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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.
August 2026
Extensibility
Updated articles
- VSIX Color Editor - Clarify theme-color editing entry points, override precedence, and extension testing with customized tokens.
- Visual Studio Theme Color Tokens - Clarify live token customization, per-theme overrides, customizable surfaces, and shared override-file naming.
IDE
Updated articles
- Use code snippets in Visual Studio - Restructure guidance for finding, inserting, customizing, troubleshooting, and safely reviewing code snippets.
- Manage chat context in GitHub Copilot Chat - Clarify where context-window usage indicators appear across Visual Studio versions and chat surfaces.
- Customize chat responses - Add organization-level custom-instruction behavior, review, and opt-out guidance.
- Use custom agents in GitHub Copilot - Add organization-level custom-agent discovery, inspection, availability, and configuration guidance.
- GitHub Copilot usage and models - Explain AI Credit calculation, plan limits, usage alerts, and the distinction between plan and context-window usage.
MSBuild
Updated articles
- Change waves - Document MSBuild 18.9/18.10 change waves and how to restart persistent build processes after changing feature-wave settings.
- Common MSBuild Project Properties - Add the
DeterministicTimestampproperty and clarify deterministic-build behavior. - MSBuild Server - Explain .NET 11 default enablement, node reuse, disabling, fallback conditions, and diagnostics for MSBuild Server.
Test
New articles
- Microsoft.CodeCoverage.Console telemetry - Describe code-coverage telemetry, collected data, first-run disclosure, and opt-out settings.
Community contributors
Learn how to contribute by following the links under "Get involved" in the what's new landing page.
July 2026
Debugger
New articles
- Debug with Copilot Prompts - Add prompt techniques for reproducing, diagnosing, instrumenting, and verifying bugs with Debugger Agent
IDE
Updated articles
- Show and hide symbol nodes beneath files in Solution Explorer
- Configure IntelliSense Options for C and C++ - Add EditorConfig controls for C++ include completion and refresh IntelliSense guidance
- Improve custom-agent tool-group reset guidance, workarounds, diagnostics, and contextual links
- Developer Community data privacy - Disclose that MIEngine logs might be collected with a Visual Studio problem report
- Use Agent Skills with GitHub Copilot - Add Insiders-only skill creation, workspace and personal scopes, and specification-based generation
- Copilot Next Edit Suggestions - Clarify settings paths, nearby and extended-range suggestions, and display controls
MSBuild
Updated articles
- Obtaining Build Logs with MSBuild - Explain binary-log contents and potential performance overhead
Testing
Updated articles
- Configure unit tests with a .runsettings file - Add command-line run-setting overrides
- VSTest.Console.exe command-line options - Modernize options, diagnostics, exit codes, filtering, and environment guidance
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.
June 2026
Debugger
Updated articles
- Supported Code Changes (C# and Visual Basic) - Clarify Hot Reload support
IDE
Updated articles
- Keyboard shortcuts - Add Git Blame and search updates
- Visual Studio search - Enhance search documentation
- Use MCP Servers - Clarify MCP server chat setup steps
Install
Updated articles
- Applying administrator updates - Clarify .vsconfig install guidance
- Installing Visual Studio - Clarify settings sharing in side-by-side installations
JavaScript
Updated articles
- Develop JavaScript code without solutions or projects - Update project opening guidance.
- Unit testing JavaScript and TypeScript - Updates for TypeScript 7 SDK
MSBuild
Updated articles
- General MSBuild project properties - Clarify MSB3821 messaging
Testing
Updated articles
- Add color emoji documentation support
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.
- JohanSmarius - JohanSmarius
May 2026
Code quality
Updated articles
- Install External Analyzers - Review and update screenshots
Containers
Updated articles
- Review and update links and text quality
- Deploy ASP.NET container app to Container Registry - Review and update screenshots
Data tools
Updated articles
- Add, update, or remove WCF data service reference - Review and update screenshots
Debugger
Updated articles
- Add source checksum algorithm details
- Fix DIA SDK links and references
- Tips and Tricks in the Debugger - Review and update screenshots
- Configure Hot Reload - Clarify configuration guidance
- Debug ASP.NET Core in the Visual Studio Debugger - Review and update
- Review and update
- Review and update
Extensibility
New articles
Updated articles
- Set moniker range for UX color guidance
- Create Your First Extension Reference - Review and update screenshots
Get started
Updated articles
- Tutorial: Create a simple C# console app - Fix input validation pattern
- Tutorial: Add Icons to the Matching Game - Review and update screenshots
IDE
New articles
Updated articles
- Add and refine Copilot plan agent and cloud workflow guidance
- Add Chat History panel and Git context updates
- Update Copilot billing and plan information
- Add Razor Quick Actions references
- Add system theme automatic change feature
- Use IntelliSense for quick information & completion - Clarify IntelliSense and Copilot priority
- Copilot Completions - Clarify IntelliSense and Copilot priority
- Update Team Explorer work items deprecation notes
- Review and update screenshots and make other updates
- Explore advanced features for developers
- Customize and Save Layouts of Windows and Tabs
- Identify and customize keyboard shortcuts
- Manage application settings (.NET Framework)
- Use MCP Servers
- Multifactor authentication with Visual Studio sign-ins
- Explore code editor features
- GitHub Copilot Edits in Visual Studio
Install
Updated articles
- Using Visual Studio on an Azure Virtual Machine - Refresh links
JavaScript
Updated articles
- Review and update screenshots and freshness
- Unit testing JavaScript and TypeScript - Clarify limitations and remove outdated links
Modeling
Updated articles
- Use the Modeling SDK for Visual Studio - Review and update
MSBuild
Updated articles
- Change waves - Sync with current MSBuild change waves
- Update an MSBuild custom task for multithreaded builds - Improve thread safety and experimental-status guidance
Profiling
Updated articles
- Review and update screenshots
Python
Updated articles
- Apply moniker profiling updates for Visual Studio 2022 content
Test
Updated articles
- Review and update
Version control
Updated articles
- Add and refine multiline diff support and review flows
- Manage Git repos in Visual Studio - Add commit-to-chat context guidance
XML tools
Updated articles
- Work with the XML Schema Explorer - Review and update screenshots
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.