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Learn how the Symbols Storage feature can be integrated with Visual Studio

Prerequesites: The API Key used as the login password needs symbols.download permissions.

Configuring the Symbol Server

The Symbols Storage comes with a dedicated endpoints to enable support for Visual Studio by using the Symbol Server options.

To activate it, navigate via the toolbar menu to ToolsOptions

Open Visual Studio Settings

Then open the DebuggingSymbols section.

Add a new source location and paste this:

https://api.casttocloud.com/symbols/download/vs

Adding a Visual Studio Symbol Server

Authentificating

Next time you debug a minidump file or attach to a running process, you will get the following pop-up.

Open Visual Studio Settings

For the User name field use any of the following: the organization's name, organization's slug, any of the user's emails or any of the user's names.

For the Password field use an API Key with the symbols.download permission or generate one following the API Keys documentation.

Then hit Ok.

Confirming connection

After successfully connecting you should see similar messages as symbols are downloaded:

Symbol Server pulling from Visual Studio