
If you have trouble or nothing happens, check the dd_bootstrapper*.log file in %TEMP%. If you want everything then it'll take a while, so hang back. It will go and download everything you need.
Vs_community.exe -layout e:\vs2017offline -lang en-US -add
I did this to get an offline setup for my main four "workloads." I ran this from a cmd prompt. Here is a list of all the Component IDs you can choose from. They call them "Workloads" but that's a Microsoftism. NET Core, ASP.NET Core, and Azure, then you'll pass those options in on the command line. However if you don't want EVERYTHING - maybe you just want. Vs_community.exe -layout e:\vs2017offline -lang en-US Note that is my folder there and I selected en-US as my language. If you want EVERYTHING possible then you'd run something like this. I use VS Community but you can also do this for Enterprise, etc. First, I went to and clicked Download. These could be used to create USB sticks or DVDs that could then be passed out at User Groups or free Events. The user needs to download certain things themselves dynamically.įortunately there's docs that walk you through making an offline installer. They can't package up the Android Installer from Google, for example, into an ISO. However, they haven't got an ISO available for downloading for legal reasons. Visual Studio generally - and Visual Studio 2017 specifically - has an online installer and if you lose connectivity during the installation you can run into problems. There's not just bandwidth issues but also issues of latency and reliability. Depending on how far out of town you get the quality of internet varies. While I was there I was reminded (as one is when one travels) how spoiled many of us with being always connected. I also got to hang out with my wife's family a bunch. I just got back from Kenya and South Africa and had a great time speaking at NexTech Africa and the Microsoft Tech Summit in Johannesburg.