Visual Studio Professional 2026 is a 64-bit integrated development environment (IDE) built to dive into big, complex projects.

Microsoft Corp. is rolling out a suite of new tools and services at its Build conference this week that are designed to accelerate the development and deployment of the autonomous assistants called ...

AI agents will become part of the enterprise application layer. Microsoft’s new Agent 365 platform signals a shift from AI as a chat assistant to AI as an operational actor capable of calling services ...

Microsoft announced Thursday that it is unveiling several artificial intelligence enhancements in Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare innovations, including new healthcare AI models in Azure AI Studio, new ...

Microsoft Corp. is trying to make life easier for generative artificial intelligence developers, with a host of updates to its developer tooling today. One of the most welcome updates for generative ...

Xbox development is now so much faster that it is becoming difficult for developers to justify skipping the platform. With new tools that help studios scale their games across multiple platforms, Xbox ...

Microsoft released new open-source quantum development tools, expanding the Quantum Development Kit. VS Code and GitHub Copilot now play a more central role in ...

A new Microsoft 365 roadmap entry reveals a built-in Copilot screenshot tool for Excel, Word, Teams, and PowerPoint.

Microsoft on Monday posted the second CTP (Community Technology Preview) of its Acrylic design tool, adding support for XAML (Extensible Application Markup Language) to benefit users of the planned ...

At GDC 2026, Microsoft announced updates to Windows 11 designed to help PC game developers create, optimize, and deliver faster, smoother, and more responsive experiences. The company highlighted ...

Microsoft Corp. last week released what it described as “go live” beta versions of development tools for building Web services and workflow-enabled applications under the company’s upcoming WinFX ...

Blinq enables developers to quickly build an ASP.Net 2.0-based site with data from a SQL Server database Microsoft is evaluating whether to include a new tool for building ASP.Net 2.0-based Web sites ...