Following a naming convention similar to Windows, Microsoft has released the first Insider build for Visual Studio 2026.

Microsoft today announced the first preview version of Visual Studio 2026, which is available from a new Insiders channel.

As the industry standard integrated development environment for any app, language, or platform, the regular retail price of $499 for Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2022 for Windows makes sense.

Visual Studio now supports debugging Linux apps; Code editor now open source Microsoft doubles down on cross-platform software development.

Visual Studio 2015, which Microsoft is positioning as a 'toolset for any developer targeting any device on any platform,' is now available for download.

Microsoft on Thursday announced an 'early preview' of Visual Studio App Center Auth, which lets developers build user authentication processes into their applications.