Now you can download Visual Studio 2015 Update 3

On June 27th, we released the latest Visual Studio 2015 Update 3. Fixes been made and in Update 3 you will see many such fixes addressing customer feedback around performance and stability.

Here are the related resources for you:

• Download it from @ Visual Studio Update 3
• What’s new @ https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/news/releasenotes/vs2015-update3-vs#what-s-new
• Related releases @https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/news/releasenotes/vs2015-update3-vs#related-releases
• Send us your feedback using the Feedback option in Visual Studio.
• Submit suggestions on the Visual Studio 2015 UserVoice site.

Hope this helps.

Azure Developer: Corrupted cache files causing the service fabric to broke in Visual Studio

Recently I worked with one of the Azure developer customer and he reported that the latest version of Service Fabric from Web Platform Installer throws error/broke Service Fabric support in Visual Studio. He notice the following error:

They see this error when creating a new service fabric project. He tried uninstalling and reinstalling the SDK but it did not help. He tried running VS2015 Update 2 and still failed to repro the issue.
We worked together, followed the below steps and resolved the issue.

– The above error we see is usually caused by the corrupted cache files.
– To overcome this, go to %localappdata%MicrosoftVisualStudio14.0
– Delete the folders: Extensions, ComponentModelCache.
– We made sure that he has all the Visual Studio instances closed before we delete the folders. Then he restarted Visual Studio, it will rebuild the cache files and now he can see the service fabric templates too.

Viola, it worked and he is good to go!!

Build 2016 – Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 available now

Today @ Build 2016 conference, we announced release of Visual Studio 2015 Update 2, so you can download and play with that. For more information on what’s new in this update, you can refer the post @ https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/news/vs2015-update2-vs.aspx.

Download:   Visual Studio 2015 Update 2

 
This release focuses on stability and on responding to the feedback we’ve received on RTM and Update 1; also it includes improving its performance and responsiveness. For problems, you can let us know via the Send Feedback option in Visual Studio. For suggestions, let us know through UserVoice.

Office 365 Developer : Required permissions/plans for an Office 365 account to access using Office 365 REST APIs

Are you an Office 365 developer and want to use Office 365 APIs such as mail, contacts, calendar, and files to access then you need to have the following permissions/part of plans:

Permissions: To access you need to have an Office 365 business account with global administrator privileges.

Plans: Also this can be one of the following plans:

• Office 365 Midsize Business

• Office 365 Enterprise E1, E3, E4, E5 or K1

• Office 365 Education A2, A3, or A4
• Office 365 Developer

If you don’t have the above, then you will get an error when you try to connect with Visual Studio (using Office 365 Tools > Add > Connected Service).

Hope this helps.

Dev Update: Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 & Windows SDK for Windows 10

Are you the developer who downloaded/use Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 which we released last week? If yes, the there is no need to install the Windows SDK for Windows 10 – it’s already included in it.

If you are using a different development environment than Visual Studio 2015, you can download a standalone Windows SDK for Windows 10 installer.
You can download the Windows Standalone SDK for Windows 10.

Download Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 1

Last week we announced the Update 1 for Microsoft Studio 2015 and you can download it from Visual Studio 2015 Update 1. This release includes our latest feature and functionality updates – refer the below snapshot:

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For more detailed info, you can refer the release notes – https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/news/vs2015-update1-vs.aspx

In addition, it also talks about Bug Fixes, known issues and related releases etc. – refer the below snapshot:

Hope this helps.

Looking for Visual Studio 2015 SDK download… wait, read this first?

As you know now Visual Studio 2015 is RTM-ed and you have started to use it for building applications. Recently I came across a query from a developer, from where they can download Visual Studio 2015 SDK – as they used it to create tool windows, menu commands, editor extensions, isolated shell projects, and other extensions for Visual Studio. Unlike the earlier versions, the Visual Studio 2015 Software Development Kit (SDK) is no longer offered as a separate download. Instead, Visual Studio Extensibility Tools (SDK and templates) are included as an optional feature in Visual Studio setup. For more information you can refer, https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb166441(v=vs.140).aspx