Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools 17.12.44-preview1

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.NET Framework 4.7.2 This package targets .NET Framework 4.7.2. The package is compatible with this framework or higher.
This is a prerelease version of Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools.
There is a newer version of this package available.
See the version list below for details. 
dotnet add package Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools --version 17.12.44-preview1
                    


                    

                
NuGet\Install-Package Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools -Version 17.12.44-preview1
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools" Version="17.12.44-preview1">
  <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
  <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers</IncludeAssets>
</PackageReference>
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
<PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools" Version="17.12.44-preview1" />
                    


                            Directory.Packages.props
                        

                    

                
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools">
  <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
  <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers</IncludeAssets>
</PackageReference>
                    


                            Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package. 
paket add Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools --version 17.12.44-preview1
                    


                    

                
#r "nuget: Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools, 17.12.44-preview1"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
#:package Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools@17.12.44-preview1
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package. 
#addin nuget:?package=Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools&version=17.12.44-preview1&prerelease
                    


                            Install as a Cake Addin
                        

                    

                
#tool nuget:?package=Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools&version=17.12.44-preview1&prerelease
                    


                            Install as a Cake Tool

Contains targets and tools to enable the building of managed VSIX projects without VSSDK MSI installed. Only for VS 2015 and onwards.

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET Framework net472 is compatible.  net48 was computed.  net481 was computed. 
Compatible target framework(s)
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Meta package containing all VSSDK Reference Assemblies
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ThisAssembly.Vsix

Allows consuming VSIX manifest properties from code, as well as MSBuild project properties from the VSIX manifest. For example: partial class ThisAssembly { public static partial class Vsix { public const string Id = "MyVsix"; } } or <PackageManifest Version="2.0.0" ...> <Metadata> <Identity Id="|%CurrentProject%;VsixId|" Version="|%CurrentProject%;VsixVersion|" Language="|%CurrentProject%;VsixLanguage|" Publisher="|%CurrentProject%;VsixPublisher|" /> <DisplayName>|%CurrentProject%;VsixDisplayName|</DisplayName> <Description>|%CurrentProject%;VsixDescription|</Description> </Metadata> ... </PackageManifest>
CallGraphAnalyzer1945

Roslyn-based analyzer to generate method call graphs from C# solutions.

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Version Downloads Last Updated
17.14.2120 123,434 10/2/2025
17.14.2101 15,890 8/13/2025
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17.13.2126 48,799 2/12/2025
17.13.1094-preview2 1,481 12/10/2024
17.13.49-preview1 1,921 11/12/2024
17.12.2069 1,186,180 9/26/2024
17.12.44-preview1 1,013 8/13/2024
17.11.439 6,547 10/17/2024
17.11.435 70,120 8/13/2024
17.11.290-preview2 516 6/11/2024
17.11.54-preview1 1,006 5/28/2024
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