Please read Visual Studio 2017 system requirements before installing:
Supported Operating Systems
Visual Studio 2017 will install and run on the following operating systems:
- Windows 10 version 1507 or higher: Home, Professional, Education, and Enterprise (LTSB is not supported)
- Windows Server 2016: Standard and Datacenter
- Windows 8.1 (with Update 2919355): Basic, Professional, and Enterprise
- Windows Server 2012 R2 (with Update 2919355): Essentials, Standard, Datacenter
- Windows 7 SP1 (with latest Windows Updates): Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate
Hardware
- 1.8 GHz or faster processor. Dual-core or better recommended
- 2 GB of RAM; 4 GB of RAM recommended (2.5 GB minimum if running on a virtual machine)
- Hard disk space: upto 40GB, depending on features installed
- Video card that supports a minimum display resolution of 720p (1280 by 720); Visual Studio will work best at a resolution of WXGA (1366 by 768) or higher
Download Visual Studio 2017
You can download any of the below editions of Visual Studio 2017 directly from Microsoft servers:
| Version | Web Installer | ISO | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Studio Community 2017 | Download | Download | January 6, 2019 |
| Visual Studio Enterprise 2017 | Download | Download | January 6, 2019 |
| Visual Studio Professional 2017 | Download | Download | January 6, 2019 |
| Visual Studio Test Professional 2017 | Download | Download | August 23, 2018 |
| Visual Studio Community 2017 for macOS | Download | -- | January 6, 2019 |
| Visual Studio Professional 2017 for macOS | Download | -- | January 6, 2019 |
| Visual Studio Enterprise 2017 for macOS | Download | -- | January 6, 2019 |
| Team Foundation Server 2017 | Download | Download | August 23, 2018 |
Download Visual Studio 2017 ISO
| 1 | Download the Visual Studio Web Installer executable file from above links to a drive on your local machine. |
| 2 | Run Visual Studio setup executable file with the following arguments from a command prompt: For example if you downloaded the community edition web installer vs_community.exe --layout "download-path" --lang "download-language"
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| 3 | Example A: Install all languagesvs_community.exe --layout C:\vs2017 |
| 4 | Example B: Install one languagevs_community.exe --layout C:\vs2017 --lang en-US |
| 5 | Example C: Install multiple languagesvs_community.exe --layout C:\vs2017 --lang en-US de-DE ja-JP |
Country codes
| ISO Code | Language |
|---|---|
| cs-CZ | Czech |
| de-DE | German |
| en-US | English |
| es-ES | Spanish |
| fr-FR | French |
| it-IT | Italian |
| ja-JP | Japanese |
| ko-KR | Korean |
| pl-PL | Polish |
| pt-BR | Portuguese - Brazil |
| ru-RU | Russian |
| tr-TR | Turkish |
| zh-CN | Chinese - Simplified |
| zh-TW | Chinese - Traditional |
Update an installation layout
As updates become available for Visual Studio 2017, you can run the --layout command again, pointing to the same layout folder, to ensure that the folder contains the latest components. Only those components that have been updated since the last time --layout was run will be downloaded.
Visual Studio 2017 Version with Release Dates
- Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9.0 (November 13, 2018)
- Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8.0 (August 14, 2018)
- Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7.0 (May 7, 2018)
- Visual Studio 2017 version 15.6.0 (March 5, 2018)
- Visual Studio 2017 version 15.5.0 (December 4, 2017)
- Visual Studio 2017 version 15.4.0 (October 9, 2017)
- Visual Studio 2017 version 15.3.0 (August 14, 2017)
- Visual Studio 2017 version 15.2.0 (May 10, 2017)
- Visual Studio 2017 version 15.1.0 (April 5, 2017)
- Visual Studio 2017 version 15.0.0 (March 7, 2017)