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🎉 Visual Studio turns 29 today! From VB in ’97 to AI‑powered coding in 2026, it’s been nearly three decades of shipping apps, debugging at 2 AM, and discovering one more extension that changes everything. Here’s to 29 years of: • IntelliSense magic • Build‑break heartbreak • Refactors that save the day • Extensions we can’t live without • An IDE that keeps evolving with us Happy birthday, Visual Studio — still the place where great code begins. 💜

Optimize performance of your .NET application using your existing unit tests, the built-in profiler, and Copilot to tie it all together into a single click of a button. This is now available in Visual Studio 2026 Insiders. Watch as Mads lays out the case: buff.ly/2ne4AYm #dotNET #VisualStudio

Are you a C++ Dev? C++/WinRT didn’t break the build — an ancient operator<<(__int64&) did. Compiler upgrade revived it → ambiguous <<. Solution: remove the fossil. Here's a tiny but perfect lesson in overload resolution + brittle macros: buff.ly/AnWxHE3

Visual Studio subscribers 👀 Something new is almost here. Additional tools are about to join Visual Studio subscriptions to help you build and deliver. Keep an eye out. Explore your benefits: aka.ms/myvs

GitHub Copilot Dev Days is here. Hands‑on workshops. Real workflows. Live demos. Training across Copilot CLI, Cloud Agent, VS Code, Visual Studio, and more — led by GitHub Stars, MVPs, and community experts. Find an event or host one → buff.ly/H2clvCN

Hot Reload in Visual Studio 2026 is way tighter. Fewer rude edits. Faster updates. Better Razor + XAML support. And yes — it even works without the debugger attached. Plus: custom Hot Reload handlers let you reset state, clear caches, or reload data automatically so you stay in the flow. Watch the episode → youtube.com/watch?v=t-zgTM…

At VSLive! in Las Vegas? Stop by the Visual Studio Subscriptions booth and grab the exclusive event pin. Wear it during the event for a chance at swag. Make it part of your attire and you might be one of the lucky ones.

Your database called — it wants to be an API. The “Using the Data API Builder in Visual Studio” demo shows how DAB spins up REST + GraphQL endpoints from your schema with almost no code. 🔧 Point → configure → run 🔐 Built‑in auth ⚡ GraphQL out of the box 🧩 VS tooling that does the heavy lifting Give it a look: buff.ly/qJyfumf

VSLive! in Las Vegas kicks off this week. Attending? Add the Visual Studio Subscriptions booth to your expo hall list. We will be there to talk subscription benefits and answer your questions. Swag included.

MSVC Build Tools v14.51 is packed with real compiler wins. New SSA loop optimizer ✔️ Smarter SLP vectorizer (oversized + undersized vectors, better permutes) ✔️ Major SROA upgrades ✔️ Faster AVX codegen, better memset/memcpy expansion, improved branch‑elim + loop unswitching ✔️ SPECspeed (est.) up to 6.5% faster, CitySample render thread down 0.23ms on Xbox. ...a serious performance release. Details: buff.ly/MQbi44P

Building APIs for your SQL DB is easier now... On Visual Studio Toolbox, Erik Jensen demos how SQL Database Project Power Tools + Data API Builder auto‑scaffold REST + GraphQL endpoints straight from your schema — no hand‑rolled JSON, no tedious commands. Import DB → generate config → dab start → instant API + swagger + MCP server support. Super slick for local dev and Azure deployment. Watch the full episode here: buff.ly/qJyfumf

Fresh off the press 📰 and right to your inbox 📩 The Visual Studio Subscriptions Newsletter just dropped. Subscribers, check your inbox for developer news, updates, and resources to power your next build. Not receiving it? Opt in: aka.ms/VSSOptIn

LIVE NOW! Visual Studio Toolbox Live: Visual Studio 2026 March Release Party Join us: youtube.com/watch?v=U1gsUc…

Now Shipping: Microsoft Build Two days of real code, real systems, and real workflows for developers building and scaling AI. June 2–3, 2026 / San Francisco Registration is now open: msft.it/6016QemVa

📣 JOIN US TODAY 📣 See you at 11AM as members of the Visual Studio team share what's new in the Visual Studio 2026 March Release. Livestream ➡️ buff.ly/SIXmaCY

‼️ HAPPENING TOMORROW ‼️ March 12, 11AM PT... Join members of the Visual Studio team to talk about what's new in the Visual Studio 2026 March Release. Set notification: buff.ly/SIXmaCY

MCP fixes the long‑standing challenges of linking large language models with external data and tools by standardizing the connection. In this #MSIgnite session replay, we’ll demystify MCP, its purpose and architecture, and show how it enables precise tuning of models, contextual reuse, and safe delegation. 🎥 buff.ly/2bNQVca

Hey Devs, Three more 2026 chances: July 27 - 31 Redmond at Microsoft HQ September 14 - 18 San Diego November 15 - 20 Live! 360 Orlando Subscribers register at aka.ms/myvs Not a subscriber? aka.ms/vss-vslive

Visual Studio + GitHub Copilot = coding that feels fast, friendly, and wildly efficient. Smarter refactors, cleaner debugging, and AI that keeps pace with your brain. Read the GitHub Copilot Dev Days blog: 🔗 buff.ly/61L7gEd

Visual Studio Dev Essentials is the “why didn’t I do this earlier?” toolkit. Free VS Community + VS Code, Azure credits, Azure DevOps pipelines, SQL Server Dev Edition, Power BI, and real training (Pluralsight!). A legit, practical stack for building across Windows, macOS, Linux, web, mobile, and cloud — no paywall. 🔗 Blog: is.gd/OSH4EP