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IntelliSense is a code completion and editing feature in Microsoft development tools, prominently featured in Visual Studio and SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). Recent discussions highlight IntelliSense upgrades in SSMS 22 Preview 1, including modernized UI and deeper integration with SQL Server 2025 and Microsoft Fabric. In Visual Studio 2026, IntelliSense is enhanced through AI-driven GitHub Copilot integration, adaptive paste, and an AI-powered profiler. The feature also appears in the context of Microsoft's C/C++ extension for VS Code, which now restricts usage to Microsoft products, affecting forks like VSCodium and Cursor. Overall, IntelliSense remains a core productivity tool for developers working with .NET, C#, SQL, and C/C++ on Windows.
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    Visual Studio 2026 Insiders: AI-Driven IDE for .NET 10 and C# 14

    Visual Studio 2026’s first Insiders build lands as a clear statement: Microsoft intends to make AI the connective tissue of the IDE while simultaneously modernizing Visual Studio’s foundation for the .NET 10 era. At VSLive! San Diego Microsoft unveiled Visual Studio 2026 (internal version 18.0)...
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    SSMS 22 Preview 1: Modern UI, IntelliSense Upgrades, and SQL Server 2025 AI

    Microsoft’s SSMS tooling quietly stepped into its next chapter this week with the public appearance of SSMS 22 Preview 1 — a preview build that brings a modernized settings experience, refreshed theming, results-grid zooming, and deeper alignment with SQL Server 2025 and Microsoft Fabric. Early...
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    Microsoft Restricts C/C++ Extension to its Ecosystem: Impact on Developers and Open Source

    Microsoft’s recent move to restrict its C/C++ extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code) exclusively to its first-party products has stirred significant concern and debate throughout the developer community. As of version 1.24.5 released on April 3, 2025, the extension now refuses to work on...
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    Microsoft C/C++ Extension Breaks Support for VS Code Forks like VSCodium and Cursor

    Here's a summary of the situation described in the article from The Register regarding Microsoft's C/C++ extension for VS Code and its impact on forks like VSCodium and Cursor: Issue: As of early April 2025, Microsoft's C/C++ extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code) no longer works with...
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