Software Update: Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 16.8.6
Microsoft has released a sixth update for version 16.8 of Visual Studio 2019. This popular programming development environment has useful options to make programming easier in Visual C++, Visual Basic, C#, F#, Python and R, among others. The complete list of the changes in the 2019 edition can be found in the accompanying release notes. Version 16.8 adds support for .NET 5.0, among other things. In version 16.8.6, Microsoft has made the following improvements:
Issued Addressed in this Release of Visual Studio 2019 version 16.8.6
- Fixed a high priority bug blocking developers from pushing code to Azure Functions or other Azure resources from Visual Studio 2019.
- VS 16.8.5 Create a Git repository – Create a new GitHub repository – PUBLIC (unchecked Private option) – FAIL
| Version number | 16.8.6 |
| Release status | Final |
| Operating systems | Windows 7, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019 |
| Website | Microsoft |
| Download | https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/ |
| License type | Paid |