If a library is targeting .NET Standard 2.0 is my only option to use Visual Studio 2017?

Question

If I am using a library that aims to only target .Net Standard 2.0 and I am using the .NET Framework (not .NET Core) version of the library which is 4.61 ( Reference Microsoft )

Am I now "required" to have Visual Studio 2017 15.3 to use this? Or am I still able to use Visual Studio 2015 considering that I only want to use .NET Framework 4.61?

Answer 1

So following on from where @Kobi put me on the right path...

If you see the comment by Appu George it should be possible to consume a .NET Standard 2.0 .NET Framework within VS2015 if you have:

• NuGet Client 3.60 Download
• .NET Standard Build Support Download

@Kobi if you want to add the above to your answer I would be happy to mark that as the accepted answer.

Answer 2

It should work for you. I didn't find official documentation, but I did find some comments.

Immo Landwerth , product manager at Microsoft, 2017-08-14 (emphasis added):

Consumption is, but you need an updated NuGet client which AFAIK will ship soon . If you want to build .NET Standard 2.0 libraries you need to use VS 2017 (15.3). You could, however, also just use the command line until you can upgrade your VS.