Additionally, project templates now use Vite instead of create-react-app and vue cli for faster builds and server start. In general, Visual Studio 2022 17.7 got positive feedback from the community.

Specifically, .NET MAUI (.NET Multi-platform App UI) is now a project type among the five Desktop & Mobile options in Visual Studio 2022 17.3 Preview 1, replacing the Xamarin-based option.

Microsoft has declared general availability for MCP (model context protocol) servers in Visual Studio, likely to be the second most popular IDE after Visual Studio Code and with wide enterprise use.