The first thing I noticed when installing Visual Studio 2017 RC was the new installer. In this article, I’ll take a look at what is new and improved with Visual Studio coming into 2017, so you can get a feel of what is coming up before you try it out for yourself. These three workloads should not be relied on in a production environment at this stage. NET Core, Xamarin, Python, and Data Science workloads have not yet reached RC-quality, we have marked them as Preview quality. Note from Microsoft: As we prepare for release, we’re continuing to evolve the list of workloads. This has given me a chance to install it for myself and take a deeper look at what is coming for this Visual Studio 2017 RC review. There’s no better time than now to start looking into new tools and technologies that are being released. A t Connect() 2016 Microsoft announced the availability of Visual Studio 2017 Release Candidate. Visual Studio 2017 RC review: a look at what’s new and improved By Ollie | Posted | 6 min.