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 # Building the Code
 
 ## Windows
-You should use [Visual Studio](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/), e.g. Community Edition, to build to code with MSBuild. You need to install the C# and C++ workloads. Additionally, the Windows code in this release contains a hard-coded, required dependency on Windows SDK version 10.0.10240.0. The BuildXL team will be updating the SDK version over time, but upgrading the SDK now will result in build errors.
+You should use [Visual Studio](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/), e.g. Community Edition, to build to code with MSBuild. You need to install the ".NET desktop development", "Desktop development with C++" and ".NET core cross-platform development" workloads. Additionally, the Windows code in this release contains a hard-coded, required dependency on Windows SDK version 10.0.10240.0. The BuildXL team will be updating the SDK version over time, but upgrading the SDK now will result in build errors.
 
 To install this SDK version in Visual Studio: