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Windows 11 ARM64 image with Visual Studio 2026 GA on GitHub-hosted runners

By Owen Blackridge

· 1 min read

Illustration of Windows 11 ARM64 image with Visual Studio 2026 on GitHub Actions runners
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Summary

  • The Windows 11 arm64 image with Visual Studio 2026 is now generally available on standard and larger GitHub-hosted runners.
  • To use it in GitHub Actions, update your workflow file to…
  • The official announcement appears on The GitHub Blog.

The Windows 11 arm64 image with Visual Studio 2026 is now generally available on standard and larger GitHub-hosted runners.

USING THE IMAGE IN GITHUB ACTIONS

To use it in GitHub Actions, update your workflow file to reference the Windows 11 arm64 image with Visual Studio 2026. TechStaged has also covered CodeQL 2.26.3 expands JavaScript, TypeScript, and Vue modeling and tightens GitHub Actions queries.

CONTEXT FOR DEVELOPERS

The release applies to Windows on ARM64 workloads running on GitHub-hosted runners, integrated with Visual Studio 2026.

NEXT STEPS

Refer to the official GitHub Blog post for guidance and examples, and update workflows to adopt the new image.

SOURCES

Reporting by Owen Blackridge; editing by TechStaged editors

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