Windows systems ToolChain Matrix - lersek/edk2 GitHub Wiki

Change TOOL_CHAIN_TAG in the file Conf\Target.txt for Windows Visual Studio Versions according to the following Matrix

Visual Studio	V. Version	WinXP / Win7 /IA32	Win7 / Win8x / Win10 x64
VS2005	8	VS2005	VS2005x86
VS2008	9	VS2008	VS2008x86
VS2010	10	VS2010	VS2010x86
VS2012**	11	VS2012	VS2012x86
VS2013**	12	VS2013	VS2013x86
			Below Recommended
VS2015***	14	VS2015	VS2015x86
VS2017	15	VS2017	VS2017
VS2019	16	VS2019	VS2019

Example:

for Windows 10 64 bit OS and Visual Studio 2015 modify the following in Target.txt

From:
TOOL_CHAIN_TAG = MYTOOLS
to:
TOOL_CHAIN_TAG = VS2015x86

NOTE: VS2012** only with UDK2014 releases or equivalent or later UDK release NOTE: VS2013** & VS2015** only with UDK2015 releases or equivalent or later UDK release

NOTE: VS2015*** is the current Default

VS2017 & VS2019 recomended for Pytools CI Stuart builds.