As the months go by since the launch of the first generation of Macs managed by Apple's M1 processor, more and more applications are being updated to be compatible with them, being Microsoft's Visual Studio the latest app just updated to offer support.
So far, there was no problem running Microsoft Visual Studio on Apple Silicon using the Rosetta 2 emulator built into macOS Big Sur, however, you can always get the most out of it when the application is completely native and does not use any emulator.
The Visual Studio update that integrates compatibility with Apple's M1 is number 1.54, version that is already available as universal versionIn other words, users will download a single file whether it is to be installed on a computer managed by an Intel processor or by an Apple Silicon.
In the statement in which Microsoft has announced the launch of this new version, We can read:
We are excited to announce our first stable build release from Apple Silicon in this iteration. Macs with M1 chips can now use VS Code without emulation with Rosetta, and will notice better performance and longer battery life when running VS Code. Thanks to the community for self-hosting with the Insiders build and for reporting issues early in the iteration.
If you would like to download this new version you can do it directly from the Visual Studio Code webpage via this link. Microsoft launched this code editor in 2017 for macOS, an application that little by little has been gaining more followers within the Apple ecosystem.