Understand build platforms
Applies to: 
Visual Studio 
Visual Studio for Mac
Note
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You can store different versions of solution and project properties that apply to different target platforms. For example, you can create a Debug configuration that targets an x86 platform and a Debug configuration that targets an x64 platform. You can quickly change the active platform so that you can easily build multiple configurations.
In this section
How to: Configure projects to target platforms
Explains how to configure a project to target a specific platform.
How to: Configure projects to target multiple platforms
Explains how to configure a project to target multiple platforms.