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Microsoft Visual Studio for Mac retirement

Microsoft has recently announced the retirement of Visual Studio for Mac. They outlined their decision to focus on enhancing Visual Studio Code as the primary development environment for Mac users. This shift aims to provide a more streamlined and efficient coding experience. The retirement process will occur in two phases.

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Microsoft products reaching End of Support 2023

In 2023, a list of Microsoft products will reach their End of Support on scheduled dates. Hence, there will be no new security updates, non-security updates, free or paid assisted support options or online technical content updates. The following products and releases, governed by the Fixed Policy, will reach their

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Microsoft products transitioning to Extended Support 2023

In 2023, a list of Microsoft products will be moving from Mainstream to Extended Support on scheduled dates. Extended Support includes security updates at no cost, and paid non-security updates and support. Additionally, Microsoft will not accept requests for design changes or new features during the Extended Support phase. The

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Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 generally available

Effective November 8, 2021, Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 is generally available. Effective May 23, 2022, Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 is also available for Mac. Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 is an integrated development environment (IDE) and is used in order to develop programs, websites, web apps, web services and mobile apps.

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Microsoft perpetual software licenses through CSP

Effective January 1, 2021, Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) can sell perpetual software licenses (without Software Assurance) to commercial organizations. Furthermore, by July 1, 2021, Microsoft CSP will be able to sell perpetual software licenses (without Software Assurance) also to government, education, and nonprofit organizations for on-premises deployment. Additionally, effective

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Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 available

Effective April 1, 2019, Microsoft announced the availability of Microsoft Visual Studio 2019. With Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 you can improve existing projects and build the next generation of cloud-native solutions. This latest version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 Integrated Development Environment (IDE) empowers individual developers and teams to turn

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Microsoft Visual Studio Team Services becomes Microsoft Azure DevOps

Microsoft announced that Microsoft Visual Studio Team Services becomes Microsoft Azure DevOps. To read the full announcement, please visit the site: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/2018/sep-10-azure-devops-launch. In this context you might also be interested in the Azure DevOps billing FAQ: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/organizations/billing/billing-faq?view=vsts&tabs=new-nav.

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