Visual Studio 2022 17.8 adds .NET 8 Support

November 23, 2023

The latest Visual Studio update delivers a wealth of productivity, programming language, and enterprise management enhancements, as well as full compatibility with .NET 8.

Microsoft Visual Studio is an industry-leading IDE used to develop apps for desktop, mobile and the web. Visual Studio provides a complete set of tools for developing code, including a code editor, compiler, debugger, and tester. It also includes a variety of other features, such as a source code control system, a deployment tool, and a profiler.

On November 14, 2023, Microsoft released the latest version of this powerful development environment: Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8. This release includes numerous new features including:

Full Integration with .NET 8 - the latest version of Microsoft's .NET platform.
A new summary difference view which allows you to focus on changes in your code.
The ability to create a Pull Request directly within Visual Studio.
Case preserving find and replace functionality.
Performance improvements including enhanced F5 speed.

Learn more about the new release in this blog by Microsoft's Adrian Murphy or see the full Visual Studio 2022 v17.8 Release Notes.