

Installing the minimal layout toolįirst, download the minimal layout tool located here.

The minimal layout downloads only updated packages, so it's smaller and easier to copy to offline machines. Normal layout creation is required for repairing, uninstalling, and other standard operations on Visual Studio instances.

During normal layout creation, all the packages for that particular release are downloaded. The layout can be deployed to network/offline machines to update Visual Studio instances. This tool creates update layouts for Visual Studio 2017 (15.9) and onwards. For more information about how to do so, see the Update a network-based installation of Visual Studio page.įor a better understanding of the Visual Studio lifecycle, see the Visual Studio Product Lifecycle and Servicing page. These instructions assume that you've previously created and used layouts.
