What you need to know Visual Studio has been a 32-bit platform in the past. Visual Studio 2022's first preview build offers 64-bit support. The new preview build is now available.

Microsoft will release the first public preview of Visual Studio 2022 this summer. Visual Studio 2022 is a 64-bit app and is faster than its predecessors. The updated developer tool will also have new ...

Given the slow transition to 64-bit technologies, the Whidbey development platform will most likely be used primarily for writing 32-bit code.

Visual Studio 2015, which Microsoft is positioning as a 'toolset for any developer targeting any device on any platform,' is now available for download.