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Visual Studio Roadmap Visual Studio (VS) is a Windows-based integrated development environment (IDE) that provides graphical tools for... more
Developer Tools Visual Studio is Microsoft’s primary tool for software development. It supports development of all application... more
Visual Studio Timeline Visual Studio (VS) versions require specific updates for support. This timeline shows releases and retirements... more

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GitHub Hosts Development, Overlaps with Azure DevOps, VS Updated: October 8, 2024 GitHub is a Microsoft-owned developer service for source code control and several other software development...more Two Copilots for Azure: Which to Use? Updated: September 25, 2024 Copilot in Azure, free for Azure customers during preview, is a natural language-based AI assistant...more Visual Studio for Mac Retired Updated: September 21, 2023 Visual Studio for Mac is being retired, and support will end on Aug. 31, 2024. SSIS Extension for VS2022 Finally Arrives Updated: July 20, 2023 The SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) Projects extension for Visual Studio (VS) 2022 is generally...more Visual Studio 2022 Coming with More Git Updated: May 31, 2023 Visual Studio 2022 was announced in Apr. 2021, and a preview will arrive mid-2021. The...more Windows: The Best Dev Box? Updated: May 31, 2023 Windows could be the best choice as a development environment because it can be used...more Visual Studio 2022 Improves Performance and Productivity Updated: January 11, 2022 Visual Studio 2022, Microsoft’s flagship integrated development environment, became generally available in Nov. 2021. Enhancements...more Visual Studio and .NET Framework Roadmap Update Updated: October 3, 2021 New versions of Microsoft’s application runtime and developer tools, the .NET Framework and Visual Studio,...more Visual Basic Won’t Evolve; C#, F# Updated Updated: December 14, 2020 Visual Basic is essentially deprecated but is supported with .NET 5.0. Organizations with Visual Basic...more Visual Studio 2019 Generally Available Updated: September 7, 2020 Visual Studio 2019 and Visual Studio for Mac 2019 became generally available in Apr. 2019....more Visual Studio 2019 Uses New Support Policy Updated: July 27, 2020 The Visual Studio support policy is modified with Visual Studio 2019. Multiple minor update releases...more New Visual Studio, Azure DevOps Server Released Updated: July 24, 2020 Visual Studio 2019 and Azure DevOps Server 2019 (formerly Team Foundation Server) are generally available IntelliCode Uses Machine Learning to Aid Development Updated: July 23, 2020 The Visual Studio IntelliCode extension uses machine learning to help developers write and review code....more Visual Studio Live Share Enables Real-Time Collaboration Updated: July 23, 2020 Visual Studio Live Share enables real-time code editing and debugging collaboration for up to six...more Visual Studio 2017 Generally Available Updated: July 16, 2020 Visual Studio (VS) 2017 became generally available in Mar. 2017, bringing improvements to many areas...more Visual Studio for Mac Supersedes Xamarin Studio Updated: July 16, 2020 Visual Studio (VS) for Mac, the first non-Windows offering of the VS integrated development environment...more