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The latest Visual Studio coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Visual Studio 17.14 Turns Copilot Into a Teammate with Memory & Claude 4.5
Microsoft's latest Visual Studio 17.14 update represents a significant evolution in AI-assisted development, transforming GitHub Copilot from a context-aware coding assistant into a more autonomous...
Visual Studio 2022 Planning Mode: AI-Powered Multi-Step Development Plans
Microsoft is revolutionizing how developers interact with AI in Visual Studio 2022 with the introduction of Planning Mode, a groundbreaking Copilot-powered workflow that creates and executes...
CVE-2025-55240: Visual Studio Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Analysis and Patch Guide
Microsoft has disclosed a significant elevation of privilege vulnerability in Visual Studio tracked as CVE-2025-55240, a high-severity security flaw that enables authenticated local users to escalate...
CVE-2025-55248: Critical .NET and Visual Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability Patched
Microsoft has addressed a significant information disclosure vulnerability affecting .NET, .NET Framework, and Visual Studio in their October 2025 security updates. Tracked as CVE-2025-55248, this...
Microsoft's $20B AI Deal and Windows 11 25H2 ISO Headline a Landmark Week
Microsoft has locked in a multi-year deal worth up to $19.4 billion with GPU cloud provider Nebius, marking one of the largest third-party AI infrastructure pacts in the company's history. The...
Visual Studio 2026 Preview Lands with Agent Mode, BYOM, and Fluent Design
Microsoft has released the first public preview of Visual Studio 2026 through a new Insiders channel, delivering the IDE’s most substantial AI overhaul yet with autonomous coding agents,...
Microsoft Ships SSMS 22 Preview 1 with Unified Settings, Theming, and AI-Driven IntelliSense
Microsoft dropped a long-awaited update to its flagship database management tool this week, unveiling SSMS 22 Preview 1 with a raft of user interface enhancements and deep hooks into the upcoming SQL...
Visual Studio 2026 Debuts Agentic Copilot Superpowers—and New Attack Vectors
Microsoft fired its boldest shot yet in the AI-first IDE war, launching Visual Studio 2026 (version 18.0) through a new Insiders Channel that replaces the long-standing Preview program. The release...
Visual Studio 2026 Insiders Weaves GitHub Copilot Into Every Corner of the IDE
Microsoft has unleashed the first Insiders build of Visual Studio 2026, abandoning the long-standing Preview Channel in favor of a monthly Insiders cadence that tightens the feedback loop between...
JetBrains ReSharper 2025.2 Trades Features for Performance: Out-of-Process Mode Cuts Visual Studio Freezes by 61%
ReSharper 2025.2, now in public preview, ships with a long-awaited architectural overhaul that moves the bulk of its code analysis, indexing, and computation into a dedicated 64-bit worker process,...
Microsoft Confirms: TLS 1.3 Will Keep Breaking IIS Express mTLS on Windows 11, No Permanent Fix Planned
Developers relying on IIS Express for local testing with client certificates (mTLS) will continue to face breakage as long as TLS 1.3 remains enabled on Windows 11, Microsoft has confirmed, with no...
Microsoft Opens Xbox App on PC to Steam and Other Stores in Major Platform Shift
The Xbox app on PC is no longer a walled garden. Microsoft has begun integrating Steam and other third-party storefronts directly into the Xbox app, transforming it from a closed Game Pass launcher...