We’re excited to announce the availability of Visual Studio 2022 v17.13 Preview 1 – the first preview of our next update to Visual Studio. This update focuses on providing fantastic developer experiences across the board, with a focus on stability & security, and AI & productivity. Download the preview and see the full list of […]
The C++ standard library template type std::optional<T> has one of two states. It could be empty (not contain anything), or it could contain a T. Suppose you start with an empty std::optional<T>. How do you put a T into it? One of my colleagues tried to do it in what seemed to be the most […]
Today we are releasing patches that impact our self-hosted product, Azure DevOps Server. We strongly encourage and recommend that all customers use the latest, most secure release of Azure DevOps Server. You can download the latest version of the product, Azure DevOps Server 2022.2 from the Azure DevOps Server download page. The following versions of […]
vcpkg is a free and open-source C/C++ package manager maintained by Microsoft and the C++ community that runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Over the years we have heard from companies using vcpkg to manage dependencies at enterprise-scale. For this blog post, I spoke to Shrey Chauhan, a Senior DevOps Engineer with Siemens Healthineers. Siemens […]
Calling all Azure Cosmos DB enthusiasts: Join us at Microsoft Ignite 2024 to learn all about how we’re empowering the next wave of AI innovation! Azure Cosmos DB will be featured in a robust lineup of sessions at Ignite. This premier event is perfect for enterprise architects, developers, and IT professionals eager to learn new […]
We are happy to announce that Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12 is now generally available! This post summarizes the new features you can find in this release for C++. You can download Visual Studio 2022 from the Visual Studio downloads page or upgrade your existing installation by following the Update Visual Studio Learn page. Standard Library and MSVC […]
Hello developers! Continuing our series on GitHub Copilot tips, here’s another valuable insight to enhance your coding experience: Debugging is an essential part of the development process, but it can often be time-consuming and frustrating. GitHub Copilot Chat transforms this experience by providing an interactive and intelligent debugging assistant right within your IDE. Here’s how […]
The Windows music creation community today is centered around Intel/AMD x64 (x86-64) because that is what most Windows PCs run for some time now. The introduction of Arm64 Copilot+ PCs has provided new opportunities with efficient and powerful devices with great battery life and NPUs. But because we continue to support both the AMD/Intel x86-64 […]
