Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Applications 17.0.33617

Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Applications, commonly known as VSTA, is a set of tools and framework that allows users to customize and extend scripting capabilities in various Microsoft products.

VSTA offers a familiar Visual Studio development environment for creating custom code in applications like Microsoft Office, SQL Server, Dynamics 365, and SharePoint. Developers and power-users can create macros, add-ins, and extensions in multiple programming languages such as C#, VB.NET, F#, and JavaScript.

The framework includes components like the VSTA runtime, an object model that enables interaction with the hosting application, deployment and debugging tools as well as a security model and user interface elements.

With VSTA developers can automate repetitive tasks, integrate external systems or services, improve program performance and design custom business logic or data processing.

• VSTA supports multiple programming languages like C#, VB.NET, F#, and JavaScript
• It offers a familiar Visual Studio development environment
• Developers can create macros, add-ins, and extensions for various Microsoft products like Office, SQL Server, Dynamics 365 or SharePoint
• VSTA allows users to automate repetitive tasks and improve program performance

As a powerful tool for application customization and automation VSTA empowers users with greater flexibility, time-saving improvements as well as better control over their software environment.