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# System Requirements

## Visual Studio

* Visual Studio Community, Professional, or Enterprise.
* Visual Studio 2022 for the current extension.
* Visual Studio 2017 or 2019 for the legacy extension.
* Visual Studio core editor.
* .NET Desktop Development workload.

## Runtime

* Windows.
* .NET Framework 4.7.2 for the Visual Studio extension assemblies.
* Windows PowerShell 5.1.
* PowerShell 7 for features that target modern PowerShell runtimes.

## Packaging

Packaging scripts as executables may require additional .NET SDKs or developer packs based on the target PowerShell version. See the [PowerShell Module requirements](/open-source-tools/powershell-module/system-requirements.md) and [Package.psd1](/open-source-tools/powershell-module/packaging/package.psd1.md) for target framework details.