Visual Studio Project Properties

• Configuration
• Debug/  x64 x86 - with debug information
• Production release mode - release /release_opt x64 , without debug information
• General - configuration type 
• exe
• dll
• lib

• Debugging
• debugging working directory
• any command-line commands

• VC++ directories 
• include /lib directories easy to use during development

• C++ general
• include directories include
• preprocessor

• linker
• lib directories
• input .lib files

• Build events
• prebuild - any command line or exe to be run before the project build
• postbuild - any command line or exe to be run after the project build