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title: "What's new in Visual Studio docs"
description: Discover recent changes in the Visual Studio documentation, including updated articles about getting started, the IDE, and deployment.
ms.date: 09/04/2024
ms.date: 10/01/2024
helpviewer_keywords:
- "Visual Studio, what's new, docs"
- "what's new [Visual Studio]"
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Welcome to what's new in Visual Studio docs. The following sections provide details on the previous three months of new and updated content.

## September 2024

### Debugger

**Updated articles**

- [View and change variable values with DataTips in the code editor](../debugger/view-data-values-in-data-tips-in-the-code-editor.md) - Add details to CPU Insights article and debug with Copilot
- [Inspect an exception using the Exception Helper](../debugger/exception-helper.md) - Update Exception Helper article for debugging async exceptions

### Extensibility

**Updated articles**

- [Using VisualStudio.Extensibility SDK and VSSDK together](../extensibility/visualstudio.extensibility/get-started/in-proc-extensions.md) - Update outdated VisualStudio.Extensibility in-proc docs

### Get started

**Updated articles**

- [Tutorial: Open a project from a repo](../get-started/tutorial-open-project-from-repo.md) - Updated images and text
- [Tutorial: Extend C# console app and debug in Visual Studio (part 2 of 2)](../get-started/csharp/tutorial-console-part-2.md) - Update article for user feedback
- [Tutorial: Learn to use the code editor with Visual Basic](../get-started/visual-basic/tutorial-editor.md) - Review and update

### IDE

**Updated articles**

- [Options, Text Editor, C#, IntelliSense](../ide/reference/options-text-editor-csharp-intellisense.md) - Update for latest options in product
- [Use regular expressions in Visual Studio](../ide/using-regular-expressions-in-visual-studio.md) - Regular expressions examples and clarifications
- [AI assistance when you write code](../ide/visual-studio-whole-line-completions.md) - Intellicode Tools, Options UI updates
- [Manage project and solution properties](../ide/managing-project-and-solution-properties.md) - Add more info & screenshots on Solution properties context menu and dialog
- [Get better answers by setting the context for GitHub Copilot Chat in Visual Studio](../ide/copilot-chat-context.md) - Add more info on context used by chat
- [Bookmark code in Visual Studio](../ide/setting-bookmarks-in-code.md) - Fix issue on bookmark discoverability

### Install

**Updated articles**

- [Install Visual Studio](../install/install-visual-studio.md) - Add sign-in info to install doc

### Profiling

**Updated articles**

- [Case study: Isolate a performance issue (C#, Visual Basic, F#)](../profiling/isolate-performance-issue.md)
- Add Copilot instructions for profiling case study articles
- Revise profiling article on isolating a performance issue to use a case study format
- [Case Study: Beginner's guide to optimizing code and reducing compute costs (C#, Visual Basic, C++, F#)](../profiling/optimize-code-using-profiling-tools.md) - Add Copilot instructions for profiling case study articles
- [Analyze performance by using CPU profiling in the Performance Profiler (C#, Visual Basic, C++, F#)](../profiling/cpu-usage.md) - Incorporate review feedback for CPU Usage article

### Test

**Updated articles**

- [Microsoft.CodeCoverage.Console tool](../test/microsoft-code-coverage-console-tool.md) - Add usage details related to Microsoft.CodeCoverage.Console usage

## Community contributors

The following people contributed to the Visual Studio docs during this period. Thank you! Learn how to contribute by following the links under "Get involved" in the [what's new landing page](index.yml).

- [cmkaya](https://github.com/cmkaya) - Cem Kaya ![1 pull requests.](https://img.shields.io/badge/Merged%20Pull%20Requests-1-green)
- [Meir017](https://github.com/Meir017) - Meir Blachman ![1 pull requests.](https://img.shields.io/badge/Merged%20Pull%20Requests-1-green)
- [PhilKang0704](https://github.com/PhilKang0704) - Phil ![1 pull requests.](https://img.shields.io/badge/Merged%20Pull%20Requests-1-green)
- [Rageking8](https://github.com/Rageking8) - ![1 pull requests.](https://img.shields.io/badge/Merged%20Pull%20Requests-1-green)
- [sailro](https://github.com/sailro) - Sebastien Lebreton ![1 pull requests.](https://img.shields.io/badge/Merged%20Pull%20Requests-1-green)
- [Vincezhaoc](https://github.com/Vincezhaoc) - Vince Zhao ![1 pull requests.](https://img.shields.io/badge/Merged%20Pull%20Requests-1-green)
- [vritme](https://github.com/vritme) - ![1 pull requests.](https://img.shields.io/badge/Merged%20Pull%20Requests-1-green)

## August 2024

### Containers
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- [ErikEJ](https://github.com/ErikEJ) - Erik Ejlskov Jensen ![1 pull requests.](https://img.shields.io/badge/Merged%20Pull%20Requests-1-green)

## June 2024

### Azure

**Updated articles**

- [Publish a Cloud Services (classic) project to Cloud Services (extended support) by using Visual Studio](../azure/cloud-services-extended-support.md) - Review and update

### Deployment

**Updated articles**

- [Specify ClickOnce Publish properties](../deployment/how-to-specify-where-visual-studio-copies-the-files.md) - Update and refactor articles on ClickOnce deployment settings
- [Server and client configuration issues in ClickOnce deployments](../deployment/server-and-client-configuration-issues-in-clickonce-deployments.md) - Remove Internet Explorer references from ClickOnce
- [Overview of Publish](../deployment/publish-overview.md) - Review and update, add more about basic Publish operations
- [Get publish settings from Azure and import into Visual Studio](../deployment/tutorial-import-publish-settings-azure.md) - Review and update credentials information for Azure App Service publish

### Get started

**Updated articles**

- [Tutorial: Create your first Universal Windows Platform application in Visual Studio with XAML and C#](../get-started/csharp/tutorial-uwp.md) - Review and update
- [Tutorial: Create a math quiz WinForms app](../get-started/csharp/tutorial-windows-forms-math-quiz-create-project-add-controls.md) - Review and update
- [What is Visual Studio?](../get-started/visual-studio-ide.md) - Review and update

### IDE

**Updated articles**

- [Sign in or switch Visual Studio user accounts](../ide/signing-in-to-visual-studio.md) - Add steps to sign in from the IDE
- [Install GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio](../ide/visual-studio-github-copilot-install-and-states.md) - Add instructions on how to hide/remove GitHub Copilot
- [Manage application settings (.NET)](../ide/managing-application-settings-dotnet.md) - Review and update
- [Manage project and solution properties](../ide/managing-project-and-solution-properties.md) - Review and update
- [Outlining](../ide/outlining.md) - Review and update
- [Manage word wrap in the editor](../ide/reference/how-to-manage-word-wrap-in-the-editor.md) - Review and update
- [What is Sticky Scroll for Visual Studio?](../ide/editor-sticky-scroll.md) - Review and update

### Install

**Updated articles**

- [Visual Studio on Arm-powered devices](../install/visual-studio-on-arm-devices.md) - Workload updates for Arm64 in latest Visual Studio releases
- [Install Visual Studio versions side-by-side](../install/install-visual-studio-versions-side-by-side.md) - Review and update
- [Repair Visual Studio](../install/repair-visual-studio.md) - Review and update
- [Uninstall or remove Visual Studio](../install/uninstall-visual-studio.md) - Review and update
- [Install Visual Studio](../install/install-visual-studio.md) - Review and update

### MSBuild

**Updated articles**

- [Select the files to build](../msbuild/how-to-select-the-files-to-build.md) - Updates to apply to SDK builds
- [MSBuild command-line reference](../msbuild/msbuild-command-line-reference.md) - Improve readability of MSBuild tables

### Profiling

**New articles**

- [Isolate a performance issue (C#, Visual Basic, F#)](../profiling/isolate-performance-issue.md)

**Updated articles**

- [Beginner's guide to optimizing code and reducing compute costs (C#, Visual Basic, C++, F#)](../profiling/optimize-code-using-profiling-tools.md) - Add tutorial for starting a performance investigation using .NET Counters and Instrumentation
- [Instrument a native stand-alone component and collect timing data with the profiler from the command line](../profiling/instrument-native-component-and-collect-timing-data.md) - Update command-line instrumentation articles for VSIntsr usage

### Test

**Updated articles**

- [Unit test basics](../test/unit-test-basics.md) - Add Copilot info and links related to generating unit tests

### Community contributors

The following people contributed to the Visual Studio docs during this period. Thank you! Learn how to contribute by following the links under "Get involved" in the [what's new landing page](index.yml).

- [PhilKang0704](https://github.com/PhilKang0704) - Phil ![3 pull requests.](https://img.shields.io/badge/Merged%20Pull%20Requests-3-green)
- [Guiorgy](https://github.com/Guiorgy) - Guiorgy ![1 pull requests.](https://img.shields.io/badge/Merged%20Pull%20Requests-1-green)
- [hickford](https://github.com/hickford) - M Hickford ![1 pull requests.](https://img.shields.io/badge/Merged%20Pull%20Requests-1-green)
- [trivalik](https://github.com/trivalik) - Trivalik ![1 pull requests.](https://img.shields.io/badge/Merged%20Pull%20Requests-1-green)