> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://devdocs.xbox.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Visualstudio

> Documentation for Visual Studio in the XBOX Game Development Kit (developer tools) on console. Covers concepts, tools, configuration, and workflows.

Explore visualstudio topics for XBOX game development.

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  <Card title="Address sanitizer support" icon="bookmark" href="/tools/tools-console/visualstudio/address-sanitizer-support">
    Like most C++ programs, games can suffer from a class of bugs that affect program correctness and program stability, which is why starting…
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  <Card title="Visual c++ compiler resources" icon="compass" href="/tools/tools-console/visualstudio/compiler-resources">
    This topic lists presentations, documentation, and blog post resources for Visual C++ development for Microsoft Game Development Kit (GDK)…
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  <Card title="Visual c++ compiler and linker switch" icon="note-sticky" href="/tools/tools-console/visualstudio/compiler-switch-recommendations">
    This topic describes the various Visual C++ compiler and linker switches that we recommend for Microsoft Game Development Kit (GDK) on XBOX…
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  <Card title="XBOX compiler technology" icon="map" href="/tools/tools-console/visualstudio/compiler-technology">
    The compiler for XBOX is the Visual C++ x64 compiler that ships with Visual Studio.
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  <Card title="Debugging XBOX projects by using visual" icon="bug" href="/tools/tools-console/visualstudio/debugging-with-visualstudio">
    Debugging XBOX Microsoft Game Development Kit (GDK) projects from within Visual Studio is enabled by the XBOX Debugger component that's…
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  <Card title="Deployment errors in visual studio" icon="box" href="/tools/tools-console/visualstudio/deployment-errors">
    Configuration and deployment checks may cause the following deployment error in Visual Studio: Files for Configuration='Debug' are either…
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  <Card title="Visual studio properties for XBOX" icon="bug" href="/tools/tools-console/visualstudio/durango-property-pages">
    The Microsoft Game Development Kit (GDK) has custom Visual Studio property pages that are used to configure XBOX projects.
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  <Card title="Project templates in visual studio for" icon="bug" href="/tools/tools-console/visualstudio/durango-visual-studio-templates">
    This topic describes the XBOX project templates that are available in Visual Studio.
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  <Card title="How to: deploying game resource files" icon="book-open" href="/tools/tools-console/visualstudio/how-to-deploy-resources">
    When you use Visual Studio to deploy or launch an XBOX One Software Development Kit project, the contents of the…
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  <Card title="How to: enabling multiple build" icon="sliders" href="/tools/tools-console/visualstudio/multiple-build-configurations">
    XBOX One projects can be set up to allow executables built with different configurations (for example, debug and release) to deploy to and…
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  <Card title="Microsoft game development kit on XBOX" icon="square-pen" href="/tools/tools-console/visualstudio/preprocessor-definitions">
    This article lists the preprocessor definitions that are specific to the Microsoft Game Development Kit (GDK) on XBOX.
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  <Card title="Table of intrinsics" icon="clipboard-list" href="/tools/tools-console/visualstudio/table-of-intrinsics">
    This topic lists the Visual Studio intrinsic functions, and whether they're available on the XBOX One device family.
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  <Card title="Visual studio for console development" icon="bug" href="/tools/tools-console/visualstudio/visualstudio">
    Use the Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment (IDE) to create, build, deploy, and debug the Microsoft Game Development Kit (GDK)…
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  <Card title="Visual studio 2019 microsoft game" icon="cube" href="/tools/tools-console/visualstudio/vs-2019-support-notes">
    This article describes Microsoft Game Development Kit (GDK) support for Visual Studio 2019.
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  <Card title="Visual studio 2022 microsoft game" icon="cube" href="/tools/tools-console/visualstudio/vs-2022-support-notes">
    This article describes GDK support for Visual Studio 2022.
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    This article describes GDK support for Visual Studio 2026.
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  <Card title="Using clang/llvm with the microsoft" icon="cube" href="/tools/tools-console/visualstudio/vs-clang">
    You can develop Microsoft Game Development Kit (GDK) titles by using Clang/LLVM with Visual Studio 2019, Visual Studio 2022, or Visual…
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  <Card title="Configuring visual studio for XBOX" icon="arrows-left-right" href="/tools/tools-console/visualstudio/vs-cross-gen">
    You can use Visual Studio to build both the XBOX Series X|S and the XBOX One versions of your title within a single project or solution.
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  <Card title="XBOX game view" icon="file-lines" href="/tools/tools-console/visualstudio/xbox-game-view">
    This topic describes the XBOX Game View tool window, which the Microsoft Game Development Kit (GDK) installs into the Visual Studio shell.
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  <Card title="XBOX gaming explorer" icon="file-lines" href="/tools/tools-console/visualstudio/xbox-gaming-explorer">
    The XBOX Gaming Explorer is a window hosted within the Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE) that streamlines common…
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  <Card title="XBOX gaming project control" icon="file-lines" href="/tools/tools-console/visualstudio/xbox-gaming-project-control">
    The GDK installs a tool window into the Visual Studio shell called the XBOX Gaming Project Control.
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  <Card title="XBOX system monitor" icon="file-lines" href="/tools/tools-console/visualstudio/xbox-system-monitor">
    This topic describes the XBOX System Monitor tool window, a tool window that the Microsoft Game Development Kit (GDK) installs into the…
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## See also

* [Commandlinetools](/tools/tools-console/commandlinetools/index)
* [Console commandlinetools](/tools/tools-console/console_commandlinetools/index)
* [Devhome](/tools/tools-console/devhome/index)
* [Devkitagent](/tools/tools-console/devkitagent/index)
* [Hix](/tools/tools-console/hix/index)
* [PGO](/tools/tools-console/pgo/index)
* [PIX](/tools/tools-console/pix/index)
* [Shadercompiler](/tools/tools-console/shadercompiler/index)
* [Titleperfoverlay](/tools/tools-console/titleperfoverlay/index)
* [Wdp](/tools/tools-console/wdp/index)
* [Xbom](/tools/tools-console/xbom/index)
* [Xbwatson](/tools/tools-console/xbWatson/index)
* [Xhit](/tools/tools-console/xhit/index)


## Related topics

- [Visualstudio](/tools/tools-pc/visualstudio/index.md)
- [PC developer tools for the XBOX GDK](/tools/tools-pc/index.md)
- [Herramientas para desarrolladores de PC para el GDK de XBOX](/es/tools/tools-pc/index.md)
- [XBOX console developer tools (GDK)](/tools/tools-console/index.md)
- [Herramientas para desarrolladores de consolas XBOX (GDK)](/es/tools/tools-console/index.md)