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Learn what's new for C++ developers in Visual Studio 2026! devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/what... #VisualStudio2026

November 11, 2025 at 9:08 PM

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🚀 Visual Studio 2026 is officially here!
Faster performance, smarter tools, and AI woven into your workflow.
✅ 4,700 bugs fixed
✅ 300 new features
✅ Modern UI + AI-native design
Learn more and upgrade now: msft.it/63327tMUkz

November 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM

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Learn how the Visual Studio engineering team adopted vcpkg to manage our C++ open-source dependencies securely in an air-gapped build environment, while eliminating the hassles of manually maintaining this code: devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/insi...

Inside Visual Studio: Improving Open-Source Workflows with vcpkg - C++ Team Blog

vcpkg, an open-source C/C++ package manager maintained by Microsoft, is increasingly recognized as a leading dependency management solution. As an enterprise-grade tool, it enables organizations to st...

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November 6, 2025 at 11:46 PM

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What’s New in vcpkg (October 2025): devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/what...

What’s New in vcpkg (October 2025) - C++ Team Blog

This blog post summarizes changes to the vcpkg package manager as part of the 2025.10.17 registry release, the 2025-10-10 and 2025-10-16 tool releases, as well as changes to vcpkg documentation throug...

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November 4, 2025 at 11:51 PM

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Learn how you can bring your C++ projects to Visual Studio 2026 and MSVC Build Tools v14.50 step-by-step. This includes using a new setup assistant experience to install missing tools and retarget your projects: aka.ms/cpp/upgrade/...

Upgrading C++ Projects to Visual Studio 2026 - C++ Team Blog

With Visual Studio 2026 version 18.0 getting closer to General Availability (GA), we want to share with you how you can upgrade your projects from your current versions of Visual Studio and the Micros...

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October 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM

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What's New in vcpkg (September 2025): new binary caching sources for azcopy, support for tvOS and watchOS target platforms, and more -https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/whats-new-in-vcpkg-september-2025/

What’s New in vcpkg (September 2025) - C++ Team Blog

This blog post summarizes changes to the vcpkg package manager as part of the 2025.09.17 registry release, the 2025-08-29 and 2025-09-03 tool releases, as well as changes to vcpkg documentation throug...

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October 2, 2025 at 5:33 AM

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Fixing Overload Resolution for Parameter Arrays in C++/CLI

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Fixing Overload Resolution For Parameter Arrays in C++/CLI - C++ Team Blog

Fix a problem in C++/CLI parameter array overload resolution which affects newer .NET versions.

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September 29, 2025 at 7:50 PM

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Who's excited for CppCon 2025 next week?! We'll see you there! Check out this breakdown of our talks and how to get in touch with us.

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Microsoft C++ Team at CppCon 2025 - C++ Team Blog

It’s that time of year again! We are excited to see you all at CppCon this year, where we’ll once again be delivering a variety of presentations, from the latest advancements in debugging technology t...

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September 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM

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C++ Language Updates in MSVC Build Tools v14.50, which ships with Visual Studio 2026: devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/c-la...

C++ Language Updates in MSVC Build Tools v14.50 - C++ Team Blog

C++ Language Updates in MSVC Build Tools v14.50 It has been some time since we have provided an update on MSVC progress, and this one comes with the latest major update to our IDE: Visual Studio 2026 ...

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September 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM

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Announcing Visual Studio 2026 Insiders Release!
A new era for devs: AI-first workflows, lightning-fast performance, and modern design.
Install it next to VS2022 and migrate your settings with ease. 👉 Learn more in this blog and then be sure to download the preview: msft.it/63326sirKp

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September 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM

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🧰The vcpkg August 2025 registry release is here! No updates to the tool at this time, but we continued to grow our curated registry. Also, the GitHub Dependabot support has some improvements🔧. More tool updates next month! devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/what...

September 5, 2025 at 3:29 AM

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✨Say hello to Proxy 4 — the next leap in C++ polymorphism! devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/anno...

Announcing Proxy 4: The Next Leap in C++ Polymorphism - C++ Team Blog

Version 4 of Microsoft's Proxy library brings feature improvements, better diagnostics, better code generation, modern compiler/debugger support.

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August 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM

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🚀 vcpkg just leveled up! Now with Dependabot support, keeping your C++ dependencies fresh is as easy as a pull request. Say goodbye to stale ports and hello to automated updates! 🛠️ #cpp #vcpkg #DevTools devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/depe...

Dependabot support for vcpkg - C++ Team Blog

We are excited to announce that GitHub’s Dependabot now brings automated dependency updates to C++ projects using vcpkg. This support is available for projects using vcpkg manifest files, empowering t...

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August 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM

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🚀 July’s vcpkg update brings smoother binary caching, a new way to print SPDX licenses, and support for new platforms, including visionOS! Plus, new ports & bug fixes 🛠️: devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/what...

What’s New in vcpkg (July 2025) - C++ Team Blog

This blog post summarizes changes to the vcpkg package manager as part of the 2025.07.25 registry release, 2025-06-20, 2025-07-16, and 2025-07-21 tool releases, as well as changes to vcpkg documentati...

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August 5, 2025 at 9:36 PM

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Updating C++ code can often mean chasing edits across your file

🔍Enter GitHub Copilot's new Next Edit Suggestions - it predicts where & what to edit in your file so that you can stay in the flow

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👆Now available in Visual Studio and VS Code

Dynamically Update C++ syntax using Next Edit Suggestions - C++ Team Blog

When working in a C++ repo, you often are maintaining and updating existing code just as often as you are writing new code. However, updating code in C++ can often require navigating to several differ...

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August 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM

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🆕The CMake Tools extension in VS Code just shipped its latest 1.21 release, including some of **your** highly upvoted tickets such as:
🔧Easier configurability for your multi-root projects
⚙️CMake presets version 10 support
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☝️Full update can be read above

Visual Studio Code CMake Tools Extension 1.21 Release: Multi-root improvements, CMake Presets v10, and more… - C++ Team Blog

We’re excited to announce the latest 1.21 release of the CMake Tools extension for Visual Studio Code. This update brings a host of new updates, including addressing one of our top-voted issues for mu...

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July 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM

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We are excited to announce significant updates to the warning suppression mechanisms in Microsoft C++ Code Analysis. These enhancements provide better tracking, justification, and management, leading to a more maintainable and robust codebase:
devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/upda...