Visual Studio
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The most comprehensive IDE for .NET and C++ developers on Windows. Fully packed with a sweet array of tools and features to elevate and enhance every stage of software development.
Get started: https://www.visualstudio.com
Get started: https://www.visualstudio.com
“I love Visual Studio.”
Hearing it directly from developers says it all. Visual Studio continues to support how developers build and stay productive every day.
What do you love most about Visual Studio?
Hearing it directly from developers says it all. Visual Studio continues to support how developers build and stay productive every day.
What do you love most about Visual Studio?
February 10, 2026 at 9:20 PM
“I love Visual Studio.”
Hearing it directly from developers says it all. Visual Studio continues to support how developers build and stay productive every day.
What do you love most about Visual Studio?
Hearing it directly from developers says it all. Visual Studio continues to support how developers build and stay productive every day.
What do you love most about Visual Studio?
Blazor in the browser is powerful, but it runs inside a sandbox.
For apps that need deeper device access or control, native hybrid approaches can be the better choice.
Watch to learn more: buff.ly/O0RzG4t
For apps that need deeper device access or control, native hybrid approaches can be the better choice.
Watch to learn more: buff.ly/O0RzG4t
February 10, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Blazor in the browser is powerful, but it runs inside a sandbox.
For apps that need deeper device access or control, native hybrid approaches can be the better choice.
Watch to learn more: buff.ly/O0RzG4t
For apps that need deeper device access or control, native hybrid approaches can be the better choice.
Watch to learn more: buff.ly/O0RzG4t
MEF-based editor extensions are stepping into the fast lane.
Background loading = quicker startups + happier devs.
If you build extensions, this update is worth a peek.
👉 Blog: is.gd/5SoPgo
Background loading = quicker startups + happier devs.
If you build extensions, this update is worth a peek.
👉 Blog: is.gd/5SoPgo
February 10, 2026 at 12:25 PM
MEF-based editor extensions are stepping into the fast lane.
Background loading = quicker startups + happier devs.
If you build extensions, this update is worth a peek.
👉 Blog: is.gd/5SoPgo
Background loading = quicker startups + happier devs.
If you build extensions, this update is worth a peek.
👉 Blog: is.gd/5SoPgo
Source generators and GenAI solve different problems.
Learn how deterministic C# source generators compare to GenAI based code generation.
Watch to learn more: buff.ly/SBkXtQX
Learn how deterministic C# source generators compare to GenAI based code generation.
Watch to learn more: buff.ly/SBkXtQX
February 9, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Source generators and GenAI solve different problems.
Learn how deterministic C# source generators compare to GenAI based code generation.
Watch to learn more: buff.ly/SBkXtQX
Learn how deterministic C# source generators compare to GenAI based code generation.
Watch to learn more: buff.ly/SBkXtQX
See how Aspire helps remove operational noise so developers can focus on building instead of wiring infrastructure.
Watch to learn more: youtu.be/Z4exwoBdKuU
#dotNET #VSLive
Watch to learn more: youtu.be/Z4exwoBdKuU
#dotNET #VSLive
February 9, 2026 at 2:55 PM
See how Aspire helps remove operational noise so developers can focus on building instead of wiring infrastructure.
Watch to learn more: youtu.be/Z4exwoBdKuU
#dotNET #VSLive
Watch to learn more: youtu.be/Z4exwoBdKuU
#dotNET #VSLive
Seven lessons from Anders Hejlsberg—C# and TypeScript’s architect—on clarity, curiosity, and building software that lasts.
Dive into the GitHub blog: buff.ly/H3ZrWCk
Dive into the GitHub blog: buff.ly/H3ZrWCk
February 7, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Seven lessons from Anders Hejlsberg—C# and TypeScript’s architect—on clarity, curiosity, and building software that lasts.
Dive into the GitHub blog: buff.ly/H3ZrWCk
Dive into the GitHub blog: buff.ly/H3ZrWCk
Happening NOW!
.NET Conf Recap: Top announcement and features
Join Jeff Fritz and guests from 8 am to 2 pm PT as they recap the announcements from #dotNETConf 2025, new features of Aspire 13, .NET 10, C# 14, #VS2026, and more.
Set your reminder: www.youtube.com/live/IxUttNm...
.NET Conf Recap: Top announcement and features
Join Jeff Fritz and guests from 8 am to 2 pm PT as they recap the announcements from #dotNETConf 2025, new features of Aspire 13, .NET 10, C# 14, #VS2026, and more.
Set your reminder: www.youtube.com/live/IxUttNm...
February 6, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Happening NOW!
.NET Conf Recap: Top announcement and features
Join Jeff Fritz and guests from 8 am to 2 pm PT as they recap the announcements from #dotNETConf 2025, new features of Aspire 13, .NET 10, C# 14, #VS2026, and more.
Set your reminder: www.youtube.com/live/IxUttNm...
.NET Conf Recap: Top announcement and features
Join Jeff Fritz and guests from 8 am to 2 pm PT as they recap the announcements from #dotNETConf 2025, new features of Aspire 13, .NET 10, C# 14, #VS2026, and more.
Set your reminder: www.youtube.com/live/IxUttNm...
From a VSLive! Orlando session, learn how Aspire helps run your application and its dependencies together while handling service configuration.
Watch to learn more about Aspire beyond the basics: buff.ly/IvdrsUJ
Watch to learn more about Aspire beyond the basics: buff.ly/IvdrsUJ
February 5, 2026 at 1:05 PM
From a VSLive! Orlando session, learn how Aspire helps run your application and its dependencies together while handling service configuration.
Watch to learn more about Aspire beyond the basics: buff.ly/IvdrsUJ
Watch to learn more about Aspire beyond the basics: buff.ly/IvdrsUJ
Tomorrow!!
.NET Conf Recap: Top announcement and features
Join Jeff Fritz and guests from 8 am to 2 pm PT as they recap the announcements from #dotNETConf 2025, new features of Aspire 13, .NET 10, C# 14, #VVS2026, and more.
Set your reminder: www.youtube.com/live/IxUttNm...
.NET Conf Recap: Top announcement and features
Join Jeff Fritz and guests from 8 am to 2 pm PT as they recap the announcements from #dotNETConf 2025, new features of Aspire 13, .NET 10, C# 14, #VVS2026, and more.
Set your reminder: www.youtube.com/live/IxUttNm...
February 5, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Tomorrow!!
.NET Conf Recap: Top announcement and features
Join Jeff Fritz and guests from 8 am to 2 pm PT as they recap the announcements from #dotNETConf 2025, new features of Aspire 13, .NET 10, C# 14, #VVS2026, and more.
Set your reminder: www.youtube.com/live/IxUttNm...
.NET Conf Recap: Top announcement and features
Join Jeff Fritz and guests from 8 am to 2 pm PT as they recap the announcements from #dotNETConf 2025, new features of Aspire 13, .NET 10, C# 14, #VVS2026, and more.
Set your reminder: www.youtube.com/live/IxUttNm...
Save the date! February 6, 2026, we revisit the top announcements and features we explored at #dotNETConf.
Join us from 8 am to 2 pm PT as we recap the news, the new features of Aspire 13, .NET 10, C# 14, #VS2026, and more.
Set your reminder: buff.ly/NQz2Nt5
Join us from 8 am to 2 pm PT as we recap the news, the new features of Aspire 13, .NET 10, C# 14, #VS2026, and more.
Set your reminder: buff.ly/NQz2Nt5
February 5, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Save the date! February 6, 2026, we revisit the top announcements and features we explored at #dotNETConf.
Join us from 8 am to 2 pm PT as we recap the news, the new features of Aspire 13, .NET 10, C# 14, #VS2026, and more.
Set your reminder: buff.ly/NQz2Nt5
Join us from 8 am to 2 pm PT as we recap the news, the new features of Aspire 13, .NET 10, C# 14, #VS2026, and more.
Set your reminder: buff.ly/NQz2Nt5
Multi-cursor editing is one of those Visual Studio features many developers forget about.
See how it can speed up everyday editing. Learn this and more directly from the experts.
Watch to learn more: buff.ly/pOIK49r
See how it can speed up everyday editing. Learn this and more directly from the experts.
Watch to learn more: buff.ly/pOIK49r
February 5, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Multi-cursor editing is one of those Visual Studio features many developers forget about.
See how it can speed up everyday editing. Learn this and more directly from the experts.
Watch to learn more: buff.ly/pOIK49r
See how it can speed up everyday editing. Learn this and more directly from the experts.
Watch to learn more: buff.ly/pOIK49r
Visual Studio Insiders: your builds just got smarter. The new GitHub Copilot Build Performance preview shines a light on bottlenecks and helps you ship faster.
See it in action: buff.ly/xXpIjED
See it in action: buff.ly/xXpIjED
February 4, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Visual Studio Insiders: your builds just got smarter. The new GitHub Copilot Build Performance preview shines a light on bottlenecks and helps you ship faster.
See it in action: buff.ly/xXpIjED
See it in action: buff.ly/xXpIjED
Copilot is an accelerator, not a replacement.
This segment explains why AI assisted tools like GitHub Copilot work best as collaborators, not shortcuts, and why developers still need a solid understanding of CI/CD concepts to use agentic tools responsibly.
Watch here, buff.ly/wWKr5fN
This segment explains why AI assisted tools like GitHub Copilot work best as collaborators, not shortcuts, and why developers still need a solid understanding of CI/CD concepts to use agentic tools responsibly.
Watch here, buff.ly/wWKr5fN
February 4, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Copilot is an accelerator, not a replacement.
This segment explains why AI assisted tools like GitHub Copilot work best as collaborators, not shortcuts, and why developers still need a solid understanding of CI/CD concepts to use agentic tools responsibly.
Watch here, buff.ly/wWKr5fN
This segment explains why AI assisted tools like GitHub Copilot work best as collaborators, not shortcuts, and why developers still need a solid understanding of CI/CD concepts to use agentic tools responsibly.
Watch here, buff.ly/wWKr5fN
Following long call chains can make debugging difficult.
From a Live! 360 Orlando session, see how GitHub Copilot analyzes context, builds hypotheses, and helps uncover the root cause.
Watch to learn more: youtu.be/iFjQghRbJUw
From a Live! 360 Orlando session, see how GitHub Copilot analyzes context, builds hypotheses, and helps uncover the root cause.
Watch to learn more: youtu.be/iFjQghRbJUw
February 4, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Following long call chains can make debugging difficult.
From a Live! 360 Orlando session, see how GitHub Copilot analyzes context, builds hypotheses, and helps uncover the root cause.
Watch to learn more: youtu.be/iFjQghRbJUw
From a Live! 360 Orlando session, see how GitHub Copilot analyzes context, builds hypotheses, and helps uncover the root cause.
Watch to learn more: youtu.be/iFjQghRbJUw
On this #VSToolbox episode, we get a detailed look at how to create solutions that contain multiple projects and how you can debug across each of the projects. Watch and give it a try... 🎥 buff.ly/Q9z1gio
February 3, 2026 at 3:45 PM
On this #VSToolbox episode, we get a detailed look at how to create solutions that contain multiple projects and how you can debug across each of the projects. Watch and give it a try... 🎥 buff.ly/Q9z1gio
Web components are at the core of modern web development.
From a Live! 360 Orlando session, learn how Blazor uses reusable components to build up views from small, cohesive pieces.
Watch to learn more: youtu.be/B5n2hErj01I
Explore more Live! 360 Orlando sessions: aka.ms/L360Orlando25
From a Live! 360 Orlando session, learn how Blazor uses reusable components to build up views from small, cohesive pieces.
Watch to learn more: youtu.be/B5n2hErj01I
Explore more Live! 360 Orlando sessions: aka.ms/L360Orlando25
February 2, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Web components are at the core of modern web development.
From a Live! 360 Orlando session, learn how Blazor uses reusable components to build up views from small, cohesive pieces.
Watch to learn more: youtu.be/B5n2hErj01I
Explore more Live! 360 Orlando sessions: aka.ms/L360Orlando25
From a Live! 360 Orlando session, learn how Blazor uses reusable components to build up views from small, cohesive pieces.
Watch to learn more: youtu.be/B5n2hErj01I
Explore more Live! 360 Orlando sessions: aka.ms/L360Orlando25
Visual Studio 2026 is serving:
✨ Smarter completions
🖱️ Partial click-accept
🎨 Colorized suggestions
🧵 Markdown preview upgrades
Your editor’s got moves.
See what’s new → aka.ms/vs/relnotes
✨ Smarter completions
🖱️ Partial click-accept
🎨 Colorized suggestions
🧵 Markdown preview upgrades
Your editor’s got moves.
See what’s new → aka.ms/vs/relnotes
February 2, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Visual Studio 2026 is serving:
✨ Smarter completions
🖱️ Partial click-accept
🎨 Colorized suggestions
🧵 Markdown preview upgrades
Your editor’s got moves.
See what’s new → aka.ms/vs/relnotes
✨ Smarter completions
🖱️ Partial click-accept
🎨 Colorized suggestions
🧵 Markdown preview upgrades
Your editor’s got moves.
See what’s new → aka.ms/vs/relnotes
Copilot Build Performance for Windows = faster builds, happier devs.
Watch: buff.ly/xXpIjED
Watch: buff.ly/xXpIjED
January 30, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Copilot Build Performance for Windows = faster builds, happier devs.
Watch: buff.ly/xXpIjED
Watch: buff.ly/xXpIjED
Code metrics don’t lie. Johan shows how to read them—and how Copilot helps.
Watch the #VSToolbox episode: buff.ly/qGdHBem
Watch the #VSToolbox episode: buff.ly/qGdHBem
January 30, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Code metrics don’t lie. Johan shows how to read them—and how Copilot helps.
Watch the #VSToolbox episode: buff.ly/qGdHBem
Watch the #VSToolbox episode: buff.ly/qGdHBem
In person learning still matters.
VSLive! Las Vegas brings hands on labs, expert sessions, and developer networking that helps skills grow.
March 16–20, 2026
The only thing missing is you.
Register at aka.ms/VSLiveLasVegas
VSLive! Las Vegas brings hands on labs, expert sessions, and developer networking that helps skills grow.
March 16–20, 2026
The only thing missing is you.
Register at aka.ms/VSLiveLasVegas
January 29, 2026 at 9:55 PM
In person learning still matters.
VSLive! Las Vegas brings hands on labs, expert sessions, and developer networking that helps skills grow.
March 16–20, 2026
The only thing missing is you.
Register at aka.ms/VSLiveLasVegas
VSLive! Las Vegas brings hands on labs, expert sessions, and developer networking that helps skills grow.
March 16–20, 2026
The only thing missing is you.
Register at aka.ms/VSLiveLasVegas
Visual Studio 2026 is here. VSLive! Las Vegas is where devs get hands on.
Expert led sessions and labs covering ASP.NET Core, Azure, and C#.
March 16–20
Subscriber discount code at aka.ms/myvs
Blog discount code at aka.ms/VSS/Blog/VSL...
The only thing missing is you.
Register: aka.ms/VSLiveLasVegas
Expert led sessions and labs covering ASP.NET Core, Azure, and C#.
March 16–20
Subscriber discount code at aka.ms/myvs
Blog discount code at aka.ms/VSS/Blog/VSL...
The only thing missing is you.
Register: aka.ms/VSLiveLasVegas
January 29, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Visual Studio 2026 is here. VSLive! Las Vegas is where devs get hands on.
Expert led sessions and labs covering ASP.NET Core, Azure, and C#.
March 16–20
Subscriber discount code at aka.ms/myvs
Blog discount code at aka.ms/VSS/Blog/VSL...
The only thing missing is you.
Register: aka.ms/VSLiveLasVegas
Expert led sessions and labs covering ASP.NET Core, Azure, and C#.
March 16–20
Subscriber discount code at aka.ms/myvs
Blog discount code at aka.ms/VSS/Blog/VSL...
The only thing missing is you.
Register: aka.ms/VSLiveLasVegas
Blazor fans: this one’s a treat.
Allen Conway breaks down the modern Blazor Web App model — render modes, components, data binding, styling, JS interop, and how it all fits into today’s web stack.
A perfect “zero to hero” jumpstart.
🎥 buff.ly/v3Jteqd
Allen Conway breaks down the modern Blazor Web App model — render modes, components, data binding, styling, JS interop, and how it all fits into today’s web stack.
A perfect “zero to hero” jumpstart.
🎥 buff.ly/v3Jteqd
January 29, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Blazor fans: this one’s a treat.
Allen Conway breaks down the modern Blazor Web App model — render modes, components, data binding, styling, JS interop, and how it all fits into today’s web stack.
A perfect “zero to hero” jumpstart.
🎥 buff.ly/v3Jteqd
Allen Conway breaks down the modern Blazor Web App model — render modes, components, data binding, styling, JS interop, and how it all fits into today’s web stack.
A perfect “zero to hero” jumpstart.
🎥 buff.ly/v3Jteqd
🚀 GitHub Actions + Copilot = fewer “works on my machine” surprises.
Esteban Garcia’s VS Live! replay breaks down how to build faster, safer CI/CD with agentic workflows in the mix.
A tight, practical watch for anyone leveling up their pipeline game. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU2x...
Esteban Garcia’s VS Live! replay breaks down how to build faster, safer CI/CD with agentic workflows in the mix.
A tight, practical watch for anyone leveling up their pipeline game. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU2x...
January 28, 2026 at 3:45 PM
🚀 GitHub Actions + Copilot = fewer “works on my machine” surprises.
Esteban Garcia’s VS Live! replay breaks down how to build faster, safer CI/CD with agentic workflows in the mix.
A tight, practical watch for anyone leveling up their pipeline game. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU2x...
Esteban Garcia’s VS Live! replay breaks down how to build faster, safer CI/CD with agentic workflows in the mix.
A tight, practical watch for anyone leveling up their pipeline game. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU2x...
Get timely insight into Visual Studio and related tools.
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January 28, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Get timely insight into Visual Studio and related tools.
The monthly newsletter features topics that shift based on what you need to know now and delivers them straight to your inbox.
aka.ms/VSSOptIn
The monthly newsletter features topics that shift based on what you need to know now and delivers them straight to your inbox.
aka.ms/VSSOptIn
🎭⚡ Playwright tests… but in the cloud.
No infra. No setup drama. Just hit run and watch your UI + API tests fly on cloud‑hosted browsers.
Spin up a workspace, plug in your project, hit go in #VisualStudio or #VSCode, and boom—cloud‑powered testing. 👉 buff.ly/GYY9fDK
No infra. No setup drama. Just hit run and watch your UI + API tests fly on cloud‑hosted browsers.
Spin up a workspace, plug in your project, hit go in #VisualStudio or #VSCode, and boom—cloud‑powered testing. 👉 buff.ly/GYY9fDK
January 27, 2026 at 8:02 PM
🎭⚡ Playwright tests… but in the cloud.
No infra. No setup drama. Just hit run and watch your UI + API tests fly on cloud‑hosted browsers.
Spin up a workspace, plug in your project, hit go in #VisualStudio or #VSCode, and boom—cloud‑powered testing. 👉 buff.ly/GYY9fDK
No infra. No setup drama. Just hit run and watch your UI + API tests fly on cloud‑hosted browsers.
Spin up a workspace, plug in your project, hit go in #VisualStudio or #VSCode, and boom—cloud‑powered testing. 👉 buff.ly/GYY9fDK