Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.3 (26730.3)

Tech giant Microsoft has announced the release of Visual Studio 2017 version 15.3 (26730.3). This release focuses on increasing the productivity and making it easier to create applications for mobile and cloud. A lightweight and modular installation is also a highlight feature.

Summary: What's New in this Release

- Accessibility Improvements make Visual Studio more accessible than ever.
- Azure Function Tools are included in the Azure development workload. You can develop Azure Function applications locally and publish directly to Azure.
- You can now build applications in Visual Studio 2017 that run on Azure Stack and government clouds, like Azure in China.
- We improved .NET Core development support for .NET Core 2.0, and Windows Nano Server containers.
- In Visual Studio IDE, we improved Sign In and Identity, the start page, Lightweight Solution Load, and setup CLI. We also improved refactoring, code generation and Quick Actions.
- The Visual Studio Editor has better accessibility due to the new ‘Blue (Extra Contrast)’ theme and improved screen reader support.
- We improved the Debugger and diagnostics experience. This includes Point and Click to Set Next Statement. We've also refreshed all nested values in variable window, and made Open Folder debugging improvements.
- Xamarin has a new standalone editor for editing app entitlements.
- The Open Folder and CMake Tooling experience is updated. You can now use CMake 3.8.
- We made improvements to the IntelliSense engine, and to the project and the code wizards for C++ Language Services.
- Visual C++ Toolset supports command-prompt initialization targeting.
- We added the ability to use C# 7.1 Language features.
- You can install TypeScript versions independent of Visual Studio updates.
- We added support for Node 8 debugging.
- NuGet has added support for new TFMs (netcoreapp2.0, netstandard2.0, Tizen), Semantic Versioning 2.0.0, and MSBuild integration of NuGet warnings and errors.
- Visual Studio now offers .NET Framework 4.7 development tools to supported platforms with 4.7 runtime included.
- We added clusters of related events to the search query results in the Application Insights Search tool.
- We improved syntax support for SQL Server 2016 in Redgate SQL Search.
- We enabled support for Microsoft Graph APIs in Connected Services.

Top Issues Fixed in this Release:

The Developer Community spoke and we listened. This list provides the 10 highest voted issues fixed in this release.

- Dark theme fails to load after F# install.
- Visual Studio installer update causes endless loop.
- List of recent projects not displayed correctly.
- Cannot add a name to a new Custom Profile.
- Moving DSL extension from Visual Studio 2015 to Visual Studio 2017 gives runtime error.
- Try…catch block throws 'TextBuffer edit operation while another edit is in progress' error message.
- Visual Studio self-signed certificate not accepted in Chrome 58.
- Publish fails with 'All build submissions in a build must use project instances originating from the same project collection'.
- 'Scanning new and updated MEF componets' runs every time Visual Studio 2017 is launched and slows startup time.
- Page loads are slow when debugging Visual Studio 2017 locally.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.3 Release Notes: here


About Microsoft Visual Studio 2017. In this release, Microsoft has focused on four areas — productivity and performance, mobile, cloud, and devops. In its release notes, Microsoft said that 2017 release brings a lightweight and modular installation experience. It allows the developers to only get the components they need. Microsoft also claims that Visual Studio 2017 starts up to 3 times faster as compared to Visual Studio 2015. This release is designed to support teams in a better manner, it comes with tools to provide for developing NET Core 1.0 and 1.1 apps, microservices, and Docker containers. Xamarin integration in Visual Studio 2017 has been made better with a Xamarin Forms previewer and improved IntelliSense for Xamarin Forms XAML. An improved Git integration will be liked by devops. Visual Studio now makes use of the Git executables. Overall, more Git functionality is available directly within the DE.

About Microsoft. Microsoft Corporation, leading developer of personal-computer software systems and applications. The company also publishes books and multimedia titles, offers e-mail services, and sells electronic game systems, computer peripherals (input/output devices), and portable media players. It has sales offices throughout the world.

Product: Microsoft Visual Studio
Version: 2017 version 15.3 (26730.3) Off-Line Content ISO
Supported Architectures: 32bit / 64bit
Website Home Page : www.visualstudio.com
Language: english, russian
System Requirements: PC
Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7even SP1 / 8.x / 10 / Server 2012 R2 / 2016
Size: 24.5 Gb