Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading by: Microsoft

Async synchronization primitives, async collections, TPL and dataflow extensions. The JoinableTaskFactory allows synchronously blocking the UI thread for async work. This package is applicable to any .NET application (not just Visual Studio).

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.Analyzers by: Microsoft

Static code analyzer to detect common mistakes or potential issues regarding threading and async coding.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Utilities by: Microsoft

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Utilities

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Validation by: Microsoft

Common input validation and state verification utility methods.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.WCFReference.Interop by: Microsoft VisualStudioExtensibility

Microsoft.VisualStudio.WCFReference.Interop

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration by: Microsoft

Contains the CodeGenCommand that finds the appropriate code generator and invokes it from project dependencies.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Contracts by: Microsoft

Contains interfaces for Project Model and messaging for scaffolding.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Core by: Microsoft

Contains the core infrastructure used by ASP.NET Core Code Generators.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Design by: Microsoft

Code Generation tool for ASP.NET Core. Contains the dotnet-aspnet-codegenerator command used for generating controllers and views.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.EntityFrameworkCore by: Microsoft

Contains Entity Framework Core Services used by ASP.NET Core Code Generators.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Templating by: Microsoft

Contains Razor based templating host used by ASP.NET Core Code Generators.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Utils by: Microsoft

Contains utilities used by ASP.NET Core Code Generation packages.

Microsoft.Web.WebView2 by: Microsoft

The WebView2 control enables you to embed web technologies (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) in your native applications powered by Microsoft Edge (Chromium). This package is necessary for Win32 C/C++, WPF, and WinForms applications. To learn more about package versions checkout https://aka.ms/wv2-packageversion. To learn best practices checkout: https://aka.ms/wv2-bestpractices.

Microsoft.Win32.Registry by: Microsoft

Provides support for accessing and modifying the Windows Registry. Commonly Used Types: Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey Microsoft.Win32.Registry Microsoft.Win32.RegistryValueKind Microsoft.Win32.RegistryHive Microsoft.Win32.RegistryView When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.

Microsoft.Win32.Registry.AccessControl by: Microsoft

Provides support for managing access and audit control lists for Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey. Commonly Used Types: System.Security.AccessControl.RegistryAccessRule System.Security.AccessControl.RegistryAuditRule System.Security.AccessControl.RegistrySecurity

Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility by: Microsoft

This Windows Compatibility Pack provides access to APIs that were previously available only for .NET Framework. It can be used from both .NET as well as .NET Standard.

Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT by: Microsoft

C#/WinRT provides packaged WinRT projection support for the C# language. It is compatible with .NET 6 or later, and does not require any built-in knowledge of WinRT by the C# compiler.

Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools by: Microsoft

Includes tools required for building projects targeting the Windows SDK.

Microsoft.Windows.SDK.Contracts by: Microsoft

The Windows WinRT API Pack enables you to add the latest Windows Runtime APIs support to your .NET Framework 4.6+ and .NET Core 3.0+ libraries and apps.   This package includes all the supported Windows Runtime APIs up to Windows version 26100. If you are targeting earlier platforms, consider only offering functionality available on the detected platform version. For further details, see: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/debug-test-perf/version-adaptive-code Supported platforms: - .NET Framework 4.6+ - .NET Core 3.0+ Requires default package management format set to PackageReference, and NuGet 4.0 or higher.

Microsoft.Windows.SDK.NET.Ref by: Microsoft

The Windows SDK available as a targeting pack for .NET 5 and later applications. For further details, see: https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/apps/desktop/modernize/desktop-to-uwp-enhance