
Visual Studio 2026 Release Notes | Microsoft Learn
Jan 20, 2026 · We're excited to announce the availability of Visual Studio 2026. This release marks the beginning of a new era for Visual Studio with deep platform integration of AI, stronger fundamentals, …
cmd | Microsoft Learn
May 23, 2025 · You can use most characters as variable values, including white space. If you use the special characters <, >, |, &, or ^, you must precede them with the escape character ^ or double …
about_PSItem - PowerShell | Microsoft Learn
$PSItem was added to PowerShell in an attempt to provide a clearer meaning to the variable name. However, in practice, the dollar sign underscore form $_ is most commonly used.
Expressions - Azure Pipelines | Microsoft Learn
Jan 9, 2026 · Variables that are defined as expressions shouldn't depend on another variable with expression in value since it isn't guaranteed that both expressions will be evaluated properly. For …
New-Variable (Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility) - PowerShell
The New-Variable cmdlet creates a new variable in PowerShell. You can assign a value to the variable while creating it or assign or change the value after it is created.
char and varchar (Transact-SQL) - SQL Server | Microsoft Learn
Character data types that are either fixed-size, char, or variable-size, varchar. Starting with SQL Server 2019 (15.x), when a UTF-8 enabled collation is used, these data types store the full range of Unicode …
Set-Variable (Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility) - PowerShell
The Set-Variable cmdlet assigns a value to a specified variable or changes the current value. If the variable does not exist, the cmdlet creates it.
set (environment variable) - learn.microsoft.com
Sep 6, 2023 · If you specify values for <variable> and <string>, the specified <variable> value is added to the environment and <string> is associated with that variable. If the variable already exists in the …
How to: Create a New Variable - Visual Basic | Microsoft Learn
Sep 15, 2021 · How to: Create a New Variable (Visual Basic) You create a variable with a Dim Statement.
about_Automatic_Variables - PowerShell | Microsoft Learn
Jan 18, 2026 · This variable has a value only in a scope where parameters are declared, such as a script or function. You can use it to display or change the current values of parameters or to pass …