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Visual Studio Roadmap
Visual Studio (VS) is a Windows-based integrated development environment (IDE) that provides graphical tools for... more
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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
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