Category:Data and Analytics from The Visual Studio Blog

Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.4 Released

John MontgomeryOctober 10, 2017Oct 10, 201710/10/17

Yesterday we released updates to several of our products: Visual Studio 2017 version 15.4, support for .NET Standard 2.0 in the Universal Windows Platform, and the release of Visual Studio for Mac version 7.2. This minor update contains new features and performance improvements as well as fixes for bugs reported by you. Some highlights are mentioned below, for the full feature list check out the Visual Studio 2017 version 15.4 Release notes.

Visual Studio and Xamarin take iOS support to 11

Visual Studio BlogSeptember 26, 2017Sep 26, 201709/26/17

With the first wave of new iPhone 8 devices landing in people’s hands, and the installed base of iOS 11 users growing rapidly, it’s an exciting time to build apps for iPhone and iPad, as well as macOS and the new 4k Apple TVs and Cellular Apple Watches.

Xamarin University’s free webinar series: Learn mobile development from experts

Visual Studio BlogMay 24, 2017May 24, 201705/24/17

Starting June 1st, Xamarin University’s team of mobile experts – including special guest and author Charles Petzold – will host five new demo-packed webinars, designed to show you how to use Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin to deliver fully native mobile apps for iOS,

A Lap Around Python in Visual Studio 2017

Visual Studio BlogMay 12, 2017May 12, 201705/12/17

We’re delighted to announce that our rich Python toolchain is fully available in Visual Studio 2017. Installation of Python tools, interpreters, runtimes, and numerous other features are directly integrated into the Visual Studio 2017 installer. Just select the Python development or Data science and analytical applications workloads,

Build Intelligent Apps Faster with Visual Studio and the Data Science Workload

Visual Studio BlogMay 10, 2017May 10, 201705/10/17

I’m excited to announce that the Data Science and analytics applications workload is available today in Visual Studio 2017. It had made a brief appearance in preview releases of Visual Studio, but had to be delayed while we completed localization and accessibility work.

A fresh update to Visual Studio 2017 and the next preview

John MontgomeryMay 10, 2017May 10, 201705/10/17

In his Build 2017 keynote, Scott Guthrie made several announcements across partnerships, new Azure service capabilities, and the Visual Studio family. If you didn’t get a chance to watch the keynote, check out ScottGu's blog post. From a Visual Studio product family perspective, the significant announcements are - The general availability of Visual Studio for Mac, Visual Studio 2017 version 15.2, Visual Studio 2017 version 15.3 Preview, A preview of .NET Standard 2.0 support in .NET Core, Here’s a little more about each of these announcements.

Announcing New Innovations to Help Every Developer Achieve More with Microsoft Azure

Visual Studio BlogMay 10, 2017May 10, 201705/10/17

More than ever, organizations are relying on developers to create breakthrough experiences. From start-ups to enterprises to government agencies, developers are creating new digital experiences that are redefining organizations to empower us all. The cloud is a key enabler for this era,

Visual Studio 2017: Productivity, Performance, and Partners

Visual Studio BlogMarch 7, 2017Mar 7, 201703/7/17

Today we released Visual Studio 2017. Start your download and read on to learn more about some of the highlights of this release. For the complete list of changes in the release, check out the Visual Studio 2017 release notes. Some of the things I would like to highlight are:

Fundamentals: Productivity and Performance
5-star Mobile Applications
Cloud Development
DevOps
The Visual Studio Ecosystem

Fundamentals: Productivity and Performance
Improved startup and improved project load.

Update to Visual Studio 2017 Release Candidate

Visual Studio BlogJanuary 27, 2017Jan 27, 201701/27/17

Today we have another update to Visual Studio 2017 Release Candidate. Some of you may have noticed that yesterday we posted an RC update, but took it down because of a setup issue. The issue is now fixed so please give it a try.

Azure Notebooks now support F#

Visual Studio BlogDecember 5, 2016Dec 5, 201612/5/16

Last week I blogged about the availability of the new Data Storage and Data Science workloads in Visual Studio 2017 RC. The Data Science workload specifically provides support for the following:

R integration, along with Microsoft’s optimized R libraries
Python integration,

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