Just dropped: #VisualStudio’s public roadmap for AI-powered development! From remote agents to #GPT5 and #ClaudeSonnet 4.5, we’re building smarter tools to supercharge your workflow. Smarter coding. Faster debugging. Seamless planning. Dive in: msft.it/63326sI4zy#VisualStudio#GPT5#ClaudeSonnet#GitHubCopilot

Check out the new Visual Studio 2026 themed wallpapers now available for desktop, phone, and watch. visualstudiowallpapers.com/desktop

Visual Studio 2026 Insiders is here and the C++ Blog has all the resources you need to take advantage of it. 📖 ➡️ msft.it/63322slfyK

I had a blast vibe coding a website. Check it out vs-open.link

I just got this from the Visual Studio engineering team. Coming soon...

Claude Opus 4.1 (Preview) is now in #VisualStudio! Want to try Anthropic’s most powerful model right inside VS? You can now switch to #ClaudeOpus 4.1 (Preview) in the Copilot model picker. Head to the model picker in Copilot Chat, select Claude Opus 4.1 (Preview), and start building with it now!

I had the chance to discuss Visual Studio 2026 with @madskristensen.net, Principal PM on the VS team! 😊 Developer happiness as a mission 💬 How VS team acts on developer feedback ⚡ Performance boosts 🟣 Mads' favorite new features 🎥 Full interview: youtu.be/pcXi5mMiCF0 #VisualStudio #DotNet #VS2026

🚀 The first public preview of Visual Studio 2026 is here! We sat down with @madskristensen.net to talk monthly updates, Copilot magic (Profiler Agent ✨), performance boosts, modern UI, and why bug reports are actually gifts. 🎧 Listen now 👉 buff.ly/k9VH39r Available where podcasts are =)

Visual Studio 2026 Insiders is now available for download. Check out the announcement and try it out for yourself! devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio...

I'm loving these new shortcuts in the code editor in Visual Studio. Super helpful and time saving. Coming soon...

GPT-5 mini is now in Visual Studio

Visual Studio’s AI roadmap is live! What’s coming next and how it helps you stay in flow, ship faster, and level up. Read the September update: devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio...

You can now have Visual Studio and Copilot help you manage anything Azure. Very cool!! devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio...

Do you know all these fundamental debugger features? www.youtube.com/watch?v=emvl...

The line number margin in Visual Studio is being tightened up to maximize horizontal space in the editor. I'm irrationally excited about this. Coming soon...

Join us at VS Live! in Redmond this August. Use your discount code from my.visualstudio.com

✨ Copilot agent mode is the next evolution in AI-assisted development—and it's now generally available in the Visual Studio June update. It builds a plan, executes it, adapts along the way, and loops through tasks until completion. Read more about it here: https://msft.it/63329SQDuU

😱 Is Visual Studio falling behind VS Code? We met up with @madskristensen.net‬ at Microsoft Build to talk about this 👀 📺 Full video: buff.ly/LZp5z0T #MSBuild #dotnet #VisualStudio #VSCode #AI #CodingAfterWork

Visual Studio v17.14 just released with Copilot agent mode and MCP server support and a lot more! devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio...

Visual Studio’s Remote File Explorer is a game-changer for any #LinuxDev! Browse, edit, and manage files on remote machines without leaving your IDE. Here's how to stay in the coding flow! ➡️ https://msft.it/63322SrtDY#LinuxDev

When you're pasting code into Visual Studio, there's always some extra steps to make it work properly. You can now let Copilot adjust your pasted code to fit the context of your existing code. Coming soon...

The Git Repository window now provides a filter at its toolbar to show only outgoing / incoming commits. Coming soon to Visual Studio...

Introducing automatic documentation comment generation in Visual Studio. buff.ly/Pv1TjZ7 #visualstudio #ai #dotnet #productivity #csharp #githubcopilot #cpp

The new SLNX solution file format for is here!!! Upgrade your .sln files today to take advantage of the new and much simpler format. Use either the .NET CLI or Visual Studio to do it.

Why don't you use the preview version of Visual Studio?

File > New > Bluesky Account...

Live Preview is now available at design time, allowing real-time visualization of changes in your app UI. Hot Reload and other live UI tools can now be used in this manner as well, ensuring a seamless workflow. Coming soon to Visual Studio...

If you ever write markdown in Visual Studio, this video is for you!

Imaging asking Copilot in Visual Studio to help write a game that looked like <screenshot of game>. You can now! devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio...

Check out the latest short Visual Studio video. This one is about how to adhere to your team's coding standards in a super easy way. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyOI...

Interesting extension for @visualstudio.bsky.social from @madskristensen.net 👌 youtu.be/yz5a90SSMeU?... #dotnet #visualstudio

🎉 Exciting news! Microsoft.Testing.Platform is now available across Expecto, MSTest, NUnit, TUnit, and xUnit.net! A modular, extensible test platform for any .NET project—whether in CI/CD, CLI, VS, or VS Code. Check it out: devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/mtp-a... #dotnet #testing #unittesting

Using #SSMS21 preview - good news! @madskristensen.net provides (among many others) a great extension for VS called Font Sizer 2 and it can be made to work with #SSMS21 preview. Add InstallationTarget for Microsoft.VisualStudio.Ssms to the vsixmanifest. marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemNa...

Use the hidden navigation menu in Visual Studio. The Alt+` shortcut in Visual Studio can do some cool things depending on what tool window is active. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIha...

If you run a for-profit organization that uses schemastore.org to either provide or consume JSON/YAML/TOML schema files, then please consider sponsoring the project so it can continue. Here's how + some cool stats: www.madskristensen.net/blog/schemas...

Schemastore.org began as a simple idea: a central hub for JSON schemas. Today, it’s a global resource powered by community contributions. To keep it free and reliable, we’re inviting for-profit organizations to sponsor and support its continued growth.

This is one of my favorite new features in the latest update to Visual Studio - displaying inline return values at the end of methods. devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio...

A few years ago, I made a simple extension for Visual Studio 2022. Now, it's a built-in feature in the IDE. Enjoy! 🚀🥳 devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio...

What features in Visual Studio could be made better by using AI invisibly under the hood? Think of a feature that solves a typical problem you face daily, but that needs AI to be solved in an even better way.

Which extension for another IDE/editor do you wish was available for Visual Studio as well?

Navigate and push Git tags seamlessly from Visual Studio. Coming soon...

This highly popular Visual Studio extension will make your life easier. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

The latest update to Visual Studio ships with a fix for the decade old behavior of copying the entire row and column headers from the Error List. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPkY...

Writing complex LINQ queries using natural language is a wonderful way to learn and get things done while debugging. Coming soon to Visual Studio...

If you use the popular TabOut extension for VS Code, you may enjoy it for Visual Studio IDE as well. I ported it. marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemNa...

Get a GitHub Copilot code review on your local changes before you commit. This will help me make fewer mistakes. Coming soon to Visual Studio...

This is one of my favorite new features from the latest Visual Studio update.

You can now specify the default encoding Visual Studio should use when saving files. Coming soon...

Visual Studio 17.12 and .NET 9 are out today. #visualstudio devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio...