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July 2015 - Visual Studio Blog

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Roaming Extension Manager: Control and Consistency down to the last Extension

July 31, 2015 Jul 31, 2015 07/31/15
BERJAYA Visual Studio Blog
[UPDATED 7/31] On 7/31 we released an update to the extension. This update includes notifications for extensions, and a change in the UI where the status icons (installed / roaming) are on the left. [Original Post] On July 28th, we released Roaming Extension Manager, an extension that will help you better manage your Visual Studio extensions...
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Visual Studio Customer Feedback Channels

July 30, 2015 Jul 30, 2015 07/30/15
BERJAYA Visual Studio Blog
We’ve shipped Visual Studio 2015 RTM and you have all been a key part of this with your feedback and great ideas, Thank you! But wait, that doesn’t mean your job is over :). We still need to hear from you about what is good, bad, or ugly in VS 2015 so we can know what to do more of, what to fix, and what to avoid. We look at EVERY ...
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Targeting Windows 10 with your Apache Cordova app

July 29, 2015 Jul 29, 2015 07/29/15
BERJAYA Visual Studio Blog
This April, in concert with Windows 10 Technical Preview 2, we debuted support for the Windows 10 platform for Apache Cordova. Now, with the availability of Windows 10, full Windows 10 support is part of the Windows Apache Cordova platform and native to Visual Studio 2015.  Apache Cordova allows you to write apps targeting iOS, Android, ...
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Visual Studio Tools for Unity 2.0

July 27, 2015 Jul 27, 2015 07/27/15
BERJAYA Visual Studio Blog
Last week we announced the release of the Visual Studio Tools for Unity 2.0. VSTU is Microsoft’s free Visual Studio add-on that enables a rich programming and debugging experience for working with the Unity gaming tools and platform. For VSTU 2.0, the team put a strong focus on improving and optimizing the debugging experience. Since we...
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The Visual Studio Partner Ecosystem

July 24, 2015 Jul 24, 2015 07/24/15
BERJAYA Visual Studio Blog
One of the unique values Visual Studio provides is that over and above the built-in features we have a multitude of extensions to address various niche development scenarios. These extensions are provided by our strong partner ecosystem. The Visual Studio Partner Ecosystem is the strongest it has ever been in the history of Visual Studio. This...
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Visual Studio 2015 Diagnostics Investments

July 23, 2015 Jul 23, 2015 07/23/15
BERJAYA Daniel Moth
When we wrapped up the last release of Visual Studio, I wrote a blog post titled: Visual Studio 2013 Diagnostics Investments, which gathered all the links to our blog posts and other content into a single place. It seems fitting to do the same now that VS2015 has RTM’d, and the same intro I wrote last time applies, so I won’t ...
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Identity Management Features in Visual Studio 2015

July 22, 2015 Jul 22, 2015 07/22/15
BERJAYA Visual Studio Blog
In Visual Studio 2015 we have made radical changes to sign in experiences and connecting to your online resources. You can now chose to use a single account across many developer services, or use multiple accounts across Visual Studio. All of this is possible because of the new Visual Studio Account Manager. The account manager makes every ...
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Visual Studio 2015 RTM: What’s New in the IDE

July 21, 2015 Jul 21, 2015 07/21/15
BERJAYA Visual Studio Blog
Visual Studio 2015 was released yesterday. Throughout the prereleases, you've seen some major announcements, from the new VS 2015 product lineup introducing Visual Studio Enterprise and Visual Studio Code, to the release of a free Visual Studio Community Edition with support for VS extensions. We've listened to your feedback on these products ...
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Visual Studio 2015 and Visual Studio 2013 Update 5 Released

July 20, 2015 Jul 20, 2015 07/20/15
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[UPDATED 8/7] The final release of TFS 2015 is now available. Brian Harry's post highlights some key capabilities like Agile Project Management, Continuous Delivery, Git improvements, and Extensibility. He also has links for download and release notes.  [UPDATED 7/29] Windows 10, Tools for Windows 10, and Windows 10 support in ...
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Microsoft Band and Health developer platform

July 15, 2015 Jul 15, 2015 07/15/15
BERJAYA Visual Studio Blog
New to Microsoft Band and Health? Let’s start with a short summary. Microsoft Band is Microsoft’s first wearable device that helps you live healthier and be more productive. Powered by Microsoft Health Service and supported by Microsoft Health apps on all mobile platforms, it is a complete solution for fitness and connectivity. At...