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

Microsoft is making available the latest versions of Visual Studio, its integrated development environment, for Windows and Mac users.

Microsoft is planning a day-long launch event for Visual Studio 2019, the latest release of its developer platform, on April 2.

Microsoft announced the first preview of Visual Studio 2019 will be available before year's end, with general availability of the flagship IDE expected in the first half of 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.

Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2019 Preview 1 for Windows and Mac, .NET Core 2.2, and .NET Core 3.0 Preview 1 at Microsoft Connect (); 2018.

Microsoft said its compiler and standard library are feature-complete for C++ 20 in Visual Studio 2019 16.10, while a 16.11 preview centers on Hot Reload and .NET MAUI.