To add a new remote connection to a machine that isn’t WSL through the Connection Manager, please see our documentation.
In C++ projects, Visual Studio will automatically detect all WSL connections when you use CMake Presets to build your project.
The Remote File Explorer allows you to access your files and folders on your remote machines that you are connected to through the Connection Manager without having to leave the IDE. To access the full Linux support for C++ in Visual Studio, download it via the Linux and embedded development with C++ workload.
Additionally, we have added support to run remote Linux tests from the Test Explorer. To further enhance your ability to develop remotely for C++ from Visual Studio, we have added a new Remote File Explorer to perform file operations on your remote machine, an integrated SSH terminal to access your remote targets, and an automated experience to install Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and build tools. Visual Studio allows you to target your remote Linux machines so that you can still use Visual Studio’s build and debugging suite for all your remote workflows just like how you would develop locally without having to leave the IDE.
