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Older versions of Visual Studio 2017 will not install in Windows Server 2019 containers

December 10, 2018 Dec 10, 2018 12/10/18

Heath Stewart

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 ...

Docker recipes available for Visual Studio Build Tools

August 8, 2018 Aug 8, 2018 08/8/18

Heath Stewart

Use or contribute your own Dockerfiles on GitHub to help others build similar workloads with Visual Studio Build Tools.

No container image for Build Tools for Visual Studio 2017

June 14, 2018 Jun 14, 2018 06/14/18

Heath Stewart

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.

Updated documentation for Visual Studio Build Tools container

April 18, 2018 Apr 18, 2018 04/18/18

Heath Stewart

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.