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Discover what's new in Visual Studio 2022

Check out what's new in the latest release of Visual Studio 17.13.

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Git tooling, Top Highlights

Catch issues at commit time

Get GitHub Copilot-powered suggestions for your code changes to help you catch potential issues early and improve your code quality.

Debugging & diagnostics, Top Highlights

Use color-coded swim lanes for CPU profiling

The Visual Studio profiler enables multiprocess CPU analysis with color-coded graphs and filtering.

Git tooling, Top Highlights

Add comments on pull requests

Review pull requests in Visual Studio by adding new comments to the files on the checked-out branch.

GitHub Copilot, Top Highlights

Meet GitHub Copilot Free

Copilot Free is now available. You get 2,000 code completions and 50 chat requests per month at no cost, all seamlessly integrated into Visual Studio.

Debugging & diagnostics, Top Highlights

Craft complex LINQ queries

Enhanced editable expression with GitHub Copilot Inline Chat directly in the IEnumerable Visualizer.

Productivity, Top Highlights

Customize file encoding

Specify the default encoding for saving files in Visual Studio.

Git tooling, Top Highlights

View and manage Git tags

Navigate and push Git tags seamlessly from Visual Studio.

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Use Copilot Chat for instant help with code understanding, debugging, and unit test generation. Get answers in natural language or code snippets.

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Refine your prompts with guided chat. Use custom instructions to automatically add contextual details to your questions.

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Ask your debugger-aware AI for help with exceptions, breakpoints, tracepoints, and method call values. Get insights for more efficient, cost-effective code.

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Rhea Patel • February 20th, 2025

Tool Calling is Now Enabled in GitHub Copilot

Have you ever been frustrated when Copilot doesn’t understand you? While it can’t read your mind, we’ve been working hard ...

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August 4, 2025 – August 8, 2025

VSLive! returns to Microsoft headquarters for five days of in-depth training, networking, and fun! Join us for hands-on and lecture-based workshops, in-depth sessions, keynotes, and more.

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September 8, 2025 – September 12, 2025

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Visual Studio Live! – Las Vegas

March 10-14, 2025

Join VSLive! at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel to sharpen your skills in Microsoft Visual Studio, .NET, ASP.NET Core, Blazor, C#, Copilot, .NET MAUI, Azure, and more.

Visual Studio Live! @Microsoft HQ

August 4, 2025 – August 8, 2025

VSLive! returns to Microsoft headquarters for five days of in-depth training, networking, and fun! Join us for hands-on and lecture-based workshops, in-depth sessions, keynotes, and more.

Visual Studio Live! San Diego

September 8, 2025 – September 12, 2025

Join VSLive! in San Diego for five days of sun, fun, and intense developer training. Expect industry experts and Microsoft product team members to share their knowledge.

FAQ

The Visual Studio Hub is a one-stop destination for all things Visual Studio, including the latest blogs, release notes, YouTube videos, social media updates, and community discussions.
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You can always find the latest updates and bug fixes in the Visual Studio release notes.
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