# GitHub Windows 11 arm64 VS2026 image generally available

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- Date: 2026-08-20
- Original notes: https://github.blog/changelog/2026-08-20-windows-11-arm64-vs2026-image-generally-available
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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 post Windows…

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