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Visual Studio for Mac–Final–Released / Download Here

May 10, 2017 .NET, .NET Core 1.0, .NET Core 1.0.1, .NET Framework, ASP.NET, ASP.NET Core 1.0, ASP.NET Core 1.0.1, ASP.NET MVC, Mac OSX, MacOS Sierra, Microsoft, Mobile-Development, SignalR, Visual Studio for Mac, VisualStudio, Web API v2.0, Xamarin, Xamarin Studio No comments

Microsoft has released Visual Studio for Mac, a revamped and renamed version of Xamarin Studio with little bit look and feel changes to make it look like Visual Studio product line has been released.

With Visual Studio for Mac, you should be able to develop .NET/C#/ASP.NET based apps and XAMARIN Native and Forms based apps in Mac OS environment.

Visual Studio for Mac comes with different editions like as in Visual Studio 2017/Xamarin Studio such as Community, Professional and Enterprise.

  • Visual Studio Community for Mac – Free, fully-featured IDE for students, open-source and individual developers.
  • Visual Studio Professional for Mac – Professional developer tools, services, and subscription benefits for small teams.
  • Visual Studio Enterprise for Mac – End-to-end solution to meet demanding quality and scale needs of teams of all sizes.

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Go through Release Notes here for more details.

Download: 

.NET Framework 4.7–Released for All versions of Windows

May 3, 2017 .NET, .NET 4.7, .NET Framework, .NET Framework 4.7, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, C#.NET, Caching, Cryptography, Extensions, Microsoft, Performance, Security, Visual Studio 2013, Visual Studio 2015, Visual Studio 2017, VisualStudio, VS2012, VS2013, VS2015, WCF, Web API, Web API v2.0, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, WinForms, WPF No comments

Microsoft has released next version of .NET Framework (do not get confused with .NET Core) .  Though the .NET Framework 4.7 was released as part of Windows 10 Creators Update a month ago. You can now install the .NET Framework 4.7 on other versions of Windows

Download the: .NET Framework 4.7  – Web installer  |  Offline Installer

.NET Framework 4.7 Developer Pack  In order to add support for .NET Framework 4.7 in Visual Studio 2012 or later we need to install Developer Pack.

Windows Versions and Support:

The .NET Framework 4.7 is supported on the following Windows versions:

  • Windows 10 Creators Update (included in-box)
  • Windows 10 Anniversary Update
  • Windows 8.1
  • Windows 7 SP1

The .NET Framework 4.7 is supported on the following Windows Server versions:

  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 2012
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

New Features in .NET Framework 4.7:

On a high-level below are the set of new features introduced in following areas:

Core

Networking  Default operating system support for TLS protocols*

ASP.NET

  • Object Cache Extensibility  (plug in new implementations of an object cache for an ASP.NET application by using the new ICacheStoreProvider interface. )
  • Memory monitoring (Developers can now write their own memory monitors to replace the default by using the ApplicationMonitors.MemoryMonitor property.)
  • Memory Limit Reactions. (Developers can now replace or supplement the default behavior by subscribing IObserver implementations to the application’s memory monitor.

Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) 

  • Ability to configure the default message security settings to TLS 1.1 or TLS 1.2
  • Improved reliability of WCF applications and WCF serialization

Windows Forms – High DPI support

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)

  • Support for a touch/stylus stack based on Windows WM_POINTER messages
  • New implementation for WPF printing APIs

Also improvements in :

  • High DPI support for Windows Forms applications on Windows 10
  • Touch support for WPF applications on Windows 10
  • Enhanced cryptography support
  • Support for C# 7 and VB 15, including ValueTuple
  • Support for .NET Standard 1.6
  • Performance and reliability improvements

 

Additional References:

Visual Studio 2017 Install error– 0x80131500 – Failed to Deserialize packages

April 5, 2017 .NET, .NET 4.7, .NET Core 1.0, .NET Framework, .NET Framework 4.5.2, .NET Framework 4.6, .NET Framework 4.7, ASP.NET, ASP.NET Core 1.0, ASP.NET MVC, C#.NET, Microsoft, Troubleshooting, Visual Studio 2017, VisualStudio, VS2017, WCF, Windows, Windows 10 No comments

I was frustrated by this error when I am trying to reinstall Visual Studio 2017 after my visual studio got corrupted/failed during upgrade to 15.1 ( or after a previous installation failed due to low disk space).

There is a file called ‘state.json’ , in below mentioned path, which is creating this particular issue. 

%ProgramData%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Packages\Instances\<instance> 

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Solution:

  • Delete/rename the folder as is or rename ‘state.json’ file to ‘something.json’ .

Found from : https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/content/problem/2877/install-error-0x80131500-failed-to-deserialize-pac.html

Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 – Download

June 27, 2016 .NET, .NET Core 1.0, .NET Framework, .NET Framework 4.5, .NET Framework 4.5.2, .NET Framework 4.6, ASP.NET, ASP.NET 5.0, ASP.NET Core 1.0, ASP.NET MVC, C#.NET, Community, JavaScript, Microsoft, MSDN, Trial Downloads, Updates, Visual Studio 2015, Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio SDK, VisualStudio, VS2015, WCF, Web API v2.0, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Azure, Windows Azure Development, Windows Phone Development, Windows Phone SDK, Windows Store Development, WPF, WWF, XAML No comments

Today Microsoft has released Update 3 for Visual Studio 2015. Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 includes a variety of capability improvements and bug fixes. To find out what’s new, see the Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 Release Notes. For a list of fixed bugs and known issues, see the Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 MSDN Article.

Download:
Visual Studio Community 2015 with Update 3 – Web Installer –  ISO
Visual Studio Enterprise 2015 with Update 3 – Web Install –  ISO
Visual Studio Professional 2015 with Update 3 – Web Installer –  ISO
Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 – Web Installer – ISO
Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2015 with Update 3 – Web Installer –  ISO
Visual Studio Test Professional 2015 – Web Installer – ISO
Visual Studio Express 2015 for Windows 10 – here
Visual Studio Express 2015 for Web – here
Visual Studio Express 2015 for Desktop – here

Visual Studio 2015 Update 2–Download

March 31, 2016 .NET, .NET Framework, ASP.NET, ASP.NET 5.0, ASP.NET MVC, Azure SDK, Microsoft, Microsoft SDKs, Visual Studio 2015, Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio SDK, VisualStudio, VS2015, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows Phone SDK 2 comments

Today Microsoft has released Update 2 for Visual Studio 2015. Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 includes a variety of capability improvements and bug fixes. To find out what’s new, see the Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 Release Notes. For a list of fixed bugs and known issues, see the Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 MSDN Article.

Download:
Visual Studio Community 2015 with Update 2 – Web Installer –  ISO
Visual Studio Enterprise 2015 with Update 2 – Web Install –  ISO
Visual Studio Professional 2015 with Update 2 – Web Installer –  ISO
Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 – Web Installer – ISO
Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2015 with Update 2 – Web Installer –  ISO
Visual Studio Test Professional 2015 – Web Installer – ISO
Visual Studio Express 2015 for Windows 10 – here
Visual Studio Express 2015 for Web – here
Visual Studio Express 2015 for Desktop – here

Visual Studio 2013 Update 5 (2013.5) RC–Released

May 5, 2015 .NET, .NET Framework, .NET Framework 4.5, .NET Framework 4.5.2, ASP.NET, ASP.NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC, BCL(Base Class Library), KnowledgeBase, Microsoft, Microsoft SDKs, Portable Class Library, Visual Studio 2013, VisualStudio, VS2013, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 8 No comments

Microsoft has released an release candidate version for VS2013 Update 5 (short: 2013.5).

This update is the latest in a cumulative series of technology improvements and bug fixes for Visual Studio 2013.

What’s new in Visual Studio 2013 Update 5
  • Current iteration query token
  • Team Project Rename support for Local Workspaces : –  [ability to update local workspaces after a team project is renamed. Performing a get or check-in will automatically correct the workspace mapping so that it uses the new team project name.]

WARNING: All prior releases of the Tools for Apache Cordova are incompatible with Update 5. If you have previously installed a Tools for Apache Cordova CTP extension, you must uninstall that extension before installing Visual Studio 2013 Update 5.

Download: Visual Studio 2013 Update 5 (2013.5) RC

KB – https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3021976?wa=wsignin1.0 

https://www.visualstudio.com/news/vs2013-update5-vs