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    Configure Visual Studio across your organization with .vsconfig
    Configure Visual Studio across your organization with .vsconfig
    AvatarHeath StewartApril 3, 2019Apr 3, 201904/3/19
    Add a .vsconfig file to your solution root directory to configure Visual Studio consistently across your organization.

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    Older versions of Visual Studio 2017 will not install in Windows Server 2019 containers
    Older versions of Visual Studio 2017 will not install in Windows Server 2019 containers
    AvatarHeath StewartDecember 10, 2018Dec 10, 201812/10/18
    If you try to install Build Tools for Visual Studio 2017 into a Windows Server 2019 or newer container image, such as mcr.microsoft.com/windows/servercore:1809 or mcr.microsoft.com/windows/servercore:ltsc2019, the install will quickly terminate without error and without installing anything. This is due, in part, to changes to the Windows ...

    Comments are closed.0ContainersDocker
    Workaround for 0x8007007e when trying to to locate an instance of Visual Studio
    Workaround for 0x8007007e when trying to to locate an instance of Visual Studio
    AvatarHeath StewartNovember 14, 2018Nov 14, 201811/14/18
    We are investigating how a particular rare problem occurs that can prevent clients like VSIXInstaller.exe, vswhere.exe, and others from finding any Visual Studio instance that results in an error similar to the following: This is the CLSID for the Visual Studio Installer query API, and despite being registered the COM server DLL is ...

    Comments are closed.0Installationpsmsi
    Docker recipes available for Visual Studio Build Tools
    Docker recipes available for Visual Studio Build Tools
    AvatarHeath StewartAugust 8, 2018Aug 8, 201808/8/18
    Use or contribute your own Dockerfiles on GitHub to help others build similar workloads with Visual Studio Build Tools.

    Comments are closed.0DockerVisual Studio
    No container image for Build Tools for Visual Studio 2017
    No container image for Build Tools for Visual Studio 2017
    AvatarHeath StewartJune 14, 2018Jun 14, 201806/14/18
    The size and permutations of Build Tools 2017 container images are too great to publish official images, but here's how you can create your own tailored images.

    Comments are closed.0DockerVisual Studio
    vswhere now supports -utf8 to override console code page
    vswhere now supports -utf8 to override console code page
    AvatarHeath StewartJune 13, 2018Jun 13, 201806/13/18
    You can now force vswhere to output JSON using the UTF-8 encoding.

    Comments are closed.0InstallationVisual Studio
    Updated documentation for Visual Studio Build Tools container
    Updated documentation for Visual Studio Build Tools container
    AvatarHeath StewartApril 18, 2018Apr 18, 201804/18/18
    The .NET Framework may not be correctly installed into a Windows Server Core container, and managed code - like the compilers - may fail. The documentation was updated with how to work around this.

    Comments are closed.0ContainerizationContainers
    vswhere now supports -requiresAny to find instances with one or more components installed
    vswhere now supports -requiresAny to find instances with one or more components installed
    AvatarHeath StewartJanuary 25, 2018Jan 25, 201801/25/18
    You can now use -requiresAny with vswhere to specify that any component ID passed to -requires will satisfy the query.

    Comments are closed.0InstallationVisual Studio
    Set both x86 and x64 registry views for custom setup policy
    Set both x86 and x64 registry views for custom setup policy
    AvatarHeath StewartNovember 8, 2017Nov 8, 201711/8/17
    Due to a bug in older versions of Visual Studio 2017, you should set the CachePath policy in both 32- and 64-bit views of the registry.

    Comments are closed.064-bitInstallation
    How to install Builds Tools in a Docker container
    How to install Builds Tools in a Docker container
    AvatarHeath StewartOctober 24, 2017Oct 24, 201710/24/17
    Preview new documentation for how to install Build Tools for Visual Studio 2017 into a Docker container.

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