The tools provide MSVC toolsets via a scriptable, standalone installer without Visual Studio, the VSBT site says, noting that the offering is recommended for developers who build C++ libraries and ...

If you are a Windows Phone app developer, you can check out the features of a more recent version of Windows 10 for phone via the emulator included in the latest Visual Studio tools release. The ...

Microsoft launches Visual Studio 2019 for Windows and Mac with AI code completion (Visual Studio IntelliCode) and collaboration (Visual Studio Live Share).

Microsoft has previously offered two different build tools for those needing to compile code without installing Visual Studio. The new Visual Studio Build Tools package combines these into a ...

Visual Studio 2022 17.5 Preview 3, released January 18th, brings the new build acceleration opt-in feature to Visual Studio. Build times are improved for all SDK-style projects. Larger projects in par ...

Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2019 Preview 1 for Windows and Mac, .NET Core 2.2, and .NET Core 3.0 Preview 1 at Microsoft Connect(); 2018.