Downloading and installing Visual Studio

Azure Functions tools are available for Visual Studio 2017 Update 3 or later. Lets download and install Visual Studio by performing the following steps:

  1. Download Visual Studio Community for free from the link https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/community, or use any of the paid editions. (Please verify that your development machine meets the minimal installation requirements).
  2. Configure Visual Studio to use C# as the main language during installation.
  3. Check Web and Azure workloads in VS installer. This will install the Azure SDK and the Functions SDK.
  4. Sign in to Visual Studio with the same Microsoft or organizational account that you used to create your Azure environment. This will make it easier to publish ...

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