Release Date: August 18, 2017 – Visual Studio 2017 version 15.3.1

Issues Fixed in August 18, 2017 Release

These are the customer-reported issues addressed in this version:

• Update Git version to address security fix.
• Add Watch displays the wrong line of code.
• F# Editor loses focus when typing arrow, backspace, or newline keys.
• R Tools missing translations.

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Summary: What’s New in this Release

• Accessibility Improvements make Visual Studio more accessible than ever.
• Azure Function Tools are included in the Azure development workload. You can develop Azure Function applications locally and publish directly to Azure.
• You can now build applications in Visual Studio 2017 that run on Azure Stack and government clouds, like Azure in China.
• We improved .NET Core development support for .NET Core 2.0, and Windows Nano Server containers.
• In Visual Studio IDE, we improved Sign In and Identity, the start page, Lightweight Solution Load, and setup CLI. We also improved refactoring, code generation and Quick Actions.
• The Visual Studio Editor has better accessibility due to the new ‘Blue (Extra Contrast)’ theme and improved screen reader support.
• We improved the Debugger and diagnostics experience. This includes Point and Click to Set Next Statement. We’ve also refreshed all nested values in variable window, and made Open Folder debugging improvements.
• Xamarin has a new standalone editor for editing app entitlements.
• The Open Folder and CMake Tooling experience is updated. You can now use CMake 3.8.
• We made improvements to the IntelliSense engine, and to the project and the code wizards for C++ Language Services.
• Visual C++ Toolset supports command-prompt initialization targeting.
• We added the ability to use C# 7.1 Language features.
• You can install TypeScript versions independent of Visual Studio updates.
• We added support for Node 8 debugging.
• NuGet has added support for new TFMs (netcoreapp2.0, netstandard2.0, Tizen), Semantic Versioning 2.0.0, and MSBuild integration of NuGet warnings and errors.
• Visual Studio now offers .NET Framework 4.7 development tools to supported platforms with 4.7 runtime included.
• We added clusters of related events to the search query results in the Application Insights Search tool.
• We improved syntax support for SQL Server 2016 in Redgate SQL Search.
• We enabled support for Microsoft Graph APIs in Connected Services.

Read more at https://www.visualstudio.com/en-gb/news/releasenotes/vs2017-relnotes#15.3.26730.08