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.
October 2024
Azure
Updated articles
- Add a connection to an Azure SQL Database - Connected Services security updates for 17.12
- Adding Azure Storage by using Visual Studio Connected Services - Connected Services security updates for 17.12
- Add Key Vault to your web application by using Visual Studio Connected Services - Connected Services security updates for 17.12
- Create an Azure Cloud Services (extended support) project with Visual Studio - Retire classic cloud services
- Manage roles in Azure Cloud Services (extended support) - Retire classic cloud services
- Configure Azure Cloud Services (extended support) roles with Visual Studio - Retire classic cloud services
- Debug an Azure Cloud Services (extended support) service in Visual Studio - Retire classic cloud services
- Set up diagnostics for Azure Cloud Services (extended support) and virtual machines - Retire classic cloud services
Containers
New articles
- Build a container project from the command line
- Use SSL for containerized ASP.NET Core apps
- Customize container images for debugging
- Set the container entry point
- Customize container volume mapping
Updated articles
- Container Tools launch settings - Launch profile settings for 17.12
- Tutorial: Create a multi-container app with Docker Compose - Update the Docker Compose multicontainer tutorial for .NET 8
- Customize Docker containers in Visual Studio - Split up large article about customizing containerized app projects
- Debug apps in a local Docker container - Split up large article about customizing containerized app projects
Debugger
New articles
Updated articles
- Tabular visualizers in Visual Studio - Update debugger article on tabular visualizer with Copilot content
- Project settings for a C++ debug configuration - draft new command arguments topic
- Specify symbol (.pdb) and source files in the Visual Studio debugger (C#, C++, Visual Basic, F#) - Update debug pdb documentation.
Deployment
New articles
Updated articles
- Quickstart: Publish an ASP.NET web app - Web deployment settings - new article
Extensibility
New articles
Get started
Updated articles
- Tutorial: Get started with C# and ASP.NET Core in Visual Studio - Freshness updates
IDE
Updated articles
- Set multiple startup projects - Add coverage of multi-project launch profiles
- Build and clean projects and solutions in Visual Studio - Review and update. Add batch build.
- /Build (devenv.exe) - Add info about building setup projects
- Title not found in: - What's new in Visual Studio docs - update for September
Install
Updated articles
- Configure installation default settings using a response file - Add specific 2019 and 2022 examples
JavaScript
New articles
Updated articles
- Create a React project - Add Tutorial for React, update React, Vue, Angular articles
Modeling
Updated articles
- Customize File Storage and XML Serialization - Added a note about DSL modeling changes regarding BinaryFormatter
MSBuild
Updated articles
- MSBuild command-line reference - Change formatting for better localization
- Tutorial: Use MSBuild - Review and update
Profiling
Updated articles
- Case study: Isolate a performance issue (C#, Visual Basic, F#) - Update Copilot information in the VS Profiling case studies
- Case Study: Beginner's guide to optimizing code and reducing compute costs (C#, Visual Basic, C++, F#) - Update Copilot information in the VS Profiling case studies
- Identify hot paths with a flame graph (C#, Visual Basic, C++, F#) - Update Flame Graph article with additional context and information
Windows
Updated articles
- Visual Studio documentation - Remove low traffic and out-of-date links, add some links
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.
- Michael-K-Stein - Michael Kuperfish Steinberg
- NenoLoje - Neno Loje
- PhilKang0704 - Phil
September 2024
Debugger
Updated articles
- View and change variable values with DataTips in the code editor - Add details to CPU Insights article and debug with Copilot
- Inspect an exception using the Exception Helper - Update Exception Helper article for debugging async exceptions
Extensibility
Updated articles
- Using VisualStudio.Extensibility SDK and VSSDK together - Update outdated VisualStudio.Extensibility in-proc docs
Get started
Updated articles
- Tutorial: Open a project from a repo - Updated images and text
- Tutorial: Extend C# console app and debug in Visual Studio (part 2 of 2) - Update article for user feedback
- Tutorial: Learn to use the code editor with Visual Basic - Review and update
IDE
Updated articles
- Options, Text Editor, C#, IntelliSense - Update for latest options in product
- Use regular expressions in Visual Studio - Regular expressions examples and clarifications
- AI assistance when you write code - Intellicode Tools, Options UI updates
- Manage project and solution properties - Add more info & screenshots on Solution properties context menu and dialog
- Get better answers by setting the context for GitHub Copilot Chat in Visual Studio - Add more info on context used by chat
- Bookmark code in Visual Studio - Fix issue on bookmark discoverability
Install
Updated articles
- Install Visual Studio - Add sign-in info to install doc
Profiling
Updated articles
- Case study: Isolate a performance issue (C#, Visual Basic, F#)
- Add Copilot instructions for profiling case study articles
- Revise profiling article on isolating a performance issue to use a case study format
- Case Study: Beginner's guide to optimizing code and reducing compute costs (C#, Visual Basic, C++, F#) - Add Copilot instructions for profiling case study articles
- Analyze performance by using CPU profiling in the Performance Profiler (C#, Visual Basic, C++, F#) - Incorporate review feedback for CPU Usage article
Test
Updated articles
- Microsoft.CodeCoverage.Console tool - Add usage details related to Microsoft.CodeCoverage.Console usage
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.
- cmkaya - Cem Kaya
- Meir017 - Meir Blachman
- PhilKang0704 - Phil
- Rageking8 -
- sailro - Sebastien Lebreton
- Vincezhaoc - Vince Zhao
- vritme -
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.
