Microsoft has eased some licensing requirements for Visual Studio Build Tools (VSBT), which comprises a standalone MSVC compiler, libraries and scripts for C++.

For .NET, Visual Studio 2022 17.5 now supports publishing to Azure Container Apps via Right-click > Publish for ASP.NET projects.

Visual Studio 2022 17.12, the latest version of Microsoft’s signature integrated development environment (IDE), is now generally available, with improvements ranging from productivity ...

Additionally, project templates now use Vite instead of create-react-app and vue cli for faster builds and server start. In general, Visual Studio 2022 17.7 got positive feedback from the community.

Microsoft has revealed that thanks to a partnership with Epic Games, it has made the readiness of IntelliSense and semantic code colorization in Unreal Engine projects faster by an order of 18x.

15 Visual Studio Project Templates To Jump Start Your Code Next time you're starting a new development project, skip the tedious configuration and setup with these handy templates.

Chairman Bill Gates is expected to detail improvements planned for its Visual C++ tool to be included in a new release of the company’s Visual Studio.Net tools bundle.