Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 Now Available

Earlier this week Microsoft released Visual Studio Update 3 as they continue addressing issues reported by users and delivering new features to the development suite of software.

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

June 30, 2016

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Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 Now Available

Earlier this week Microsoft released Visual Studio Update 3 as they continue addressing issues reported by users and delivering new features to the development suite of software.

According to the announcement blog post one major fix in this update was related to a memory issue for some customers. After providing those customers a release candidate of Update 3 to test and confirming the memory bug was gone they were able to ship this completed update.

The VS 2015 Update 3 release includes improvements in these other areas as well:

  • Tools for Apache Cordova

  • Developer Analytics Tools

  • Debugging and Diagnostics

  • Visual Studio IDE

  • Tools for Universal Windows apps

  • Architecture Tools

  • Visual C++

  • Node.js Tools for Visual Studio

  • Web Developer Tools

  • TypeScript

  • C# and Visual Basic

  • Team Explorer

  • Xamarin

As for known issues in this latest release they are all listed on this page at MSDN.

I did notice in the comments on the main release blog post that some users were reporting issues with the C++ Edit and Continue feature after installing the update.

Shortly after this issue was identified, Microsoft provided the following action to resolve the problem:

"FYI for folks running into C++ Edit and Continue issues – disabling Debug > Options > General > “Allow precompiling (Native only)” should resolve your issue."

More info is available on the Visual C++ Team Blog.

But, wait...there's probably more so be sure to follow me on Twitter and Google+.

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About the Author

Richard Hay

Senior Content Producer, IT Pro Today (Informa Tech)

I served for 29 plus years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer in November 2011. My work background in the Navy was telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well with what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.

My first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and WindowsObserver.com is the result of the work I have done on that site since 1995.

In January 2010 my community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when I received my first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the Windows Operating System. Since then I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP each subsequent year since that initial award. I am also a member of the inaugural group of Windows Insider MVPs which began in 2016.

I previously hosted the Observed Tech PODCAST for 10 years and 317 episodes and now host a new podcast called Faith, Tech, and Space. 

I began contributing to Penton Technology websites in January 2015 and in April 2017 I was hired as the Senior Content Producer for Penton Technology which is now Informa Tech. In that role, I contribute to ITPro Today and cover operating systems, enterprise technology, and productivity.

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