What's new in Visual Studio docs
Welcome to what's new in Visual Studio docs. The following sections provide details on the previous three months of new and updated content.
August 2024
Containers
Updated articles
- Deploy an ASP.NET container to a container registry using Visual Studio - Review and update
- Customize Docker containers in Visual Studio - Add table of stages
Data tools
Updated articles
- Add new data sources in ADO.NET applications (.NET Framework) - Review and update
- Insert new records into a database in .NET Framework applications - Review and update
Debugger
Updated articles
- Remote Debug ASP.NET Core on Azure App Service (Windows) - Review and update
- Debug in mixed mode (C#, C++, Visual Basic) - Review and update
- Disable the Just-In-Time Debugger - Review and update
- Use breakpoints in the Visual Studio debugger - Add content for creating breakpoint groups
- View data values in DataTips in the code editor - Review and update
Extensibility
New articles
- Query the project API (Visual Studio SDK)
- Other Remote UI concepts
- VisualStudio.Extensibility settings
Updated articles
- Image service and catalog - Add information to the imaging docs related to properly handling strongly named assemblies
- Manifest from Resources - Add information to the imaging docs related to properly handling strongly named assemblies
- Why Remote UI - Adding Project Query API, settings, remote UI documentation for Gladstone and Visual Studio SDK
- Query the project API - Adding Project Query API, settings, remote UI documentation for Gladstone and Visual Studio SDK
- Create Visual Studio tool windows - Adding Project Query API, settings, remote UI documentation for Gladstone and Visual Studio SDK
- About VisualStudio.Extensibility (Preview) - Adding Project Query API, settings, remote UI documentation for Gladstone and Visual Studio SDK
- Sign CLI Reference for VSIX Packages - Adding extra details on EDCSA support, acquiring CSP/K values using certutil, and using a generic installer
- Consume a brokered service - Improve documentation around multiple version support
- Provide a brokered service - Improve documentation around multiple version support
Get started
Updated articles
- Tutorial: Create a matching game WinForms app - Review and update
IDE
Updated articles
- Learn about the Spell Checker - Update spell checker documentation
- Manage application resources - Add section for new Resources Explorer
- C++ EditorConfig formatting conventions - Review and update
- Define consistent coding styles with EditorConfig - Review and update
- Locate and organize project and item templates - Review and update
- Specify custom build events in Visual Studio - Review and update
- View, save, and configure build log files - Review and update
- View type and member definitions - Review and update
- Use the Task List - Review and update
- Customize window layouts and personalize tabs - Review and update
- Extend a trial version or update a license - Review and update
- Save and open files with encoding - Review and update
- Find, install, and manage extensions for Visual Studio - Review and update
- Display line numbers in the editor - Review and update
- Specify an application icon (Visual Basic, C#) - Review and update
- Create, work with, and delete Visual Studio projects and solutions - Review and update
- Customize build and debug tasks for Open Folder development - Review and update
- Quick Actions - Review and update
- What are solutions and projects in Visual Studio? - Review and update
- Get better answers by setting the context for GitHub Copilot Chat in Visual Studio - Updates for 17.11 context features for GitHub Copilot Chat
- Admin controls for GitHub Copilot - Updates for content exclusions in GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio
- What is GitHub Copilot Completions for Visual Studio? - Updates for content exclusions in GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio
- Sign in to Visual Studio with accounts that require multifactor authentication (MFA)
- Update network troubleshooting
- Updates for WAM as default
Install
Updated articles
- Modify Visual Studio workloads, components, and language packs - Review and update
Profiling
Updated articles
- Analyze performance by using CPU profiling in the Performance Profiler (C#, Visual Basic, C++, F#) - Expand information for detailed views of the Instrumentation tool
- Instrument your .NET application in Visual Studio (C#, C++, Visual Basic, F#) - Expand information for detailed views of the Instrumentation tool
- Beginner's guide to optimizing code and reducing compute costs (C#, Visual Basic, C++, F#) - Improvements to beginner's guide to profiling
XAML tools
Updated articles
Version control
Updated articles
- Stage lines of code in Visual Studio - Review and update
- Create a Git repository from Visual Studio - Version control local repo
- Create a pull request in Visual Studio - Add section for PR comments
Community contributors
The following people contributed to the Visual Studio docs during this period. Thank you! Learn how to contribute by following the links under "Get involved" in the what's new landing page.
July 2024
Azure
Updated articles
- Sign in with an Azure subscription - Add sign-in details and link
Containers
Updated articles
- Visual Studio Container Tools for Docker - Update Add Docker Support info
Debugger
Updated articles
- Tabular visualizers in Visual Studio - Update tabular visualizer article for expression editing support
- Debug .NET Core on Linux using SSH by attaching to a process - Attach to Process updates for Linux
Deployment
Updated articles
- Deploy your app to a folder, IIS, Azure, or another destination - Add Azure Container Apps and other updates
Designers
Updated articles
- Tutorial: Get started with Windows Forms Designer - Review and update
Extensibility
New articles
Updated articles
- Signing VSIX Packages - VSIX Signing update
IDE
Updated articles
- Rename a code symbol refactoring - Update IDE steps for rename when refactoring
Install
Updated articles
- Create an offline installation package of Visual Studio for local installation - Review and update
JavaScript
Updated articles
- Debug a JavaScript or TypeScript app in Visual Studio - Attach to process updates for JavaScript and TypeScript debugging
MSBuild
New articles
Updated articles
- ResolveAssemblyReference task - Add troubleshooting article for resolving assembly references in MSBuild
Profiling
New articles
Updated articles
- Measure application performance by analyzing CPU utilization (C#, Visual Basic, C++, F#) - Add Just My Code settings to CPU Usage article, links
- First look at profiling tools (C#, Visual Basic, C++, F#) - Add user marks to profiling timeline
- Beginner's guide to optimizing code and reducing compute costs (C#, Visual Basic, C++, F#) - Edit beginner's guide to profiling to conform to a case study pattern
Version control
Updated articles
- About Git in Visual Studio - Improve search metadata and text
Community contributors
The following people contributed to the Visual Studio docs during this period. Thank you! Learn how to contribute by following the links under "Get involved" in the what's new landing page.
- ErikEJ - Erik Ejlskov Jensen
June 2024
Azure
Updated articles
- Publish a Cloud Services (classic) project to Cloud Services (extended support) by using Visual Studio - Review and update
Deployment
Updated articles
- Specify ClickOnce Publish properties - Update and refactor articles on ClickOnce deployment settings
- Server and client configuration issues in ClickOnce deployments - Remove Internet Explorer references from ClickOnce
- Overview of Publish - Review and update, add more about basic Publish operations
- Get publish settings from Azure and import into Visual Studio - Review and update credentials information for Azure App Service publish
Get started
Updated articles
- Tutorial: Create your first Universal Windows Platform application in Visual Studio with XAML and C# - Review and update
- Tutorial: Create a math quiz WinForms app - Review and update
- What is Visual Studio? - Review and update
IDE
Updated articles
- Sign in or switch Visual Studio user accounts - Add steps to sign in from the IDE
- Install GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio - Add instructions on how to hide/remove GitHub Copilot
- Manage application settings (.NET) - Review and update
- Manage project and solution properties - Review and update
- Outlining - Review and update
- Manage word wrap in the editor - Review and update
- What is Sticky Scroll for Visual Studio? - Review and update
Install
Updated articles
- Visual Studio on Arm-powered devices - Workload updates for Arm64 in latest Visual Studio releases
- Install Visual Studio versions side-by-side - Review and update
- Repair Visual Studio - Review and update
- Uninstall or remove Visual Studio - Review and update
- Install Visual Studio - Review and update
MSBuild
Updated articles
- Select the files to build - Updates to apply to SDK builds
- MSBuild command-line reference - Improve readability of MSBuild tables
Profiling
New articles
Updated articles
- Beginner's guide to optimizing code and reducing compute costs (C#, Visual Basic, C++, F#) - Add tutorial for starting a performance investigation using .NET Counters and Instrumentation
- Instrument a native stand-alone component and collect timing data with the profiler from the command line - Update command-line instrumentation articles for VSIntsr usage
Test
Updated articles
- Unit test basics - Add Copilot info and links related to generating unit tests
Community contributors
The following people contributed to the Visual Studio docs during this period. Thank you! Learn how to contribute by following the links under "Get involved" in the what's new landing page.
- PhilKang0704 - Phil
- Guiorgy - Guiorgy
- hickford - M Hickford
- trivalik - Trivalik