

That’s still a hefty download but it saves a little space at least. I only download those that I will actually install.
#MICROSOFT VISUAL STUDIO 2017 ENTERPRISE STUDENT OFFLINE#
Others, such as the terse XML from the AdminDeployment.xml file, are history.ĭocumentation on performing such custom installs is spread across a number of different docs, so here is my attempt at creating a step-by-step unified process for creating your offline layout and a command-line for actually deploying it. Some concepts, such as creating a layout folder, are still around. This new installer also changes how silent and offline installations are created and performed. The installer UI looks like this: The Visual Studio 2017 Installer UI showing available workloads. Installations are customized by selecting one or more workloads with recommended and optional components. Rather than installing a (large) number of discrete components, components are now grouped into “workloads.” These workloads include Azure, Managed Desktop, ASP.NET development, etc.


Visual Studio 2017 uses a different installation concept than previous versions. This post is about Visual Studio 2017 and its new installer technology. There are some interesting changes that need to be made this go-around, including a solution for Installing Office 2016 (VL, MSI) together with Visio and/or Project 2016 (click-to-run, C2R): Deadlocked, but I will write about that later. It’s time to start preparing a new thick image for the computer labs.
