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title: "What's new in Visual Studio docs"
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description: Discover recent changes in the Visual Studio documentation, including updated articles about getting started, the IDE, and deployment.
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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.
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## December 2024
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### Azure
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**Updated articles**
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- [Sign in with an Azure subscription](../azure/how-to-sign-in-with-azure-subscription.md)
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- Add information on chained credentials
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- Add note about personal vs. work accounts
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### Code quality
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- [Code metrics - Cyclomatic complexity](../code-quality/code-metrics-cyclomatic-complexity.md) - Update productivity guides
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- [Visual Studio Code analysis documentation (Windows)](../code-quality/index.yml) - Update productivity guides
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### Containers
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- [Docker Compose build properties](../containers/docker-compose-properties.md)
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- Add property and change table
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- Add DependencyAwareStart property
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- [Tutorial: Create a multi-container app with Docker Compose](../containers/tutorial-multicontainer.md) - Add 17.13 DependencyAwareStart scenario
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- [Deploy an ASP.NET Core container to Azure App Service using Visual Studio](../containers/deploy-app-service.md) - Add links for Azure Container Apps
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- [Docker container development tools documentation](../containers/index.yml) - Add links for Azure Container Apps
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- [Visual Studio Container Tools for Docker](../containers/overview.md) - Add links for Azure Container Apps
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- [Launch a subset of Compose services](../containers/launch-profiles.md) - Review and update
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- [Quickstart: Docker in Visual Studio](../containers/container-tools.md) - Review and update Container Tools overview
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### Data tools
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- [Connect to an Access database in .NET Framework applications](../data-tools/connect-to-data-in-an-access-database-windows-forms.md) - Remove outdated codegen listing in Access database article
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- [LINQ to SQL tools in Visual Studio](../data-tools/linq-to-sql-tools-in-visual-studio2.md) - Review and update LINQ to SQL article
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- [Entity Framework Tools in Visual Studio](../data-tools/entity-data-model-tools-in-visual-studio.md) - Review and update Entity Framework article
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- [Work with data in Visual Studio](../data-tools/accessing-data-in-visual-studio.md) - Review and update Accessing Data in VS
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### Debugger
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- [Adapt to removal of Windows Arm32 .NET debugging](../debugger/adapt-to-removal-of-windows-arm32-dotnet-debugging.md)
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- [Remote Debugging a C# or Visual Basic project in Visual Studio](../debugger/remote-debugging-csharp.md) - Update article on remote debugging C#
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- [Debug your app with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio](../debugger/debug-with-copilot.md)
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- Updates for Copilot Free
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- [Disable the Just-In-Time Debugger](../debugger/just-in-time-debugging-in-visual-studio.md) - Add links and more info for disabling ASP.NET applications
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- [Tutorial: Debug C++ code with Visual Studio](../debugger/getting-started-with-the-debugger-cpp.md) - Review and update
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- [View threads in the Visual Studio debugger (C#, Visual Basic, C++)](../debugger/walkthrough-debugging-a-multithreaded-application.md) - Review and update
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- [Use the right type of breakpoint](../debugger/using-breakpoints.md) - Add language pivots to breakpoints article
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- [Write and debug running code with Hot Reload in Visual Studio (C#, Visual Basic, C++)](../debugger/hot-reload.md) - Update unit testing JSTS (JavaScript and TypeScript) article for Vitest
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- [Debug for absolute beginners](../debugger/debugging-absolute-beginners.md) - Update beginner's guide for Hot Reload changes
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- [Remote Debugging a C++ Project in Visual Studio](../debugger/remote-debugging-cpp.md) - Update article on remote debugging C++
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- [Get started with breakpoints in the Visual Studio debugger](../debugger/get-started-with-breakpoints.md) - Clarify instructions for Node.js debugging
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- [ClickOnce deployment and security](../deployment/clickonce-security-and-deployment.md) - Update ClickOnce overview
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- [Get publish settings from IIS and import into Visual Studio](../deployment/tutorial-import-publish-settings-iis.md) - Review and update date for IIS `.publishsetting` tutorial
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- [Deploy your app to a folder, IIS, Azure, or another destination](../deployment/deploying-applications-services-and-components-resources.md) - Add coverage for the WebJobs option
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### Extensibility
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- [Sign CLI Reference for VSIX Packages](../extensibility/dotnet-sign-cli-reference-vsix.md) - Add new option (`-i` or `--interactive`)
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### Get started
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- [Tutorial: Open a project from a repo](../get-started/tutorial-open-project-from-repo.md)
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- Add some addl links to help
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- Review and update
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- [Run a C# program or app in Visual Studio](../get-started/csharp/run-program.md) - Incorporate peer feedback for "Run a C# program"
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- [Introduction to projects and solutions](../get-started/tutorial-projects-solutions.md) - Review and update
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- [Tutorial: Create a simple Visual Basic console app](../get-started/visual-basic/tutorial-console.md) - Review and update
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- [Tutorial: Create a WPF application with C\#](../get-started/csharp/tutorial-wpf.md) - Review and update
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### IDE
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- [Use GitHub Copilot for free in Visual Studio](../ide/copilot-free-plan.md)
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- [Find code changes and other history with CodeLens](../ide/find-code-changes-and-other-history-with-codelens.md) - Review and update
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- [Change text case in the editor](../ide/how-to-change-text-case-in-the-editor.md) - Add link to keyboard shortcuts
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- [Use GitHub Copilot for free in Visual Studio](../ide/copilot-free-plan.md)
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- [AI-assisted development in Visual Studio](../ide/ai-assisted-development-visual-studio.md)
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- [Get better answers by setting the context for GitHub Copilot Chat in Visual Studio](../ide/copilot-chat-context.md)
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- [What is the GitHub Copilot Chat experience for Visual Studio?](../ide/visual-studio-github-copilot-chat.md)
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- [What is GitHub Copilot Completions for Visual Studio?](../ide/visual-studio-github-copilot-extension.md)
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- [Install GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio](../ide/visual-studio-github-copilot-install-and-states.md)
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- [.NET Project Designer](../ide/reference/project-designer-dotnet-csharp.md) - Update for Visual Basic now using the .NET Project Designer
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- [What is the .NET Project Designer?](../ide/reference/project-properties-reference.md) - Update for Visual Basic now using the .NET Project Designer
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- [Specify build events (Visual Basic)](../ide/how-to-specify-build-events-visual-basic.md) - Update for Visual Studio 2022
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- [Framework targeting overview](../ide/visual-studio-multi-targeting-overview.md) - Target multiple frameworks
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- [Developer Community data privacy](../ide/developer-community-privacy.md) - Review and update
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- [Encodings and line endings](../ide/encodings-and-line-breaks.md) - Review and update
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- [Productivity guide for Visual Studio](../ide/productivity-features.md)
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- Edit productivity guide
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- Update productivity guides
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- [Visual Studio productivity guide for C# developers](../ide/csharp-developer-productivity.md) - Update productivity guides
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- [Substitute parameters in a template](../ide/how-to-substitute-parameters-in-a-template.md) - Review and update, add clarity that you need an existing template
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### Install
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- [Select the installation locations in Visual Studio](../install/change-installation-locations.md) - Review and update
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- [Install and use Visual Studio and Azure Services behind a firewall or proxy server](../install/install-and-use-visual-studio-behind-a-firewall-or-proxy-server.md) - Review and update
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- [Tutorial: Create a Node.js and Express app in Visual Studio](../javascript/tutorial-nodejs.md) - Review and update
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- [Compile TypeScript code (Node.js)](../javascript/compile-typescript-code-npm.md) - Update article on compiling TypeScript with npm and linting JSTS
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- [Compile TypeScript code (ASP.NET Core)](../javascript/compile-typescript-code-nuget.md) - Update article on compiling TypeScript with npm and linting JSTS
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- [Linting JavaScript in Visual Studio](../javascript/linting-javascript.md) - Update article on compiling TypeScript with npm and linting JSTS
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- [Unit testing JavaScript and TypeScript in Visual Studio](../javascript/unit-testing-javascript-with-visual-studio.md) - Update unit testing JSTS article for Vitest
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- [Create an Angular project](../javascript/tutorial-create-angular-app.md) - Update information on configuring project settings for React, Vue, Angular projects
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- [Create a React project](../javascript/tutorial-create-react-app.md) - Update information on configuring project settings for React, Vue, Angular projects
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- [Create a Vue.js project](../javascript/tutorial-create-vue-app.md) - Update information on configuring project settings for React, Vue, Angular projects
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- [Target multiple framework versions and platforms](../msbuild/msbuild-multitargeting-overview.md) - Modify note for target frameworks
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- [What's new in MSBuild 17](../msbuild/whats-new-msbuild-17-0.md) - Review and update MSBuild What's New
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- [MSBuild well-known item metadata](../msbuild/msbuild-well-known-item-metadata.md) - Remove implication that there are multiple tables
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- [Common MSBuild project items](../msbuild/common-msbuild-project-items.md) - Document Culture/WithCulture metadata
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- [GenerateResource task](../msbuild/generateresource-task.md) - Document Culture/WithCulture metadata
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### Test
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- [Customize code coverage analysis](../test/customizing-code-coverage-analysis.md) - Update code coverage docs
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- [Microsoft.CodeCoverage.Console tool](../test/microsoft-code-coverage-console-tool.md) - Update code coverage docs
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- [Use code coverage to determine how much code is being tested](../test/using-code-coverage-to-determine-how-much-code-is-being-tested.md) - Update code coverage docs
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- [Debug and analyze unit tests by using Test Explorer](../test/debug-unit-tests-with-test-explorer.md) - Review and update
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- [Run unit tests by using Test Explorer](../test/run-unit-tests-with-test-explorer.md)
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- Document behavior for running unit tests in ARM64
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- [Visual Studio Test Explorer FAQ](../test/test-explorer-faq.md) - Review and update
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- [Write unit tests for C/C++ in Visual Studio](../test/writing-unit-tests-for-c-cpp.md) - Review and update, including images for VS2022.
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- [Configure process architecture for a unit test](../test/run-a-unit-test-as-a-64-bit-process.md) - Update unit testing content for configuring test process architecture
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- [Walkthrough: Create and run unit tests for managed code](../test/walkthrough-creating-and-running-unit-tests-for-managed-code.md) - Update unit testing content for configuring test process architecture
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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).
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