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Welcome to what's new in Visual Studio docs. The following sections provide details on the previous three months of new and updated content.
February 2026
Data tools
Updated articles
- Connect to a database in Visual Studio - Review and update screenshots
Debugger
New articles
- IDiaStackWalkHelper3::get_registerValue
- IDiaStackWalkHelper3::put_registerValue
- IDiaStackWalkHelper3
Updated articles
- View the call stack and use the Call Stack window in the debugger
- Clarify when the user can access the Call Stack window
- Add content for analyzing call stack with Copilot
CV_HREG_e- Add new interface in DIA SDK- Interfaces (Debug Interface Access SDK) - Add new interface in DIA SDK
- Tabular visualizers in Visual Studio - Update tabular visualizers with datatip info
- Debug your app with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio - Add content for analyzing call stack with Copilot
Deployment
Updated articles
- Deploy a .NET Windows desktop application using ClickOnce - Review and update screenshots
- First look at deployment in Visual Studio - Review and update screenshots
- Quickstart: Publish an ASP.NET web app - Review and update screenshots
Designers
Updated articles
- Tutorial: Get started with Windows Forms Designer - Review and update screenshots
Extensibility
Updated articles
- Debug a Visual Studio extension - Mention start/restart menu commands for Experimental Instance
- The Experimental Instance - Add new section for start / restart
Get started
Updated articles
- Run a C# program or app in Visual Studio - Review and update screenshots
- C# development with Visual Studio - C# Get started landing page - DocKit freshness review
- Review and update for .NET 10
- Tutorial: Learn to debug Visual Basic code using Visual Studio
- Tutorial: Add code to the picture viewer Windows Forms App (.NET Framework)
- Tutorial: Add controls to the picture viewer Windows Forms App (.NET Framework)
- Tutorial: Add math problems to a math quiz WinForms app
- Tutorial: Create a math quiz WinForms app
- Tutorial: Create a Windows Forms matching game app
- Tutorial: Create your first Windows App SDK application in Visual Studio with XAML and C#
- Tutorial: Learn to debug C# code using Visual Studio
- Tutorial: Extend C# console app and debug in Visual Studio (part 2 of 2)
IDE
New articles
- Visual Studio color themes
- Markdown preview controls
- Configure build and run options in Visual Studio
- Configure extension and update options in Visual Studio
- Configure Windows Forms Designer options in Visual Studio
- Troubleshoot proxy and firewall issues in Visual Studio
Updated articles
- Quick Actions - Improve article on Quick Actions
- IntelliSense in Visual Studio - Review and update screenshots
- Set multiple startup projects - Review and update screenshots
- What is Class Designer? - General improvements
- Compile and build in Visual Studio - General improvements
- Tutorial: Build an application - Review and update screenshots
- Build and clean projects and solutions in Visual Studio - Review and update screenshots
- Define consistent coding styles with EditorConfig - Fix content related to automatic generation of config file
- Change fonts, colors, and themes in Visual Studio - Reference color theme gallery
- Customize the Visual Studio IDE - Reference color theme gallery
- Find and replace text in Visual Studio - Review and update screenshots
- What is the GitHub Copilot Chat experience for Visual Studio?
- New feature: Markdown Preview controls
- New feature: Markdown preview from GitHub Copilot Chat
- Updates for changes to the new sign-in experience from Copilot chat window
- Troubleshoot GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio - Update refresh credentials
- Suppress compiler warnings - Review and update screenshots
- Get started with GitHub Copilot completions
- Add click-to-accept for Copilot completions
- Add colorized code completions documentation
- Updates for changes for inline suggestions
- Manage references in a project - Review and update screenshots
- Customize chat responses and set context
- Updates for Copilot Memories
- New slash commands
- How Copilot Chat understands and uses context - Updates for Copilot Memories
- Use GitHub Copilot for free in Visual Studio - Updates for changes to the new sign in experience from Copilot chat window
- Get started with GitHub Copilot - Updates for changes to the new sign in experience from Copilot chat window
- Add your GitHub accounts to your Visual Studio keychain - Updates for changes to the new sign in experience from Copilot chat window
- Change the build output directory - Review and update screenshots
- Configure advanced Text Editor options - Update content for copying rich text in HTML format
- Visual Studio settings - General improvements
- Configure Environment > Visual Experience options - Compact view option for Solution Explorer
- Learn about Solution Explorer - Compact view option for Solution Explorer
- Configure Languages > C/C++ > IntelliSense options
- Adding WCI setting info
- Add WCI to settings
- Project and solution configurations - Update solution and project configuration conceptual article
- AI-assisted development in Visual Studio - Updates for changes for inline suggestions
- Get started with GitHub Copilot next edit suggestions - Updates for changes for inline suggestions
Install
Updated articles
- Install Build Tools into a container - Add Dockerfile instructions for Build Tools installation
- Modify Visual Studio workloads, components, and language packs - Update link and screenshots
MSBuild
Updated articles
- Customize your build - General improvements
- Customize the build by folder - General improvements
- MSB8004 diagnostic code - Fix slash terminology
Profiling
Updated articles
- Measure memory usage in Visual Studio (C#, Visual Basic, C++, F#) - Update Memory profiling tutorial
- Analyze memory usage in release builds (C#, Visual Basic, C++, F#) - Update article on memory usage
- Profile your app with GitHub Copilot Profiler Agent - Profiler agent unit test support
Test
Updated articles
- Overview of GitHub Copilot testing for .NET
- Incorporated feedback for Overview of GitHub Copilot Testing
- Update GitHub Copilot testing for .NET
- Generate and run unit tests using GitHub Copilot testing for .NET - Update GitHub Copilot testing for .NET
XAML tools
Updated articles
- XAML code editor - Review and update screenshots
Version control
Updated articles
- Create a pull request in Visual Studio - Review and update screenshots
- Browse Git repositories and compare branches in Visual Studio - Review and update screenshots
- Create a Git repository from Visual Studio - Review and update screenshots
- Use git fetch, pull, push and sync for version control in Visual Studio - Review and update screenshots
- Manage Git repositories in Visual Studio - Review and update screenshots
- Make a Git commit in Visual Studio - Review and update screenshots
January 2026
Azure
Updated articles
- Adding Azure Storage by using Visual Studio Connected Services - Fix link formatting in Azure Storage documentation
- Azure development with Visual Studio - Review and update
- Connect to Azure services, gRPC, OpenAPI, and more - Update MongoDB container links
Code quality
Updated articles
- Generate code metrics data
- Update articles on calculating code metrics
- Updated instructions for using Metrics.exe
- Use the Code Metrics window - Update articles on calculating code metrics
- Code analysis using .NET compiler platform (Roslyn) analyzers - Update screenshots
Containers
Updated articles
- Customize container volume mapping - Updates .NET 8 to .NET 10
Debugger
Updated articles
- Set debug and release configurations in Visual Studio - Update article on setting debug and release configurations
- C/C++ Assertions - Fix code in article on navigating code in the debugger
- Refactor debugger UI reference articles
- Debug using the Just-In-Time Debugger in Visual Studio
- Specify debugger options
- Specify debug source files
- Stop debugging in progress
- View strings in a string visualizer in Visual Studio
- Configure Windows Firewall for remote debugging
- Edit and Continue (C++)
- FAQ - Debugger feature finder
- Tabular visualizers in Visual Studio
- IDiaSymbol12::get_atomicType - Add Copilot profiling info for .NET Counters
- Inspect an exception using the Exception Helper - Update Exception Helper article for Copilot
- Debugging techniques and tools to help you write better code - Update debugging techniques and tools
Designers
Updated articles
- Fix HDPI/scaling issues with Windows Forms Designer in Visual Studio - Clarify that ForceDesignerDpiUnaware is supported only in .NET 6+ Windows Forms projects
Extensibility
New articles
IDE
New articles
- Configure C/C++ code analysis and error list options
- Configure Languages > C/C++ > IntelliSense options
- Configure Languages > C/C++ > Text editor options
Updated articles
- Refactor UI reference for text editor
- Configure C/C++ code analysis and error list options
- TOC updates for text editor options
- Review and update
- Refactor IDE UI reference articles
- View problem details for C/C++ - Refactor debugger UI ref articles
- Visual C++ IntelliSense features - Review and update
- Code style preferences and code cleanup - Review and update
- Make code work in Visual Studio - Review and update
- Change fonts, colors, and themes in Visual Studio - Review and update
- Define consistent coding styles with EditorConfig - Review and update
- View type and member definitions - Review and update
- What is Sticky Scroll for Visual Studio? - Review and update
- Options, Text Editor, C/C++, Advanced - Review and update
- Options, Text Editor, C/C++, View - Review and update
- What is the GitHub Copilot Chat experience for Visual Studio? - Update screenshots
- Get started with GitHub Copilot - Update screenshots
- Customize chat responses and set context - Update screenshots
- Get started with GitHub Copilot agent mode - Update screenshots
- Add your GitHub accounts to your Visual Studio keychain - Update screenshots
- Use MCP servers - Update screenshots
- Manage GitHub Copilot installation and state - Update screenshots
- Troubleshoot GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio - Update screenshots
- Find, install, and manage extensions for Visual Studio - Update screenshots
- Intellicode whole-line autocompletions - Add link to GitHub Copilot completions
JavaScript
Updated articles
- Tutorial: Add TypeScript to an existing ASP.NET Core app in Visual Studio - Update screenshots
Modeling
Updated articles
VM SDK doc and labs updated to Visual Studio 2022
- Validation in a Domain-Specific Language
- Get Started with Domain-Specific Languages
- Modeling SDK for Visual Studio - Domain-Specific Languages
MSBuild
Updated articles
- Common MSBuild project items - Enhance Aliases description for Reference and ProjectReference
- Build specific targets in solutions by using MSBuild.exe - Review and update
- Configure targets and tasks - Clarify UsingTask Runtime=NET support
- Troubleshoot assembly references - Clarify AssemblySearchPaths defaults for SDK-style projects
Profiling
Updated articles
- Profile your app with GitHub Copilot Profiler Agent - Add Copilot profiling info for .NET Counters
- Overview of the profiling tools (C#, Visual Basic, C++, F#) - Update screenshots
Python
Updated articles
- Automatically reformat Python code in Visual Studio - Review and update
- Options for Python in Visual Studio - Review and update
Test
Updated articles
- Use stubs to isolate parts of your application from each other for unit testing - Clarify target framework requirement in documentation
- Get started with unit testing - Update Copilot info in get started with unit testing
- Test Execution with Hot Reload - Review and update
- Create and run unit tests for .NET - Updates .NET 8 to .NET 10
Version control
Updated articles
- Git settings and preferences in Visual Studio - Review and update
- Push from Visual Studio to a remote branch - Explain options for push to remote
- Work with multiple repos - Review and update
- Stage lines of code in Visual Studio - Review and update
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.
- fuguiKz - kz
- marxlumon -
- MFredX - Sachin Fernando
- PhilKang0704 - Phil
- ran-huang - Ran
December 2025
Debugger
New articles
Updated articles
- Context Operator in the Visual Studio Debugger (C++) - Clarify usage for C++ context operator in the debugger
- Debug ASP.NET Exceptions - Clarify usage of exception settings for ASP.NET
- BasicType - Add new types to DIA SDK
- IDiaSymbol::get_length - Add new types to DIA SDK
Deployment
Updated articles
- Visual Studio Installer Projects Extension and .NET - Update images for Visual Studio 2026
Designers
Updated articles
- Fix HDPI/scaling issues with Windows Forms Designer in Visual Studio - Update for Visual Studio 2026
Get started
Updated articles
- Tutorial: Create a WPF application with C# - Update images for Visual Studio 2026
- Tutorial: Create a simple C# console app in Visual Studio (part 1 of 2) - Update images for Visual Studio 2026
IDE
New articles
- Configure Environment > Visual Experience options
- Configure advanced Text Editor options
- Configure IntelliSense options for C#
Updated articles
- Use MCP servers - MCP Updates with new way to add MCP server using registry
- Visual Studio Developer Command Prompt and Developer PowerShell - Update images for Visual Studio 2026
- What is GitHub Copilot Completions in Visual Studio? - Update images for Visual Studio 2026
- Options dialog: Text Editor > General - Update for Visual Studio 2026
- Options dialog box: Environment > General - Update for Visual Studio 2026
- Customize Visual Studio for working with projects and solutions
- Update for Visual Studio 2026
- Update UI reference articles
- Options, Text Editor, C/C++, Formatting - Update for Visual Studio 2026
- Configure advanced Text Editor options
- Update for Visual Studio 2026
- Update UI reference articles
- Options dialog box: Projects and Solutions > Build and Run - Update for Visual Studio 2026
- Find and Replace, Environment, Options Dialog Box - Update for Visual Studio 2026
- Find in Files Command - Correct versioning in some UI ref articles
- Toolbox - Update UI reference articles
- Sign in or switch Visual Studio user accounts - Update images for Visual Studio 2026
- Framework targeting overview - Update images for Visual Studio 2026
- Customize language options in the Text Editor - Update UI reference articles
- Use GitHub Copilot for free in Visual Studio - Update images for Visual Studio 2026
- Tutorial: Create a Windows Forms app in Visual Studio with C# - Update images for Visual Studio 2026
Install
Updated articles
- Visual Studio out-of-support components - Update out-of-support components list
- Repair Visual Studio - Update images for Visual Studio 2026
- Modify Visual Studio workloads, components, and language packs - Update images for Visual Studio 2026
- Uninstall or remove Visual Studio - Update images for Visual Studio 2026
JavaScript
Updated articles
- Tutorial: Create an ASP.NET Core app with Angular in Visual Studio - Update images for Visual Studio 2026
- Tutorial: Create an ASP.NET Core app with React in Visual Studio - Update images for Visual Studio 2026
MSBuild
Updated articles
- Visual Studio integration (MSBuild) - Document support for
.msbuildprojextension - Configure targets and tasks - Add some docs to cover .NET TaskHost features and limitations
- UsingTask element (MSBuild) - Add some docs to cover .NET TaskHost features and limitations
Profiling
New articles
Test
Updated articles
- Configure unit tests by using a .runsettings file - Update images for Visual Studio 2026
- Generate and run unit tests using GitHub Copilot testing for .NET
- Clarify unit testing framework details for GitHub Copilot testing
- Update GitHub Copilot testing for .NET
- Customize code coverage analysis - Fix placement of IncludeTestAssembly in sample
.runsettingsfile
XAML tools
Updated articles
- XAML code editor - Update for Visual Studio 2026
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.
- AdmiralSnyder - Alexander Gayko
- DiscoPYF - Pierre FARE