If you weren't able to attend the CppCon Visual Studio talk this year, you can watch it on YouTube now. Check it out, along with our companion blog post for the talk to see what's new:
VS Code CMake Tools 1.24 lets you run and debug CTest tests directly from your source. It also preserves local cache edits without changing shared presets and can update CMakeLists.txt when source files change. Learn more:
Visual Studio 2026 versions 18.7-18.10 bring 272 C++ bug fixes, GA GitHub Copilot modernization for MSVC upgrades, faster navigation with Whole Codebase Indexing, built-in Git worktree and submodule support, and more:
Microsoft is at CppCon 2026 this week. Join sessions on AI-assisted C++ development, Visual Studio, VS Code, compiler optimization, safety, and more. Stop by our booth and take our survey! Or check out the talks on YouTube after.
The September MSVC Build Tools Preview, targeting v14.52, brings better diagnostics, C++ Modules fixes, ARM64 and x64 codegen improvements, optimizer updates, linker hardening, and more. Learn more:
