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Test Explorer drives xUnit v3 through Microsoft.Testing.Platform server mode over a JSON-RPC socket, dotnet test does not. Set UseMicrosoftTestingPlatformRunner so both paths are the same code, or set DisableTestingPlatformServerCapability to fall back to VSTest.

Visual Studio 2026 18.8 puts expert-authored .NET and Azure agent skills in the tool picker under a Built-in category, disabled by default. The default is the interesting part.

Visual Studio 18.9 Insiders 2 adds a per-model thinking effort control with Low through Max levels, exposing the same reasoning-effort dial the underlying model APIs take.

Visual Studio 2022 17.14.30 bundles the Azure MCP Server into the Azure development workload. Copilot Chat can hit 230+ Azure tools across 45 services without installing a thing.

Visual Studio 18.5 GA ships a guided Debugger Agent workflow in Copilot Chat that forms a hypothesis, sets breakpoints, rides along through a repro, validates against runtime state, and proposes a fix.

Visual Studio 2026 18.5.0 lets GitHub Copilot load Agent Skills from .github/skills, .claude/skills, and ~/.copilot/skills. Reusable SKILL.md instruction packs travel with your repo.

Visual Studio 2026 adds HotReloadAutoRestart, a project-level opt-in that restarts the app when a rude edit would otherwise end the debug session. It is especially useful for Razor and Aspire projects.

How to update the Cordova version used by Hybrid Apps in Visual Studio 2013 by editing the platforms.js file.

Step-by-step guide to creating your own code snippets in Visual Studio 2010, including simple snippets and using literals for replaceable parameters.

Learn how code snippets in Visual Studio can improve your productivity by letting you insert reusable pieces of code with a short alias.