From 6aafa87fe132bcf355b9f3a409798522eaf1d464 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Manish-1kumar Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2026 04:05:38 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Document MSVC platform linker prerequisite and Visual Studio version requirements for Native AOT --- docs/core/deploying/native-aot/index.md | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/core/deploying/native-aot/index.md b/docs/core/deploying/native-aot/index.md index 39a5415accc27..30cc65fb70043 100644 --- a/docs/core/deploying/native-aot/index.md +++ b/docs/core/deploying/native-aot/index.md @@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ The Native AOT deployment model uses an ahead-of-time compiler to compile IL to [Visual Studio 2022 or later](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/), including the **Desktop development with C++** workload with all default components. +> [!NOTE] +> Older .NET SDK servicing releases locate the MSVC platform linker specifically within Visual Studio 2022 installations. If you encounter the build error `Platform linker not found` when compiling on newer Visual Studio versions, update to the latest .NET SDK servicing release or install the Visual Studio 2022 C++ build tools. + # [Alpine](#tab/linux-alpine) - The compiler toolchain and developer packages for libraries that the .NET runtime depends on.