Along with .NET 5, Microsoft today shipped Visual Studio 2019 v16.8, which sees Git turned on by default as the version control experience in the latest update of the company's flagship IDE.

Better GitHub integration and other improvements highlight the new Visual Studio 2019 Version 16.7 and first preview of v16.8.

The Git Experience is available as the default source control experience in Visual Studio 2019 as of version 16.8.

Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2019 16.4, the newest version of its full integrated developer environment (IDE) that was launched in April.

Visual Studio 2019 goes live with C++, Python shared editing Microsoft's venerable IDE receives its biannual update.

Microsoft has made Visual Studio 2019 available for download. It ships with several new features that help you to Develop, Collaborate & Debug.

Microsoft is open sourcing WPF, Windows Forms and Win UI via GitHub and making available the first public preview of Visual Studio 2019.

Microsoft also will integrate the Visual Studio Live Share collaboration feature into both Visual Studio 2019 and Visual Studio Code, the open-source version of the commercial product.