Find the IDE features you need with GitHub Copilot and Search
Ever find yourself needing to locate a specific menu item, command, or option in Visual Studio, but you don’t know its name or location? Do…
“An AI future that honors dignity for everyone”
Ben Vinson III, president of Howard University, made a compelling call for artificial intelligence to be “developed with wisdom,” as he…
Upcoming Updates for Azure Pipelines Agents Images
To ensure our hosted agents in Azure Pipelines are operating in the most secure and up-to-date environments, we continuously update the…
.NET 10 Preview 2 is now available!
Today, we are excited to announce the second preview release of .NET 10 with enhancements across the .NET Runtime, SDK, libraries, C#, ASP.NET…
Boost your GitHub productivity with our new multi-account support!
Managing your GitHub identity in Visual Studio 2022 just got easier! Our latest update overhauls the GitHub account management experience and…
Optimizing Build Times with Build Insights: How Activision Cut Call of Duty’s Build Time by 50%
Slow build times are a major headache for developers, especially in large, complex C++ codebases like game engines. Every minute spent waiting…
Introducing automatic documentation comment generation in Visual Studio
We are excited to announce that Copilot is now automatically integrated into Visual Studio’s editor to help you generate doc comments for…
Visual Studio at GDC 2025
Join us in-person at Game Developers Conference 2025 with an in-depth look at how Visual Studio and GitHub Copilot can streamline your…
Markdown for large text fields (private preview)
Adding Markdown capabilities to the work item is a long-standing request. We introduced Markdown for comments in early 2024, but due to the…
New, Simpler Solution File Format
For years, you’ve worked with Visual Studio’s solution file (*.SLN) format, and while it’s a core part of your project organization, we know…