Visual Studio Preview
Be the first to access the future of Visual Studio
Our pre-release gives you early access to the new features not yet in Visual Studio.
Install the Preview right alongside your main release, leaving your production install undisturbed.*
*If you use extensions, they will need to be installed for each instance of Visual Studio in a side by side install.
Integrated terminal and flexible tab layout


Performance Profiler
The CPU Usage tool in the Performance Profiler (available via ALT-F2 or from the Debug menu) now automatically displays the “hot path” indicator (red flame) when displaying the Call Tree. This saves a click on common CPU Usage performance investigations.

The Performance Profiler now participates in forward/backward navigation in the Visual Studio IDE. As one navigates to various views of tools in the Performance Profiler (available via ALT-F2 or from the Debug menu), navigation points are saved along with other navigation items. One can employ them by clicking the navigation buttons in Visual Studio or invoking the Visual Studio navigation commands.
.NET Core 3.1 projects
What is a Preview?
Visual Studio Preview gives you early access to the latest features and improvements not yet available in the main release. By trying Preview, you can take advantage of new builds and updates that ship on a frequent cadence. For more information on Visual Studio Preview installs, visit our FAQ page.
Please note that the preview version is continuously evolving and certain features may not work as expected. This version is also not licensed to build shipping applications. If you would like to build production application you can access stable release of Visual Studio from our downloads page.
Save install time
… in an Azure Virtual Machine
Try Visual Studio Preview in an environment that is entirely separate from your local development machine. Preview is pre-installed on a Windows server, saving you time on your Visual Studio install process.
Activate your free Azure account and claim your Azure credits which include $200 to use in your first month.
