C++ Core Guidelines Checkers are now in a single NuGet package
It has been an exciting year since we announced the C++ Core Guidelines and checkers at CppCon 2015. We’ve shipped multiple releases of our CppCoreCheck analysis tools through NuGet. The Clang...
View ArticleMSBuild Structured Log: record and visualize your builds
MSBuild has been open source for a while (over a year now!) and is used to build .NET and .NET Core projects. In fact, MSBuild is used to build the .NET Core Runtime itself.Recently Kirill Osenkov...
View ArticleVisual Studio Team Services is in Brazil!
We set a goal two years ago to make Visual Studio Team Services a truly global service. This goal has been driven by our commitment to provide the best performance and data sovereignty to our all of...
View ArticledotnetConf is back! Free live streaming developer event – June 7th-9th 2016
.NET plays an important role in the lives of many Visual Studio developers, I for one have worked on many ASP.NET, WPF Desktop and other back-end .NET services over the years in my career and therefore...
View ArticleWindows Bridge for iOS: Project updates, new features, and new samples
This week, the Windows Bridge for iOS is gaining a number of new features—including improved support for several widely-used iOS layout APIs—and integrating with the official CoreFoundation framework....
View ArticleVisual Studio Team Services is available in Brazil
Today we launched our Team Services instance in our Azure data center located in Brazil. This adds to instances in the US, Europe, Australia and India.When you create a new account from...
View ArticleStandards version switches in the compiler
This blog post written by Gabriel Dos Reis, Ulzii Luvsanbat, and Andrew Pardoe.In Visual C++ 2015 Update 3 we are introducing tools to help you control the version of the ISO C++ programming language...
View ArticleExpression SFINAE improvements in VS 2015 Update 3
This post written by Xiang Fan and Andrew PardoeLast December we blogged about partial Expression SFINAE support in VS 2015 Update 1. Some of the things we heard from you after that post are that you...
View ArticleCompiler improvements in VS 2015 Update 3 RC
The C++ compiler team is excited for you to try out the compiler in Visual Studio 2015 Update 3. We’ve made significant progress towards C++ standards conformance between the first release of Visual...
View ArticleTeam Services Update – June 1
I’m a bit late this sprint – was a busy week last week.Last week we finished deploying our sprint 100 work. Yes, sprint 100. That means we’ve been doing a Scrum (or Scrum like) development process...
View ArticleVisual C++ for Linux Updates
We’re happy to provide an update on the VC++ for Linux extension which has a new release today. Go get it now (and come back). We’ve had a few drops since our initial release to make general...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2015 Update 3 RC
Today we are sharing Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 RC. This release candidate primarily focuses on stability, performance, and bug fixes, but we also have some feature updates. I’ll share highlights in...
View ArticleThe week in .NET – 06/07/2016
To read last week’s post, see The week in .NET – 5/31/2016.DotNetConf 7-9 JuneAre you ready to rediscover .NET? Well, dotnetConf is back!Immerse yourself in the world of .NET and join our live stream...
View ArticleTeam Foundation Server 2015 Update 3 RC is available
Today we released the release candidate for TFS 2015 Update 3. Update 3 is a modest release with only a few features and bug fixes for top reported issues.TFS web install:...
View ArticleJava Tools Challenge results
As I mentioned in a previous blog post, we are committed to making VS Team Services a great solution for all developers – for any application on any platform. 3 months ago we kicked off the Java Tools...
View ArticleBackground activity with the Single Process Model
Interested in running your application in the background? A new developer option available in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update just made background activity a whole lot easier. Your feedback was clear...
View ArticleVisual Studio TACO Update 10
[We are proud to present Update 10 of the Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova (TACO). You can look forward to installing it with Update 3 of Visual Studio 2015, or download and install it directly...
View ArticleHosted Build Pool Images Updates
Today we are rolling out a new image to the hosted build pool with the following updates:.NET Core RC2 ToolingService Fabric runtime, SDK, and tools for Visual Studio 2015For a full list of software...
View ArticleVisual Studio Team Services Community Updates
I’m excited to see the recent surge in community activities around Team Services. Many meetups are taking place around the world in June/July where you can go and talk to Team Services users and fans...
View ArticleUrbanCode Deploy build extension for Team Services
We are pleased to announce the new Integrate with IBM UrbanCode Deploy extension available from the Visual Studio Marketplace for Team Services / Team Foundation Server (TFS).This extension allows you...
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