Наталя Хандусенко Hot News 12 November 2025, 14:43

Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2026 and .NET 10 to the general public

After several months of testing, Microsoft announced the general availability of Visual Studio 2026. The company also launched .NET 10.

Visual Studio 2026

The Visual Studio update includes over 300 new feature requests and 5,000 bug fixes, writes Neowin.

The updated version also offers a redesigned interface based on Fluent UI with 11 new color themes, significant performance improvements, and a number of artificial intelligence features, including full integration of GitHub Copilot into the IDE.

Microsoft claims that the new version of Visual Studio reduces UI hangs by over 50%. Project loading times have also been significantly reduced compared to the previous version. As a result, the development environment will run much faster, smoother, and more responsive.

Since there are no major platform changes, over 4,000 extensions compatible with Visual Studio 2022 will continue to work in the new 2026 version. Previously, one of the biggest issues with Visual Studio updates was the automatic update of build tools, which disrupted developers’ workflows. Now, in Visual Studio 2026, the IDE is separated from the build tools, allowing developers to receive monthly updates with new features without disrupting their toolset.

.NET 10

Microsoft also announced the release of .NET 10, an LTS version that will be supported for three years, until November 2028.

Because this release contains very significant performance improvements (in runtime, workloads, and languages) as well as new features, Microsoft recommends that developers upgrade their production applications to .NET 10.

Developers can also use GitHub Copilot to get help upgrading their existing .NET applications to .NET 10.