Add solution file and project to make it easier to load docs in Visual Studio

[jeffkl]

This makes it a lot easier for me to edit docs and is entirely optional for people interacting with this repo

[Copilot]

Pull Request Overview

This PR adds Visual Studio solution and project files to enable easier documentation editing in Visual Studio. The changes introduce a no-targets MSBuild project that allows the documentation files to be browsed and edited through Visual Studio's Solution Explorer.

Key Changes:

• Added a global.json file specifying the Microsoft.Build.NoTargets SDK version
• Created a docs.csproj project file using the NoTargets SDK targeting .NET Framework 4.7.2
• Created a docs.sln solution file that includes the docs project and common repository files

Reviewed Changes

Copilot reviewed 3 out of 3 changed files in this pull request and generated 1 comment.

File	Description
global.json	Specifies the Microsoft.Build.NoTargets SDK version for the project
docs/docs.csproj	Defines a no-targets project for organizing documentation files in Visual Studio
docs.sln	Solution file that references the docs project and includes relevant repository files in Solution Items

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Learn Build status updates of commit 29e6f28:

✅ Validation status: passed

File	Status	Preview URL	Details
docs.sln	✅Succeeded
docs/docs.csproj	✅Succeeded
global.json	✅Succeeded

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Learn Build status updates of commit 2f5eaa3:

✅ Validation status: passed

File	Status	Preview URL	Details
docs.sln	✅Succeeded
docs/docs.csproj	✅Succeeded
global.json	✅Succeeded

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[donnie-msft]

Interesting. I've never thought about building the docs repo locally. Could you share an example of what this will make easier?

[jeffkl]

Unfortunately, this does not make it so you can "build" the docs locally. You can build in VS but it doesn't really do anything. The main point of this is to load everything up in Visual Studio so you can browse the files, open them, search, etc.

I spent a few minutes seeing if there was a way to run the OpenPublishing stuff locally but couldn't find any info so I didn't pursue it further.