Download Visual Studio 2022 17.6.0

Microsoft has released version 17.6.0 of Visual Studio 2022, a version with extended support. This popular programming development environment, available for Windows and macOS, has useful options to make programming in Visual C++, Visual Basic, C#, F# and Python easier. The new version is fully 64bit and has a new simplified user interface. More information about version 17.6 is available this page from Microsoft. This is the announcement of this release:

Visual Studio 2022 – 17.6 Now Available

In the sprint to the Build 2023 conference, we’re thrilled to announce the general availability of Visual Studio version 17.6. This latest release delivers a range of powerful tools and features designed to empower you in crafting cutting-edge applications and experiences. The user-friendly environment, along with essential features like code completion, debugging, refactoring, and version control, caters to both experienced and novice developers striving to achieve their software development objectives, solidifying its position as the go-to IDE for millions of developers worldwide.

We’ve committed to you to enhance Visual Studio across a set of familiar themes that are enduring throughout each of our Visual Studio releases. Visual Studio 2022 version 17.6 represents the culmination to date for these big rocks:

• Level Up Your Productivity
  • Performance Improvements
  • Editor Enhancements
  • Debugging & Diagnostics Capabilities
  • Git Collaboration Tools
• Build Modern .NET Apps
• Streamline Game Development
• Bring Your C++ Cross-platform Codebases
• Enterprise Management

You’ve also given us feedback and we listened. Many new features come straight from your feedback and suggestionswith this release completing 22 suggestions. Here are some of your most up-voted suggestions:

• Arm64 support for .NET MAUI
• .natstepfilter and .natjmc to be included as part of a project (vcxproj)
• “Sync with active document” now works in CMake Target View
• Creation of breakpoint groups