Visual Studio 2026 on Windows Server image? #13512
Description
Description
The Windows Driver Kit is concern about if you have any estimate timeline on when Visual Studio 2026 will make it to Windows images. Is there a plan for this? Will this be inside all Windows images or just Windows-2025?
We are just asking to see if that fits with our schedule and don't have any breaks in our actions.
Platforms affected
- Azure DevOps
- GitHub Actions - Standard Runners
- GitHub Actions - Larger Runners
Runner images affected
- Ubuntu 22.04
- Ubuntu 24.04
- Ubuntu Slim
- macOS 14
- macOS 14 Arm64
- macOS 15
- macOS 15 Arm64
- macOS 26 Arm64
- Windows Server 2019
- Windows Server 2022
- Windows Server 2025
Image version and build link
Image: windows-2022
Version: 20251216.147.1
Included Software: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/win22/20251216.147/images/windows/Windows2022-Readme.md
Image Release: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/releases/tag/win22%2F20251216.147
Is it regression?
no
Expected behavior
To have Visual Studio 2026
Actual behavior
Has Visual Studio 2022
Repro steps
Run an action with the Windows-2022 image.