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We are happy to announce the release of Visual Studio 2017. This release brings a new lightweight and modular installation experience which can be tailored to your needs.
Use Visual Studio 2017 to develop apps for Android, iOS, Windows, web, and cloud. Code fast, debug and diagnose with ease, test often, and release with confidence. You can also extend and customize Visual Studio by building your own extensions. Use version control, be agile, and collaborate efficiently with this new release.
Features:
- Tools and services for projects of any size or complexity
- C#, Visual Basic, F#, C++, Python, Node.js, and HTML/JavaScript
- Sprint planning
- Advanced debugging, automated and manual testing, and profiling
- DevOps with automated deployments and continuous monitoring
Code with confidence. Get help right where you need it.
Visual Studio guides you with live assistance as you write code, no matter what language you use, from C#/VB and C++ to JavaScript and Python.
IntelliSense describes APIs as you type and uses auto-completion to increase speed and accuracy. Quick Info tool tips let you inspect API definitions, and squiggly lines let you know about issues, often showing them as you type.
Navigate in context. Don’t lose your place as you explore.
Finding your way around in a large code base can be challenging. Visual Studio helps you find your way around more easily, without losing the context of the code or the markup you started from, with capabilities like Peek to definition, Navigate To, and Quick Find.
Enhanced Scrollbar’s 10,000 foot structural view of your code file lets you quickly pinpoint issues. See the object structure of your code easily with inline object browsing in the Solution Explorer, and quickly search for files in your solution.
Understand your code. The big picture, right where you are.
With Code Lens, there’s no need to leave your code to quickly understand its call structure and navigate to related functions. Code Lens goes much further. You can find out who last modified a method, or whether its tests are passing, all from right where you are in your code.
Fix issues quickly. Get to the heart of issues and find fixes.
Light bulb icons help you identify and fix common coding issues, in many cases “live” as you type your code, and take quick code actions (like refactoring, implementing interfaces and more) from right inside the editor.
What's New:
Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9.21 released March 10, 2020:
- Fixed a bug where the .NET Profiling tools couldn't be installed on non-enterprise versions of Visual Studio 2017 when using an offline installer.
- Fixed C++ compiler bug where a static_cast in a decltype would evaluate incorrectly. To minimize disruptions to existing codebases, in VS2017 this fix takes effect when the (newly added) /d1decltypeIdentityConversion switch is thrown.
- New Spectre mitigation options in C++ compiler: /Qspectre-load & /Qspectre-load-cf for speculative load hardening.
Develop: Navigate, write, and fix your code fast
- New Installation Experience - A reduced minimum footprint for faster and more customizable installations, as well as support for offline installs.
- Visual Studio IDE - A broad range of enhancements in Visual Studio 2017, including reduction in startup and solution load times, sign in and identity improvements, improved code navigation, open folder view, and connected services enable connections between your app and any service on-premises or in the cloud.
- Visual C++ - No breaking changes between 2015 and 2017. Better C++14 conformance level, CMake support, build throughput, and productivity in the editor.
- C# and Visual Basic - Extends support for new C# 7.0 and Visual Basic 15 language features, and introduces new refactorings that allow you to organize source code with one action.
- F# - Support for F# 4.1 language features, improvements to the F# compiler and FSharp.Core, and a new editor based on Roslyn Workspaces.
- JavaScript and TypeScript - TypeScript 2.1 is available for all TypeScript projects in Visual Studio. A new JavaScript language service is available and enabled by default.
Debug: Debug, profile, and diagnose with ease
- Debugging and Diagnostics - Overhaul of the Exception Helper and faster code navigation with Run to Click. Plus, a new summary of your application events in the Diagnostic Tools window and several improvements to the CPU Tool.
Test: Write high-quality code with comprehensive testing tools
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- Live Unit Testing - Visualize unit testing results and code coverage live in the editor.
- Testing Tools - Associate automation with test case work items using the Test Explorer.
Collaborate: Use version control, be agile, and collaborate efficiently
- New Git features in Team Explorer and updated connect experience - Do more with Git in Visual Studio 2017 and easily find the projects and repos to which you want to connect.
- Enhanced Visual Studio Feedback Workflow - More collaborative Report-A-Problem. Search, follow, and vote to get latest updates on all feedback.
Extend: Customize to your liking by building your own extensions
- Visual Studio Extensions - Customize Visual Studio to your liking by building your own extensions.
- Discoverability of Project and Item Templates - There is a breaking change with how Visual Studio consumes project and item templates to improve performance of template discovery.
Equip: Utilize tooling to increase productivity and explore new capabilities
- .NET Core and ASP.NET Core - This contains the 1.0 final release of the new MSBuild based .NET Core Tools. Using Visual Studio 2017, you can create .NET Standard libraries, .NET Core apps/libraries, and ASP.NET web projects that use the new csproj format.
- Tools for Universal Windows App Development - Updates include a new version of the .NET Native toolchain, .NET Core NuGet framework, new productivity tools, and support for the Windows 10 'Creators Update' SDK.
- Xamarin - Xamarin 4.3 adds support for tvOS, while also improving iOS Assets Catalog support and the XML editing experience.
- Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova - A new browser-based simulator enables you to code fast and see the results immediately.
- Node.js Tools for Visual Studio - Updates focused on stability, performance, and overall product quality.
- Visual Studio Tools for Unity - Visual Studio Tools for Unity 3 is now available with the 'Game Development with Unity' workload from the new Visual Studio installer.
- Redgate Developer Tools Core Edition - To extend DevOps capabilities to SQL database development, Visual Studio now includes Redgate Developer Tools Core Edition, comprising Redgate ReadyRoll, SQL Search, and SQL Prompt.
- NuGet - NuGet now supports storing package dependency information directly in project files as package references, while maintaining the advances of transitive package references.
- Tools for XAML Apps - The XAML runtime toolbar now lets you track focus. XAML productivity has been improved with XAML Edit & Continue, improvements to the XAML Editor, and performance optimizations.
- Data Tools and SQL Server - The latest update of SQL Server Data Tools enables support for the newest features in Azure SQL Database and SQL Server 2016.
- Developer Analytics Tools - Visual Studio 2017 includes Developer Analytics Tools v8.6 with many improvements to the Application Insights and HockeyApp features in Visual Studio.
- Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio - Includes Office Developer Tools with the latest features and updates.
- Live Architecture Dependency Validation - Real-time notifications of dependency validation diagrams (aka Layer diagrams).
- Developer Command Prompt - Refactored scripts to support the new installation experience.
- Azure SDK for .NET - Now available from the new Visual Studio installer.
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This is not the latest version of Visual Studio. To download the latest release, please visit the current release notes for Visual Studio 2019.
Overview
This page contains the minimum system requirements for the Visual Studio 2017 family of products. For information on compatibility, see Visual Studio 2017 Platform Targeting and Compatibility. If you need help with improving performance, see Visual Studio performance tips and tricks.
What's New
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- For Windows, Visual Studio IDE, the Visual Studio 2017 release notes, or What's New in Visual Studio 2017.
- For Mac, What’s New in Visual Studio for Mac or the Visual Studio 2017 for Mac release notes.
- Visual Studio Team Services.
- Visual Studio Code or the VS Code release notes.
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Feedback and Suggestions
We would love to hear from you! For issues, let us know through the Report a Problem option in the upper right-handcorner of either the installer or the Visual Studio IDE itself. The icon is located in the upper right-hand corner.You can track your issues in the Visual Studio Developer Community, where you can ask questions and find answers.You can also make a product suggestion through Developer Community or get free installation help throughour Live Chat support.
Visual Studio 2017 System Requirements
The following products support the minimum system requirements below:
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- Visual Studio Enterprise 2017
- Visual Studio Professional 2017
- Visual Studio Community 2017
- Visual Studio Team Explorer 2017
- Visual Studio Test Professional 2017
- Visual Studio Test Agent 2017
- Visual Studio Test Controller 2017
- Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Office Integration 2017
- Visual Studio Feedback Client 2017
Supported Operating Systems | Visual Studio 2017 will install and run on the following operating systems:
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Supported Languages | Visual Studio is available in English, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish, and Turkish. You can select the language of Visual Studio during installation. The Visual Studio Installer is available in the same fourteen languages, and will match the language of Windows, if available. Note: Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Office Integration 2017 is available in the ten languages supported by Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2017. |
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Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2017
For detailed information on system requirements for various deployment scenarios, and for information onintegration with Microsoft Office and Microsoft SharePoint, seeVisual Studio Team Foundation Server Requirements and Compatibility.
The following products support the minimum requirements below:
- Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2017
- Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Express 2017
Supported Operating Systems | Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2017 will install and run on the 64-bit versions of the following operating systems:
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Hardware | For hardware recommendations on single-server and multi-server deployments, see Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Requirements and Compatibility. |
Supported Languages | Visual Studio Team Foundation Server is available in the following languages:
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Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 for Mac
To download Visual Studio for Mac, see visualstudio.com/vs/visual-studio-mac.
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For more information, see Visual Studio 2017 for Mac release notes, Visual Studio 2017 for Mac Product Family System Requirements, and Visual Studio 2017 for Mac Platform Targeting and Compatibility.
Microsoft Visual Studio Code
To download Microsoft Visual Studio Code, see code.visualstudio.com.
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For more information, see Requirements for Visual Studio Code,the release notes, and Visual Studio Code FAQ.
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Remote Tools, Performance Tools, and IntelliTrace Standalone Collector for Visual Studio 2017
The Remote Tools, Performance Tools, and IntelliTrace Standalone Collector support the same system requirements as Visual Studio with the following changes:
- Also installs on Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
- Requires a 1.6 GHz or faster processor
- Requires 1 GB of RAM (1.5 GB if running on a virtual machine)
- Requires 1 GB of available hard disk space
- Requires 1024 by 768 or higher display resolution
- For the best experience, use the most recent update of these diagnostic tools for your version of Visual Studio
Microsoft Visual Studio Build Tools 2017
The Build Tools support the same system requirements as Visual Studio with the following changes:
- Also installs on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and on the Server Core option for Windows Server 2016.
- Also installs into a Windows container.
- Requires 2.3 GB to 60 GB of available hard disk space, depending on installed features.
Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2017
To download the Visual C++ Redistributable, see visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads.
The Visual C++ Redistributable supports the same system requirements as Visual Studio with the following changes:
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- Also installs on Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP2, and Windows XP SP3
- Requires 1 GB of RAM (1.5 GB if running on a virtual machine)
- Requires 50 MB of available hard disk space