Cloud Tools for Visual Studio
Cloud Tools for Visual Studio was a Google Cloud toolset for deploying Visual Studio applications to Google Cloud Platform, deprecated on March 2, 2026 and scheduled for shutdown on April 2, 2026.
Last updated September 16, 2026
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Overview
Cloud Tools for Visual Studio is a Google Cloud tool listed in Google Cloud's deprecation documentation. According to that documentation, it was deprecated on March 2, 2026, with a shutdown date of April 2, 2026. As of the deprecation date, it was removed from distribution and is not being actively maintained. It had not been installed by default since April 2025. Google recommends migrating workflows dependent on these tools to the gcloud CLI or the Client Libraries.
History
Cloud Tools for Visual Studio is documented in Google Cloud's Cloud Tools deprecations page. The page states that the Google Cloud Platform Terms of Service defines the deprecation policy applying to Google Cloud Tools. Cloud Tools for Visual Studio was deprecated on March 2, 2026, with a shutdown date of April 2, 2026. As of the deprecation date, it was removed from distribution and is not being actively maintained. It had not been installed by default since April 2025. Google recommends migrating workflows dependent on these tools to the gcloud CLI or the Client Libraries.
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