VS 2017 is supported in 11.2.

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/140071/getting-compile-to-work-with-visual-studio-2017-community-edition

11.1 supports VS 2015, but even previous versions that don't are very easy to patch to work with VS 2015 or earlier (not with 2017 though).

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/41682/c-compilation-not-working-with-visual-studio-2013

Personally, I consider the 2015 build tools the best choice, http://landinghub.visualstudio.com/visual-cpp-build-tools

• they can be made to work with all Mathematica versions of the past few years with minimal hassle
• these tools don't contain a GUI, which many people who just want a C or C++ compiler for Mathematica won't need
• this version has good support for modern C++ features