A burst of Microsoft announcements highlights AI coding agents, local testing, developer tooling, security and expanded language support for its cloud database platform.

Visual Studio's latest update brings several welcome changes, and developers may find one new feature especially useful when they resume coding.

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Microsoft has released a public preview of dotnetup, a cross-platform toolchain manager that installs and updates .NET SDKs ...

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A developer has shown PlayStation 5 games running on an Xbox Series X through an experimental emulator, something Microsoft's console does not support officially. The project translates what each game ...

TL;DR: Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026 is on sale for $29.97 (reg. $499.99), offering developers a one-time license for building and managing software projects.

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TL;DR: Run Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026 on your Mac, lifetime licenses now $29.97. Mac developers who build for Windows, .NET, or C++ usually need Visual Studio, and the Professional ...

Microsoft has today confirmed that the next mainline Halo game will be developed by Call of Duty maker Activision, with mass layoffs hitting Halo Studios amid a significant restructure of its Xbox ...

A single click is all it takes for Windows 11 Home users to skip Microsoft's mandatory account sign-in, according to a method shared by X user Bob Pony, who posts as @TheBobPony, on September 12, 2026 ...

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