| title | What's new in Visual Studio docs | ||
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| description | Discover recent changes in the Visual Studio documentation, including updated articles about getting started, the IDE, and deployment. | ||
| ms.date | 06/01/2026 | ||
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| author | ghogen | ||
| ms.author | ghogen | ||
| ms.subservice | general-ide | ||
| ms.topic | whats-new |
Welcome to what's new in Visual Studio docs. The following sections provide details on the previous three months of new and updated content.
Updated articles
- Install External Analyzers - Review and update screenshots
Updated articles
- Review and update links and text quality
- Deploy ASP.NET container app to Container Registry - Review and update screenshots
Updated articles
- Add, update, or remove WCF data service reference - Review and update screenshots
Updated articles
- Add source checksum algorithm details
- Fix DIA SDK links and references
- Tips and Tricks in the Debugger - Review and update screenshots
- Configure Hot Reload - Clarify configuration guidance
- Debug ASP.NET Core in the Visual Studio Debugger - Review and update
- Review and update
- Review and update
New articles
Updated articles
- Set moniker range for UX color guidance
- Create Your First Extension Reference - Review and update screenshots
Updated articles
- Tutorial: Create a simple C# console app - Fix input validation pattern
- Tutorial: Add Icons to the Matching Game - Review and update screenshots
New articles
Updated articles
- Add and refine Copilot plan agent and cloud workflow guidance
- Add Chat History panel and Git context updates
- Update Copilot billing and plan information
- Add Razor Quick Actions references
- Add system theme automatic change feature
- Use IntelliSense for quick information & completion - Clarify IntelliSense and Copilot priority
- Copilot Completions - Clarify IntelliSense and Copilot priority
- Update Team Explorer work items deprecation notes
- Review and update screenshots and make other updates
- Explore advanced features for developers
- Customize and Save Layouts of Windows and Tabs
- Identify and customize keyboard shortcuts
- Manage application settings (.NET Framework)
- Use MCP Servers
- Multifactor authentication with Visual Studio sign-ins
- Explore code editor features
- GitHub Copilot Edits in Visual Studio
Updated articles
- Using Visual Studio on an Azure Virtual Machine - Refresh links
Updated articles
- Review and update screenshots and freshness
- Unit testing JavaScript and TypeScript - Clarify limitations and remove outdated links
Updated articles
- Use the Modeling SDK for Visual Studio - Review and update
Updated articles
- Change waves - Sync with current MSBuild change waves
- Update an MSBuild custom task for multithreaded builds - Improve thread safety and experimental-status guidance
Updated articles
- Review and update screenshots
Updated articles
- Apply moniker profiling updates for Visual Studio 2022 content
Updated articles
- Review and update
Updated articles
- Add and refine multiline diff support and review flows
- Manage Git repos in Visual Studio - Add commit-to-chat context guidance
Updated articles
- Work with the XML Schema Explorer - Review and update screenshots
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.
Updated articles
- Customize Roslyn analyzer rules - Update bug submission link for code analyzers
- Review and update screenshots
Updated articles
- Podman Compose support
Updated articles
- Connect to Access database in .NET Framework apps - Review and update screenshots
Updated articles
- Add content for debugger agent workflow
- View strings in a string visualizer - Add information for auto-detection of string encoding with Copilot
- Clarify troubleshooting for Hot Reload
- Supported Code Changes (C# and Visual Basic) - Update Hot Reload articles
- Remote debugging - Update remote debugger requirements
- Review and update screenshots
- Text quality fixes
Updated articles
- Components of a VisualStudio.Extensibility extension - Refine explanation of extension component contributions
- Review and update screenshots
New articles
- Use Agent Skills with GitHub Copilot
- New Quick Actions reference articles organized by category
- Class and member refactorings
- Code cleanup refactorings
- Conditional and logic refactorings
- Expression and pattern refactorings
- Extract and inline refactorings
- IntelliSense and formatting refactorings
- Loop and LINQ refactorings
- Property and field refactorings
- Rename and move refactorings
- Type, string, and syntax conversion refactorings
Updated articles
- Use Agent Mode - Add
find_symboltool and agent skills support - Use custom agents in GitHub Copilot - Add content for debugger agent workflow and custom agent updates
- Use MCP Servers - Major restructure and content review
- Refactoring for different programming languages - Refactor and curate Quick Actions reference
- Find code changes and other history with CodeLens - Update for Visual Studio 2026
- Report a problem with Visual Studio - Add DevCom sign-in pop-up details
- Copilot Completions - Add keyboard shortcuts for GitHub Copilot; add disclaimer for paid plan and free trials
- Add disclaimer for paid plan and free trials
- GitHub Copilot usage and models - Add information about rate limits
- Consolidate Project Designer documentation
- Review and update screenshots
- Get faster load & run times with solution filters
- Create and remove project dependencies
- Navigate Code in the Editor
- Tour the Visual Studio IDE
- Create a Python Web App with Visual Studio
- Accessibility tips and tricks for Visual Studio
- Set bookmarks in Visual Studio
- Learn about the Spell Checker
- Create a Code Snippet in Visual Studio
Updated articles
- Install Visual Studio Versions Side-by-Side - Add instructions for changing the default Visual Studio version; clarify registry settings scope
Updated articles
- Update tsconfig documentation
Updated articles
- Review and update screenshots
Updated articles
- Common MSBuild Project Properties - Restore
MSBuildTreatWarningsAsErrorsproperty - Find MSBuild and use its API - Update version information and binding redirect note
- Review and update
Updated articles
- Review and update screenshots
Updated articles
- Test-driven development - Review and update screenshots
Updated articles
- Capture & edit desktop app UI with XAML Live Preview - Review and update screenshots
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.
- ihor-kitsa - ihor-kitsa
- Chukslord1 - Ochuko Onojakpor
Updated articles
- Rename Edit and Continue to Hot Reload
- View the call stack in the debugger - Improve article and update screenshots
- Debug using the Just-In-Time Debugger - Review and update screenshots
- Debug with GitHub Copilot - Review and update
- Review and update
- Debug .NET apps in Linux using WSL - Review and update screenshots
Updated articles
- Updates for custom agents and Windows Forms Expert agent
Updated articles
- What Is Visual Studio? - Major revision
- Introduction to editing in the code editor - Review and update
- Tutorial: Open project from repo in Visual Studio - Review and update
- Tutorial: Create UWP Apps with Visual Studio & C# - Review and update
New articles
Updated articles
- Use Visual Studio search to find code & do queries - add documentation for Copilot search suggestions
- Options for Browsing Code in the Editor
- Add content for middle-click scroll
- Add content for fast scrolling
- Configure advanced Text Editor options
- Add content for middle-click scroll
- Add content for fast scrolling
- Update content related to line compression in the editor
- Quick Actions, light bulbs, and screwdrivers - Update content for inline Quick Actions
- Fix Program Errors and Improve Code - Update content for inline Quick Actions
- Use MCP Servers - Add content for MCP governance allowlists
- Admin controls for GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio - Add content for MCP governance allowlists
- Troubleshoot proxy and firewall issues in Visual Studio - Updates for proxy configuration feature
- Access multiple user accounts - Updates for proxy configuration feature
- Install and use behind a firewall or proxy server - Updates for proxy configuration feature
- Use IntelliSense for quick information & completion - Review and update with new screenshots
- Developer Community data privacy - Revise AI processing guidelines
- Use Dotfuscator Community to protect .NET apps - Review and update
- Explore advanced features for developers - Review and update for accuracy
- Templates for projects and files - Review and update
- Save and open files with encoding - Review and update
- Keyboard shortcuts - Add new shortcut information
- Command-Line Shells & Prompt For Developers - Fix path of Developer PowerShell
- Updates for freshness
- Review and update
- Review and update screenshots
Updated articles
- Configure policies for enterprise deployments - Update DisableMigrationDialog policy description
- Install Visual Studio and Choose Your Preferred Features - Deprecated Web Live Preview
- Setup Assistant - Improve wording, add Reopen section with screenshots
- Create an offline installation - Freshness updates
- Review and update screenshots
Updated articles
- Transpile and build TypeScript code using npm - Change 'Compile' to 'Transpile' in TypeScript guide
- Update troubleshooting info for ASP.NET Core and JS templates
- Create a React project in Visual Studio - Review and update
Updated articles
- Common MSBuild Project Properties - Review and update
- Reference an MSBuild Project SDK - Fix typo in warning about Import elements
- Set the run order for MSBuild targets - Clarify behavior of skipped targets
Updated articles
- Add Copilot content for profiling with PerfTips
- CPU profiling in the Performance Profiler - Review and update
- Measure memory usage in your apps - Review and update
- Analyze memory usage in the Performance Profiler - Review and update screenshots
Updated articles
- Review and update screenshots
- Tutorial Step 5: Install Packages in Python Environment - Review and update
Updated articles
- Debug Unit Tests with Test Explorer - Add Copilot updates for profiling unit tests
- Create, run, and customize C# unit tests - Update tutorial on C# unit testing
- Write unit tests for C/C++ - Review and update
- Run Unit Tests with Test Explorer - Review and update
- Get started with unit testing - Review and update
- Unit test basics with Test Explorer - Review and update screenshots
Updated articles
- New feature: code change suggestions
- Create a branch to track code changes - Review and update
Updated articles
- Create UIs with Visual Studio XAML Designer - Review and update
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.
- TobiasKnauss - Tobias Knauss
- Xzardoz -
- marshall777 -
- OBud75 - Thomas Ménès
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