Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools 17.14.2120

Prefix Reserved 
dotnet add package Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools --version 17.14.2120
                    


                    

                
NuGet\Install-Package Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools -Version 17.14.2120
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="17.14.2120">
  <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="17.14.2120" />
                    


                            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 17.14.2120
                    


                    

                
#r "nuget: Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools, 17.14.2120"
#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@17.14.2120
#: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=17.14.2120
                    


                            Install as a Cake Addin
                        

                    

                
#tool nuget:?package=Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools&version=17.14.2120
                    


                            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.

There are no supported framework assets in this package.

Learn more about Target Frameworks and .NET Standard.

NuGet packages (5)

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VSSDK_Reference_Assemblies

Meta package containing all VSSDK Reference Assemblies
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Extensibility.Build

Visual Studio Extensibility Framework SDK tools, contains tooling for building out of process extensions.
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workspace.Extensions.VS

Package Description
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 84,557 10/2/2025
17.14.2101 15,088 8/13/2025
17.14.2094 28,344 5/14/2025
17.14.1043-preview2 1,748 3/12/2025
17.13.2126 46,238 2/12/2025
17.13.1094-preview2 1,463 12/10/2024
17.13.49-preview1 1,864 11/12/2024
17.12.2069 960,175 9/26/2024
17.12.44-preview1 999 8/13/2024
17.11.439 6,376 10/17/2024
17.11.435 68,893 8/13/2024
17.11.290-preview2 508 6/11/2024
17.11.54-preview1 985 5/28/2024
17.10.2185 15,533 6/11/2024
17.10.2179 11,956 5/21/2024
17.10.1074-preview2 1,828 3/14/2024
17.9.3184 170,045 4/25/2024
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