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

Microsoft today launched the latest version of its Visual Studio tools for developers at an event in New York City. The new version includes a number of user interface improvements, smarter tools for ...

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Improved save experience - Before updating Visual Studio all pending changes will be saved locally first before starting the update. The update dialog, will show a Save All & Update button instead of ...

Are you into software development or you are going to be a developer very soon? Then you need to know about Microsoft Visual Studio Dev Essentials. Gone are the days when you had to pay a hefty amount ...

Microsoft made available for download a first community technology preview of the next release of Visual Studio, codenamed Visual Studio 14, on June 3. Visual Studio 14 will be available some time in ...

Visual Studio has always been a big product with a raft of features that grew with each release. Visual Studio 2015 extends that trend in ways I never expected to see from Microsoft. Cross-platform ...