Ryan Preece

Ramblings of a @Microsoft Software Engineer with a slight frequent flying addiction. Dev on the @VisualStudio Setup team. 🇦🇺 hanging out in 🇺🇸

[Ryan Preece @Preecington]

@EdwardSkrod @unusual_whales 🤔 You know what… it really does…

[Ryan Preece @Preecington]

@ericlaw Yup, the installer will now recognize any future versions as we make them available. 👍

[Ryan Preece @Preecington]

@davkean @ericlaw Hey @ericlaw, just so you know we've fixed up the weird behavior in 17.6 Preview 2. Installer version 3.6 and higher will now be more, uh, aware of itself!

More info in our release notes under "Limit exposure to available products in the Installer" at https://t.co/lS44vqSwHJ

[Ryan Preece @Preecington]

@TMobileHelp Just want to follow up to y'all that eventually @TMobileHelp @TMobile did come through here and provide a solution that worked and didn't leave me too much out of pocket, which I appreciate.

[Ryan Preece @Preecington]

@TMobile @TMobileHelp, how is it acceptable to cheat me out of ~$1000 of device payment credit after YOUR support team messed up and broke the promo on my account? Four months of trying to get it fixed and all I get is "computer says no". Outrageous! Why should I stay a customer?

[Ryan Preece @Preecington]

@mderriey @VisualStudio I saw nothing! 😂🙈

[Ryan Preece @Preecington]

It took two years (!!), but I'm thrilled to say you can now rollback @VisualStudio updates! 🎉🎉🎉

It took a bunch of talented engineers working hard to make this happen and I couldn't be prouder of what we've achieved.

https://t.co/0BKWvKu3Un

[🌱Malcolm Jack @InquisitorJax]

Visual Studio finally adding the ability to rollback an update :)

[Ryan Preece @Preecington]

@adpead @InquisitorJax We're so glad to hear that here on the Setup team! 🎉 It was a long, hard road to get Rollback done.

[Matt Lacey @mrlacey]

It's so nice to be able to update 4 different versions of @VisualStudio with a single click - My favorite feature EVER in the VSInstaller :)

[Ryan Preece @Preecington]

@jbevain Thanks! Out of curiosity, could we improve how it functions as a hub/launcher? It's kind of an afterthought for us as we don't see it being used that way.

[Ryan Preece @Preecington]

Always great to be appreciated! 🥳

[Jared Parsons @jaredpar]

The most under appreciated part of Visual Studio over the last three major releases is the Installer. I comfortably run and manage 3-5 versions of Visual Studio with different configurations on most of my boxes. Upgrades, installs and uninstalls are so smooth.

[Ryan Preece @Preecington]

@warrenDB @jaredpar Sounds like an instance nickname is stuck. 🤔 That’s gonna be real sticky due to a few things… @mistymadonna - do you know if we have any way of fixing that without uninstalling and reinstalling the instance?

[Mickaël Derriey @mderriey]

I had the absolute best time when I worked in a team that Kieran led.

Definitely hit him up if you're interested.

[Ryan Preece @Preecington]

@slace @mistymadonna Be gentle!

[Ryan Preece @Preecington]

@Woodsy900 @larsklint That drink placement gives me mad anxiety just looking at it. 😬

[Ryan Preece @Preecington]

@davidwengier Just wait for the weeds to take over. Then your suffering will be complete!

(Context: currently weeding in a clay front yard and hating every moment)

[Ryan Preece @Preecington]

@theJessSide_ @t0mmy44 ... I was staring at both your gifs and the obvious ref/connection between young/old Kenobi only just clicked. 😳

[Ryan Preece @Preecington]

@JanRingos @MalwareMinigun @VisualStudio Sometimes we have to do this if the installer has an issue uninstalling a component and needs a patch to correct that, but in this new version the installer update is smaller and less disruptive - hopefully that improves the experience here.🤞

[Ryan Preece @Preecington]

Today our new @VisualStudio Installer rolls out in 16.9! 🎉 The team has worked hard on this for over a year and we're super excited for you to check it out - and never see that update-to-update button again! 😂

Check the release notes for more goodies: https://t.co/N3hSwsH7U4