Latest & Greatest in Visual Studio for C++ developers

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Visual Studio 2017 adds concrete upgrades: compiler conformance finishes C++11/14 and targets full C++17 by the 15.6 update, with 15.5 preview adding two‑phase lookup; optimizer yields ~9% SPEC runtime gains and ~20% faster build throughput versus VS2015; debug fastlink gives 2–4× linking speed. Demos show painless retargeting that keeps the VS2015 toolset side‑by‑side, VC package with ~300+ curated libraries, Open Folder + native CMake, remote Linux and MinGW/GDB debugging, built‑in GoogleTest support coming, clearer diagnostics and new function‑stepping.

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1. 0:00Welcome and team intro
2. 1:46Mission and goals
3. 3:53Visual Studio Code overview
4. 4:55Talk structure and MSVC focus
5. 5:35C++ standard conformance progress
6. 8:24Compiler switches and permissive mode
7. 9:50Open source library compatibility
8. 11:14Compiler diagnostics improvements
9. 12:40C++ Core Guidelines checks
10. 13:25Compiler performance gains
11. 14:52Build throughput optimizations
12. 15:35Transition to Visual Studio demos
13. 17:09Visual Studio 2017 release cadence
14. 18:12Workload-based installer
15. 21:01VC package for open source libraries
16. 22:05Demo: Upgrading projects
17. 28:48Open Folder and CMake support
18. 30:11Demo: CMake and MinGW
19. 37:14Other Visual Studio workloads
20. 39:22Linux workload and WSL
21. 40:04Demo: Cross-platform Linux
22. 44:20IoT and embedded development
23. 45:28Game development workload
24. 46:11Productivity features overview
25. 46:33Demo: Git history and blame
26. 48:18Demo: Google Test integration
27. 50:44Demo: EditorConfig and function stepping
28. 54:00IDE performance improvements
29. 55:48Future performance goals
30. 56:33Feedback and community thanks
31. 57:15Microsoft's open source shift
32. 58:23Q&A session

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