Update to Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.4

Question

I have VS 2017 v15.3.5. According to https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/2017/10/10/visual-studio-2017-version-15-4-released/ v15.4 was released, but going to Extension and Updates, there's no update available

Answer 1

Microsoft rolls out updates gradually (for multiple reasons, technical and non-technical), so you won't always be notified as the very first batch, even if they publishes the announcement.

If you do want to grab the latest bits, open the installer directly, and it should query the latest,

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vs_installershell.exe