VS 2017 (15.9 update)

Visual Studio 2017 (15.9 update) is now available for download , and you should see the 'new update available' notification in the coming weeks--you can also get the update now by downloading the 'free trial' version of the installer which will let you update your system. This release includes support buildARM64 UWP apps and C++17 <charconv> for float.

Note that 15.9 is the last minor update for VS 2017, although it will continue to get servicing updates. The VS 2017 Preview channel has been updated to match VS 2017 (15.9).

The latest VS 2017 Redistribution packages are available ( x86 , x64 ), as well as the Remote Debugging Tools ( x86 , x64 ). For more on the Visual Studio 2017 (15.9) update, see therelease notes.

Compiler and CRT

VS 2017 (15.9) includes a new version of the C/C++ complier (19.16.27023.1). This includes a number of bug fixes as well as language conformance improvements. Seethis blog post for more details, as well asMicrosoft Docs.

Note:Perthis blog post, the _MSC_VER value is now 1916 instead of 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, or 1915.

The C/C++ Runtime (14.16.27012) is included in this update. Remember that VS 2015 and VS 2017 share the same runtime redistributable binaries and that VS 2015 Update 3 is binary compatible with VS 2017--code or static library built with one can be linked to the other--, so this is the latest version for both.

Windows 10 SDK:This release includes the Windows 10 SDK (October 2018) which was also available an optional component for VS 2017 (15.8.6 or later).

Xbox One XDK:There is a known issue for this update. See this announcement for details ( requires access )

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