The first 64-bit version of Visual Studio is here!

In April of this year, the Microsoft Developer Blog announced that will release the Visual Studio 2022 preview version this summer, which has aroused many expectations. Fortunately, Microsoft did not let us wait too long. Visual Studio 2022 Preview 1 has been released recently, and the first 64-bit Visual Studio is finally available!

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This version is designed to test and adjust the scalability of the latest 64-bit version. At present, the 64-bit version of Visual Studio can expand the use of all system resources, thereby enhancing the reliability of Visual Studio, especially when using complex solutions or using Visual Studio for a long time. In addition, the 64-bit version will affect every part of Visual Studio, so the scope of this preview version is much larger than previous preview versions.

Microsoft said that the Visual Studio 2022 preview version can be installed side-by-side with earlier versions of Visual Studio, and can be used free of charge in all three versions (Community, Professional and Enterprise editions).

The new features of this version are mainly reflected in the following three aspects:

• 64-bit upgrade : Make full use of all the resources of your computer to scale Visual Studio to the largest projects and complex workloads without running out of memory. Users can still continue to run and debug 32-bit applications.
• comes with .NET 6 : Use .NET 6 and .NET MAUI framework to develop cross-platform and cloud applications. Generate, debug, and test .NET applications in the Linux environment.
• IntelliCode upgrade : By better understanding the coding context and using the code pattern of nearly 500,000 open source repositories, IntelliCode can now automatically complete larger code blocks (up to one entire line at a time).

However, there is still some work to be done to migrate Visual Studio to the 64-bit version. A small part of the features of Visual Studio 2019 are not included in the Visual Studio 2022 Preview 1 version, and some extension updates cannot be used immediately in Visual Studio 2022.

Most of the upgrades in Preview 1 are related to 64-bit support. Starting from Preview 2, Microsoft will release more new features and performance improvements. For details, please refer to the Visual Studio roadmap ( https://docs.microsoft.com/en- us/visualstudio/productinfo/vs-roadmap).

Microsoft said that the first preview version of Visual Studio 2022 for Mac will be available soon.

Reference link: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/visual-studio-2022-preview-1-now-available/