual Studio now includes a feature powered b...
2025-02-27 17:06
.NET 10 Preview 1 is now available!
Find out about the new features in .NET 10 Preview 1 across the .NET runtime, SDK, libraries, ASP.NET Core, Blazor, C#, .NET MAUI, and more! The post .NET 10 Preview 1 is now available! appeared first on .NET Blog.
2025-02-25 20:00
.NET Aspire 9.1 is here with six great new dashboard features, and more!
.NET Aspire 9.1 is here! From enhanced dashboard capabilities like Resource Relationships and Localization Overrides to improved Docker integration and flexible console logs, this release is packed with tools to streamline your development process. The...
2025-02-25 18:00
Claude 3.7 Now Available in GitHub Copilot for Visual Studio
The world of AI is evolving at a breathtaking pace, and today brings an exciting milestone for developers and tech enthusiasts alike. Anthropic’s newest release, Claude 3.7, is now available directly within GitHub Copilot for Visual Studio 2022 17.13...
2025-02-25 01:45
Let’s Learn .NET: GitHub Copilot Event
Join us for an exciting Let's Learn .NET live stream event where we will explore GitHub Copilot and its capabilities. The post Let’s Learn .NET: GitHub Copilot Event appeared first on .NET Blog.
2025-02-24 19:30
std::generator: Standard Library Coroutine Support
std::generator is a C++23 feature that enables you to write concise, straightforward functions that generate sequences of values on-demand without manually managing state. It builds upon C++20’s coroutines, providing some standard library support for...
2025-02-24 17:03
MSVC Address Sanitizer updates in Visual Studio 2022 version 17.13
We have been investing in the quality of MSVC Address Sanitizer (ASan) in several key areas over the past year, including working with LLVM upstream to stay coordinated with their changes, adding coverage for internal tools and libraries, and hardening...
2025-02-21 16:19
.NET MAUI Performance Features in .NET 9
Optimize .NET MAUI application size and startup times with trimming and NativeAOT. Learn about `dotnet-trace` and `dotnet-gcdump` for measuring performance. The post .NET MAUI Performance Features in .NET 9 appeared first on .NET Blog.
2025-02-20 18:05
Function Calling is Now Enabled in GitHub Copilot
Have you ever been frustrated when Copilot doesn’t understand you? While it can’t read your mind, we’ve been working hard to make your coding experience smoother. Previously, Copilot in Visual Studio could look at files in your repository, but yo...
2025-02-20 18:00
Tool Calling is Now Enabled in GitHub Copilot
Have you ever been frustrated when Copilot doesn’t understand you? While it can’t read your mind, we’ve been working hard to make your coding experience smoother. Previously, Copilot in Visual Studio could look at files in your repository, but yo...
2025-02-20 18:00
Unlocking More Power: Tool Calling in GitHub Copilot for Visual Studio
Have you ever been frustrated when Copilot doesn’t understand you? While it can’t read your mind, we’ve been working hard to make your coding experience smoother. Previously, Copilot in Visual Studio could look at files in your repository, but yo...
2025-02-20 18:00
Visual Studio Code CMake Tools Extension 1.20 Release: Introducing Built-In CMake Language Services
The February release of CMake Tools in VS Code is now available. With this release, we have some new updates to the extension to improve CMake integrations with the extension’s support. Some updates include the built-in support for CMake Language ser...
2025-02-20 15:52
Announcing Chroma DB C# SDK
Get started building AI applications using Chroma DB using the C# client SDK The post Announcing Chroma DB C# SDK appeared first on .NET Blog.
2025-02-19 18:05
Building .NET AI apps with Chroma
Get started building AI applications using Chroma DB using the C# client SDK. The post Building .NET AI apps with Chroma appeared first on .NET Blog.
2025-02-19 18:05
Introducing Code Referencing for GitHub Copilot Completions in Visual Studio
When GitHub Copilot completions (or “gray text”) pop up on your screen, have you ever wondered where does the completions come from and worried about if it matches with public code leading to license issues? If you have, we are introducing code ref...
2025-02-19 16:40
MSVC C++ Code Analysis: Updates in Visual Studio 2022 version 17.13
This post details the latest updates in Visual Studio 2022 version 17.13 for MSVC C++ Code Analysis. Driven by internal team insights and developer community feedback, these improvements significantly reduce false positives and strengthen production co...
2025-02-19 15:14
VisualStudio.Extensibility: Tagger support and updates to settings
We continue to invest in the VisualStudio.Extensibility SDK to allow users like you to create extensions that run faster and smoother than ever before! VisualStudio.Extensibility helps you build extensions that run outside the main Visual Studio IDE pr...
2025-02-18 17:12
New restrictions on package loading
As Visual Studio transitions its core packages and services to an async loading/retrieval model, we’ve identified bugs in both the initial async implementation and the existing synchronous package loading mechanism. While most of these bug fixes have...
2025-02-13 22:45