msvc is autodetected as of conan 1.40.0

conan-io/conan#9504
https://github.com/conan-io/conan/blame/5ae30ef788539cb00d54389e5bc7c8762e43ee1a/conans/client/conf/detect.py#L231

reference/config_files/settings.yml.rst

@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ The new ``msvc`` compiler is a new, **experimental** one, that is intended to de
 - At the moment it implements a ``compatible_packages`` fallback to Visual Studio compiled packages, that is, previous existing binaries
   compiled with ``settings.compiler="Visual Studio"`` can be used for the ``msvc`` compiler if no binaries exist for it yet.
   This behavior can be opted-out with ``core.package_id:msvc_visual_incompatible`` :ref:`global_conf` configuration.
-- It is not detected by the profile auto-detect, it needs to explicitly be defined in profiles.
+- Starting in conan 1.40.0, ``msvc`` is detected by the profile auto-detect. Before 1.40.0, it needs to be explicitly defined in profiles.
 
 When using the ``msvc`` compiler, the Visual Studio toolset version (the actual ``vcvars`` activation and ``MSBuild`` location) will be
 defined by the default provide of that compiler version: