Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7.1 with Build Tools

Tech giant Microsoft has announced the release Servicing Update of Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7.0. 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.

Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7.0 Minor Release - released on May 07, 2018:

Summary of Notable New Features in 15.7

- We added support to change installation locations.
- You can Save All your pending changes before you start your update.
- The update dialog provides you even more details about your update during installation.
- C# 7.3 is included in Visual Studio version 15.7.
- We improved solution load time for C# and VB projects.
- We made numerous updates to F# and its tools, with a focus on performance.
- We reduced the time to enable IntelliSense for large .NET Core projects by 25%.
- We made Quick Info improvements and new .NET refactorings like convert for-to-foreach and make private fields readonly.
- We added the ability to publish ASP.NET Core applications to App Service Linux without containers.
- Live Unit Testing works with embedded pdbs and supports projects that use reference assemblies.
- The Test Explorer has more responsive icons during test runs.
- C++ developers can use CodeLens for unit testing.
- We added new rules enforcing items from the C++ Core Guidelines.
- Debugging large solutions with /Debug:fastlink PDBs is more robust.
- CMake integration supports CMake 3.11 and static analysis.
- Python projects support type hints in IntelliSense, and a Run MyPy command has been added to look for typing errors in your code.
- Conda environments are supported in Python projects.
- We added a next version of our Python debugger based on the popular open source pydevd debugger.
- TypeScript 2.8 is included in Visual Studio version 15.7.
- We improved Kestrel HTTPs support during debugging.
- We added support for JavaScript debugging with Microsoft Edge.
- The Debugger supports VSTS and GitHub Authentication for Source Link.
- IntelliTrace’s step-back debugging feature is supported for debugging .NET Core projects.
- We added IntelliTrace support for taking snapshots on exceptions.
- We removed the blocking modal dialog from branch checkouts in Git when a solution or project reload is not required.
- There is an option to choose between OpenSSL and SChannel in Git.
- You can create and associate Azure Key Vaults from within the Visual Studio IDE.
- Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin can automatically install missing Android API levels required by Xamarin.Android projects.
- The Xamarin.Forms XAML editor provides IntelliSense and quick fixes for conditional XAML.
- We added support for Azure, UWP, and additional project types in Visual Studio Build Tools.
- You can create build servers without installing all of Visual Studio.
- The Windows 10 April 2018 Update SDK - Build 17134 is the default required SDK for the Universal Windows Platform development workload.
- We added support for Visual State Management for all UWP apps and more.
- We enabled automatic updates for sideloaded APPX packages.
- You have new tools for migrating to NuGet PackageReference.
- We added support for NuGet package signatures.
- We added Service Fabric Tooling for the 6.2 Service Fabric release.
- We updated Entity Framework Tools to work with the EF 6.2 runtime and to improve reverse engineering of existing databases.

Top Issues Fixed in 15.7

These are the customer-reported issues addressed in 15.7:

- MFC Class Wizard can't add control member variables.
- Test Explorer intermittently never finishes finding tests.
- Internal compiler error in VS15.5.
- Visual Studio Build Tools is missing MSBuild Web SDKs.
- VS2017 deployed Git doesn't support self-signed certs.
- Visual Studio hangs during NuGet package update.
- Visual Studio Installer shows "unsupported command" after update.
- Visual Studio installation hangs at "Waiting for Microsoft.VisualStudio.Graphics.EnableTools".
- XAML designer doesn't recognize Visual State, throws "Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (10.0; Build 16299)" error.
- The automatic formatting in Razor (cshtml) breaks on paste.
- No diagnostic on invalid member initialization since MSVC 14.12.
- Static resource defined in ThemeDictionaries not fetched while edit a copied template for custom control.
- Add New File -> Online Template "baseName empty string" generates Non-Fatal Error.
- Microsoft.Alm.Shared.Remoting.RemoteContainer.dll generates high CPU usage.
- Razor cshtml helper format is not done incorrectly.

May 08, 2018 – Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7.1 Servicing Update:

- Reduced memory usage and GC pressure during solution load.
- Microsoft Security Advisory for .NET Core Denial Of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2018-0765, XML document processing in .NET Framework, .NET Core, or .NET native applications)


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 Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools. These tools allow you to build C++ libraries and applications targeting Windows desktop. They are the same tools that you find in Visual Studio 2017 in a scriptable standalone installer. Now you only need to download the tools you need to build C++ projects. The Visual C++ Build Tools download is refreshed to include every Visual Studio update. Visual Studio updates won't install on top of the Visual C++ Build Tools installation.

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 15.7.0 (15.7.27703.1) DVD with Build Tools and Update 15.7.0 to 15.7.1
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: 53.3 Gb