Notable/breaking changes

  • #2246 Node.js 8.x is default installation now (because of Node.js 4 EOL). Modify appveyor.yml to get back to Node 4.x.
  • #2291 Qt 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.7, 5.8 reached EOL were removed from VS 2015 image
  • #2289 Boost 1.56, 1.58, 1.59 removed from VS 2015 image
  • #2310 Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7.1

Other changes

  • #2325 Python 3.6.5 (with pip 10.0.1 pre-installed)
  • #2315 Python 2.7.15 (with pip 10.0.1 pre-installed)
  • #2195 Java 10
  • #2278 Azure CLI 2.0
  • #2281 CMake 3.11.1
  • #2275 Boost 1.67
  • #2324 TypeScript 2.8.3
  • #2233 .NET Core SDK 2.1.103, 2.1.104, 2.1.105
  • #2314 .NET Core SDK 2.1.200, 2.1.300-rc1
  • #2290 .NET 4.7.2 support
  • #2296 Windows SDK version 17134
  • #2309 LLVM 6.0
  • #2185 Qt 5.6.3
  • #2292 Qt 5.9.5
  • #2321 Service Fabric 6.2
  • #2186 Fixed: Android SDK v27 installation (Hyper-V image only)
  • #2227 Disable ‘VSIX Auto Update 15.6.152’ task
  • #2230 PowerShell Core 6.0.2
  • #2231 Fixed: CMake 3.11.0 breaks certain vcpkg builds
  • #2245 Mingw-w64 7.3.0
  • #2248 Update to Ruby 2.4.4 & 2.5.1
  • #2276 Node.js 10.1.0
  • #2282 Azure PowerShell 5.7
  • #2287 vcpkg 0.0.110
  • #2301 Cleanup Service Fabric environment
  • #2317 Visual Studio 2017 15.8 Preview 1
  • #2320 Fixed: Cannot RDP to build worker VM from Windows 10 machine
  • #2326 Miniconda2 4.5.1, Miniconda3 4.5.1

Previous worker images

There are build worker images available from previous deployment. You can use them in case of any issues with the current images:

  • Previous Visual Studio 2013
  • Previous Visual Studio 2015
  • Previous Visual Studio 2017

You can select build worker image in “Build worker image” dropdown on Environment tab of project settings or if you use appveyor.yml:

os: Previous Visual Studio 2015