{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Visual Studio Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio","author_name":"Julia Liuson","author_url":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/author\/juliapa\/","title":"Join Us: Visual Studio 2017 Launch Event and 20th Anniversary - Visual Studio Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"s3WGDBrdaK\"><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/visual-studio-2017-launch-event-and-20th-anniversary\/\">Join Us: Visual Studio 2017 Launch Event and 20th Anniversary<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/visual-studio-2017-launch-event-and-20th-anniversary\/embed\/#?secret=s3WGDBrdaK\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Join Us: Visual Studio 2017 Launch Event and 20th Anniversary&#8221; &#8212; Visual Studio Blog\" data-secret=\"s3WGDBrdaK\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/VS-logo-featured-image.webp","thumbnail_width":560,"thumbnail_height":350,"description":"Twenty-five years ago, I started my first day at Microsoft as a developer on the Access team, and then as a developer on a newly created product \u2013 Visual InterDev. I remember how the emphasis was on the Visual part of our various product offerings, we have come a long way to the Visual Studio we have now.  Today, I\u2019m proud and humbled that Visual Studio is turning twenty \u2013 we\u2019re celebrating two decades of Visual Studio! As we hit this great milestone, I\u2019m also excited to announce that Visual Studio 2017 will be released on March 7."}