What’s new in Update 3?

Visual Studio 2017 Update 3 was recently released, and has quite a few new features to explore. We’ll go through some of the highlights and take a deep dive into “Reference Assemblies”, which can reduce inner-loop build times for large solutions.

Bio:

Rainer is a developer in Microsoft’s Tools for Software Engineers group where he maintains the MSBuild engine and related tools. In his 9 years at Microsoft, he’s also worked on Windows, SQL Server, and other build and engineering-productivity infrastructure. In his spare time, he watches too many comic-book based TV shows.