diff --git a/.configurations/2022.vsconfig b/.configurations/2022.vsconfig
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+{
+  "version": "1.0",
+  "components": [
+    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.CoreEditor",
+    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NativeDesktop",
+    "Microsoft.Net.Component.4.8.SDK",
+    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Git",
+    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.ATL",
+    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Llvm.Clang",
+    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Redist.MSM",
+    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64",
+    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows11SDK.22621"
+  ],
+  "extensions": []
+}
diff --git a/.configurations/2022_cross.vsconfig b/.configurations/2022_cross.vsconfig
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+{
+  "version": "1.0",
+  "components": [
+    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.CoreEditor",
+    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NativeDesktop",
+    "Microsoft.Net.Component.4.8.SDK",
+    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Git",
+    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.ATL",
+    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.ATL.ARM64",
+    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Llvm.Clang",
+    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Redist.MSM",
+    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64",
+    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.ARM64",
+    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.ARM64EC",
+    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows11SDK.22621"
+  ],
+  "extensions": []
+}
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diff --git a/.configurations/configuration.dsc.yaml b/.configurations/configuration.dsc.yaml
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+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://aka.ms/configuration-dsc-schema/0.2
+
+# This configuration is for a typical end-user installation of Visual Studio Community 2022 with the
+# required components to build LibreOffice, excluding the components to cross-compile for ARM64
+# It includes recommended packages as if you had selected the "Desktop development with C++"
+# workload in the in the UI driven installer.
+# (the allowPrerelease directive refers to the DSC module)
+
+properties:
+  resources:
+    - resource: Microsoft.WinGet.DSC/WinGetPackage
+      id: VisualStudio
+      directives:
+        description: Install Visual Studio 2022 Community
+        allowPrerelease: true
+      settings:
+        id: Microsoft.VisualStudio.2022.Community
+        source: winget
+    - resource: Microsoft.VisualStudio.DSC/VSComponents
+      id: LibreOffice Components including recommended packages 
+      dependsOn:
+        - VisualStudio
+      directives:
+        description: Install components required to build LibreOffice, including recommended ones
+      settings:
+        productId: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Product.Community
+        channelId: VisualStudio.17.Release
+        vsConfigFile: '${WinGetConfigRoot}\2022.vsconfig'
+        IncludeRecommended: true
+  configurationVersion: 0.2.0
diff --git a/.configurations/jenkins.dsc.yaml b/.configurations/jenkins.dsc.yaml
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+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://aka.ms/configuration-dsc-schema/0.2
+
+# This configuration is for a minimal installation of Visual Studio meant for CI use or setups with
+# remote access with no need for convenience features of the IDE. It installs the dependencies
+# without additional recommended packages. If you want to use the IDE to edit code, you probably
+# want to use the regular configuration.dsc.yaml (or launch Visual Studio Installer afterwards, pick
+# modify and then unselect and reselect the "Desktop Development with C++" workload)
+# (the allowPrerelease directive refers to the DSC module)
+
+properties:
+  resources:
+    - resource: Microsoft.WinGet.DSC/WinGetPackage
+      id: VisualStudio
+      directives:
+        description: Install Visual Studio 2022 Community
+        allowPrerelease: true
+      settings:
+        id: Microsoft.VisualStudio.2022.Community
+        source: winget
+    - resource: Microsoft.VisualStudio.DSC/VSComponents
+      id: minimal LibreOffice Components 
+      dependsOn:
+        - VisualStudio
+      directives:
+        description: Install components required to build LibreOffice
+      settings:
+        productId: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Product.Community
+        channelId: VisualStudio.17.Release
+        vsConfigFile: '${WinGetConfigRoot}\2022_cross.vsconfig'
+  configurationVersion: 0.2.0
diff --git a/.vsconfig b/.vsconfig
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+.configurations/2022.vsconfig
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