Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.6.3

Tech giant Microsoft has announced the release of Visual Studio 2017 version 15.6. 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.

Release Date: March 19, 2018 - Visual Studio 2017 version 15.6.3:

Issues Fixed in this Release

These are the customer-reported issues addressed in this release:

- Esc key doesn't close Peek Definition Window.
- wpp.targets file execution not working after update to version 15.6.
- Project loaded via File->Open->CMake throws exception and CMake cache is not generated..
- Version 15.6 update crashes Xamarin code with NullReferenceException with next scenario.
- XCode Tools installation fails after version 15.6 update.
- Anaconda 5.0.0 Completion DB is not up to date and hitting refresh fails.
- Cannot run NUnit tests after version 15.6.1 update.
- Visual Studio 2017 fails to launch from the command line when launched using 8.3 file name path.
- Version 15.6.0 breaks when VisualStudio\Telemetry\TurnOffSwitch is set to 0.
- Visual Studio Community 2017 auto closes after version 15.6 update..
- CMake generation never stops after version 15.6.1 update.
- Opening a solution with tests, and clicking any toolbar item in Test Explorer causes VS to crash.

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 15.6.3 (15.6.27428.2011)
Supported Architectures: x86
Website Home Page : www.visualstudio.com
Language: english, russian
System Requirements: PC
Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7even or newer / Windows Server 2012 R2 or 2016
Size: 35.4 Gb