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: Formerly known as Application Insights, these tools were updated to make searching telemetry and adding Application Insights to web or mobile apps more seamless. End of Life Notice

: Streamlined experiences for building cross-platform apps targeting iOS and Android using one shared project.

Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 Professional was a pivotal release that matured the "VS2015" ecosystem, focusing heavily on performance, cross-platform mobile development, and modernizing language support for C++ and TypeScript. While it has been superseded by newer versions like Visual Studio 2022 , it remains a notable legacy environment for specific enterprise maintenance. Key Performance and Core Improvements visual-studio-2015-update-2-professional

: Enhancements were made to reduce UI delays specifically when loading complex C++ projects.

Update 2 introduced several "under-the-hood" enhancements designed to reduce friction in large-scale development: : Formerly known as Application Insights, these tools

Update 2 continued Microsoft's push into mobile and cloud-first development:

: A redesigned engine significantly accelerated "Go To Definition" and "Find All References". While it has been superseded by newer versions

: Experimental support for C++ Modules was refined to make more code "just work" compared to Update 1. It also included performance and correctness fixes for the C++17-aimed Standard Template Library (STL). Cross-Platform and Mobile Development