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Update/Add Visual Studio 2026

Open DockedFerret800 opened this issue 2 months ago • 11 comments

Tool name

Visual Studio 2026

Tool license

Microsoft Proprietary

Add or update?

  • [ ] Add
  • [x] Update

Desired version

2026 latest

Approximate size

No response

Brief description of tool

Since Visual Studio 2026 is GA as of today, it’d be good to use it instead of 2022.

URL for tool's homepage

No response

Provide a basic test case to validate the tool's functionality.

Platforms where you need the tool

  • [ ] Azure DevOps
  • [x] GitHub Actions

Runner images where you need the tool

  • [ ] Ubuntu 22.04
  • [ ] Ubuntu 24.04
  • [ ] Ubuntu Slim
  • [ ] macOS 13
  • [ ] macOS 13 Arm64
  • [ ] macOS 14
  • [ ] macOS 14 Arm64
  • [ ] macOS 15
  • [ ] macOS 15 Arm64
  • [ ] macOS 26 Arm64
  • [ ] Windows Server 2019
  • [ ] Windows Server 2022
  • [x] Windows Server 2025

Can this tool be installed during the build?

Tool installation time in runtime

No response

Are you willing to submit a PR?

No response

DockedFerret800 avatar Nov 11 '25 20:11 DockedFerret800

Need this on Azure DevOps too.

hwsmo avatar Nov 12 '25 06:11 hwsmo

Hello everyone there! 👋

We're working on implementing the new Visual Studio into images. Based on the results of our internal investigation, we'll release an announcement about when and how this tool will be available to users. Stay tuned! 😃

erik-bershel avatar Nov 12 '25 09:11 erik-bershel

@erik-bershel Visual Studio 2026 will also be on Windows Server 2022 image ?

ghost avatar Nov 12 '25 13:11 ghost

@erik-bershel Visual Studio 2026 will also be on Windows Server 2022 image ?

No, no chances. 😄 Most likely Windows Server 2022 will be bounded to Visual Studio 2022 until deprecation.

erik-bershel avatar Nov 12 '25 13:11 erik-bershel

@erik-bershel Visual Studio 2026 will also be on Windows Server 2022 image ?

No, no chances. 😄 Most likely Windows Server 2022 will be bounded to Visual Studio 2022 until deprecation.

Ok.

ghost avatar Nov 12 '25 13:11 ghost

Visual Studio is waiting on this image as well - is there an ETA?

monicaro-gh avatar Nov 21 '25 21:11 monicaro-gh

By the time we get this on the runner, Visual Studio 2029 has been released 🚀

julianxhokaxhiu avatar Dec 03 '25 18:12 julianxhokaxhiu

Should we create a new Issue for DevOps? I need this yesterday!!

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abbweiman avatar Dec 16 '25 12:12 abbweiman

Hey @abbweiman!

Should we create a new Issue for DevOps? I need this yesterday!!

Nope. We are working on the image for both GHA and ADO at the same time.

erik-bershel avatar Dec 16 '25 12:12 erik-bershel

Out of curiosity: is there anything in particular, some complication, blocking this? I was expecting Microsoft's systems to have incorporated their own IDE within a month.

Jeshibu avatar Dec 16 '25 16:12 Jeshibu

Out of curiosity: is there anything in particular, some complication, blocking this? I was expecting Microsoft's systems to have incorporated their own IDE within a month.

This complicates the situation for me because I am compiling a C project for Windows using MSVC.

harrison314 avatar Dec 16 '25 19:12 harrison314

is there anything in particular, some complication, blocking this

Yup. But we are working on it now. We'll be back with the announcement once we unblocked.

erik-bershel avatar Dec 16 '25 21:12 erik-bershel

@erik-bershel you might want to be aware of this issue I spotted on the latest current available VS2026: https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/issues/22074#issuecomment-3672838080

You will probably face the same issue IF you want to use the vcpkg shipped with VS2026 itself.

julianxhokaxhiu avatar Dec 19 '25 00:12 julianxhokaxhiu

I hope this will be resolved soon

Smayke95 avatar Dec 23 '25 00:12 Smayke95