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August 2024 - Visual Studio Blog

 Copilot Content Exclusion Now Available in Visual Studio 2022 17.11

August 15, 2024 Aug 15, 2024 08/15/24
Rhea Patel
We are excited to announce that Copilot Content Exclusion is now available in Visual Studio 2022 17.11. This feature allows your admins to configure Copilot to ignore certain files in a repository or organization, giving you enterprise control that ensures sensitive information is protected while seamlessly integrating trusted AI for efficient...

First preview of Visual Studio 2022 v17.12 with .NET 9

August 14, 2024 Aug 14, 2024 08/14/24
Mads Kristensen
We’re excited to announce the availability of Visual Studio 2022 v17.12 Preview 1 – the first preview of our next update to Visual Studio. This update focuses on providing fantastic developer experiences for working with .NET 9 projects and new AI productivity features, along with continues improvements all-around. Download the preview and...

Visual Studio 2022 v17.11 – Your feedback in action

August 13, 2024 Aug 13, 2024 08/13/24
Mads Kristensen
We are thrilled to announce the General Availability (GA) of Visual Studio 2022 version 17.11. This release is a testament to our commitment to listening to you, our developer community. Every enhancement, every fix, and every new feature in this release has been shaped by your feedback. Whether you're building web, desktop, cloud, or gaming ...

My Summer Experience as a SWE Intern at Microsoft

August 9, 2024 Aug 9, 2024 08/9/24
Serena Akpoyibo
Hi everyone! I’m Serena, a rising 4th year at Rochester Institute of Technology with a major in Computer Science and a minor in Psychology. This summer I was a returning intern at Microsoft as a software engineering intern with the JavaScript and TypeScript Tooling team. In this blog post, I will be covering what it was like to work on ...

Introducing the revamped Attach to Process experience

August 6, 2024 Aug 6, 2024 08/6/24
Carlos Guerra Vazquez
One of the most powerful and frequently used features of Visual Studio is the Attach to Process dialog, which enables you to debug processes running on your machine or on a remote machine. For anything you could develop using Visual Studio, the Attach to Process dialog allows you to quickly attach the debugger to the processes you want to ...