Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGenerators.Mvc by: Microsoft

Code Generators for ASP.NET Core MVC. Contains code generators for MVC Controllers and Views.

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

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

Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents by: Microsoft

Provides access to Windows system event notifications. Commonly Used Types: Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents

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.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.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.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 2004. 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.Win32.Primitives by: Microsoft

Provides common types for Win32-based libraries. Commonly Used Types: System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception

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.WindowsAppSDK by: Microsoft

The Windows App SDK empowers all Windows Desktop apps with modern Windows UI, APIs, and platform features, including back-compat support.

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

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

Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools by: Microsoft

Includes tools required for building projects targeting the Windows SDK.

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.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.Shims by: Microsoft

This package provides infrastructure services and shouldn't be referenced directly from your code. It provides facade assemblies in order to make the Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility package work across all .NET implementations. When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.

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

Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools.MSIX by: Microsoft

This package generates an .msix from the output of your project.

Microsoft.Web.LibraryManager.Build by: Microsoft

MSBuild target for the Visual Studio Library Manager

Microsoft.Web.Administration by: Microsoft

This package contains the .NET Core version of the Microsoft Web Administration assembly.