Also announced are previews of Docker tools, Azure Functions, and Xamarin.IoT support. It also uses the same MSBuild solution and project format as Visual Studio for Windows, so Mac and Windows developers can easily share projects across both platforms. Today at the Build 2017 developer conference, Microsoft has announced that Visual Studio 2017 for Mac has shed its preview tag and is now generally available.Ī largely rebranded version of Xamarin Studio’s IDE (Microsoft bought Xamarin in early 2016), Visual Studio 2017 for Mac includes Intellisense code completion, a Roslyn-powered compiler, intelligent refactoring, and a universal search across files, types, members, commands, and NuGets. In March this year, Microsoft released Visual Studio 2017 for Windows, an IDE (integrated development environment) that developers can use to develop Windows apps and mobile apps, as well as websites, web services, and web apps. Microsoft releases Visual Studio 2017 for Mac