Visual Studio 2022 is the latest major release of the premier development environment from Microsoft. There are certainly many new features, as you would expect from a new version, but this time there are also very important changes in the IDE architecture. First, Visual Studio is now a 64-bit application. This is extremely important because now the IDE can fully leverage system resources, such as RAM instead of disk space, with significant performance improvements. In addition, Visual Studio 2022 focuses on supporting .NET 6 and its ecosystem, including the latest versions of .NET programming languages such as C# 10, providing both tools and code editor improvements that you need to work with the new development technologies and the most recent .NET APIs. The release cycle of updates to Visual Studio makes it also ready to support future releases of important Microsoft development platforms, like .NET MAUI for cross-platform development. Of course, you will also find many productivity improvements, from the code editing experience, to enhanced debugging tools, to better integrated collaboration tools. In general, you will feel at home with Visual Studio 2022 since there are no particular changes in the user interface. You will rather find more powerful tools in every area of the development lifecycle.