@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ ms.custom: intro-whats-new
 
 Visual Studio 2022 brings many updates and fixes to the Microsoft C++ compiler and tools. The Visual Studio IDE also offers significant improvements in performance and productivity, and now runs natively as a 64-bit application.
 
-For more information on what's new in all of Visual Studio, see [What's new in Visual Studio 2022](/visualstudio/ide/whats-new-visual-studio-2022?view=vs-2022&preserve-view=true). For information about what's new in the C++ docs, see [Microsoft C++ docs: What's new](./whats-new-cpp-docs.md).
+- For more information on what's new in all of Visual Studio, see [What's new in Visual Studio 2022](/visualstudio/ide/whats-new-visual-studio-2022?view=vs-2022&preserve-view=true).
+- For an overview of C++ improvements in Visual Studio, VS Code, and vcpkg during 2023, see [A year of C++ improvements](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/a-year-of-cpp-improvements-in-visual-studio-vs-code-and-vcpkg)
+- For information about what's new in the C++ docs, see [Microsoft C++ docs: What's new](./whats-new-cpp-docs.md).
 
 ## What's new for C++ in Visual Studio version 17.9
 
@@ -35,6 +37,8 @@ Briefly, some of the new features are:
     `<mdspan>` per [P0009R18](https://wg21.link/P0009R18) and subsequent wording changes that were applied to the C++23 Standard.
     Also, `format()` can format pointers per [P2510R3](https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2022/p2510r3.pdf).
 
+For a comprehensive summary of new C++ features in Visual Studio 17.9, see [What’s New for C++ Developers in Visual Studio 2022 17.9](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/whats-new-for-cpp-developers-in-visual-studio-2022-17-9/).
+
 For a summary of new features in the Visual Studio 17.9 IDE, see [Visual Studio 2022 version 17.9 Release Notes](/visualstudio/releases/2022/release-notes).
 
 ## What's new for C++ in Visual Studio version 17.8