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Privacy policy. For computers that are not connected to the internet, creating a minimal layout is the easiest and fastest way to update your offline Visual Studio instances. The minimal layout tool generates a layout tailored specifically to your team's needs. Enterprise administrators can use this tool to create update layout s for most versions for Visual Studio and Unlike a full Visual Studio layout, a minimal layout only contains the updated packages, so it is always smaller and faster to generate and deploy.

You can further minimize the size of the update layout by specifying only the desired languages, workloads, and components. These instructions assume that you've previously created and used layouts. For more information about how to do so, see the Update a network-based installation of Visual Studio page. This tool creates update layouts for Visual Studio During normal layout creation , all the packages for that particular release are downloaded. Normal layout creation is required for repairing, uninstalling, and other standard operations on Visual Studio instances.

The minimal layout downloads only updated packages, so it's smaller and easier to copy to offline machines. First, download the minimal layout tool located here.

Make sure to choose Save when prompted, then select Run. At least one command is required to run the tool. Here's how you'll run the tool:.

Preview : Use this command to preview how many packages will download, and the total space used to create this layout. Generate : Use this command to generate the minimal layout for updating Visual Studio. Regenerate : Use this command to regenerate a layout using an existing minimal layout response file. Every minimal layout produces a MinimalLayout. You can use the Regenerate command and a MinimalLayout. This is useful if you want to create a minimal layout for a new Visual Studio update based on the previous minimal layout's response file.

For this command, a MinimalLayout. Fix : Use this command to fix a corrupted layout folder, including replacing any missing packages from the layout folder. These instructions assume that you've previously created a network installation layout. For more information about how to do so, see the Create a network installation of Visual Studio page.

Create a minimal layout using the generate command for your specified range of versions. You'll also need to know the productId, languages, and any specific workloads required. This minimal layout will update any Visual Studio instance from the base version up to and including the target version. Before creating the layout, you can find out the total size of the download and the number of packages included by using the preview command. This command takes the same options as the generate command, and the details are written to the console.

Open the Visual Studio installer, select the instance you want to configure, choose the More button and then choose the Update settings menu option.

Refer to previous instructions for how to find the Visual Studio Installer. An alternative way to invoke the Update Settings dialog is to open the Visual Studio IDE, bring up the Update available dialog either View details on an update notification or Check for updates on the Help menu and click on the Change update settings link. By choosing the correct value in the Update channel dropdown, you can control the source location of future updates for this instance of Visual Studio.

Additional things to keep in mind are:. When an update is available, the update notification UI in the IDE provides a way to defer the update until you voluntarily close Visual Studio.

The Update on Close button appears in the update notification message box, and it also can be selected in the Notification hub. If you are part of an organization that centralizes management of software installations, then your enterprise administrator might control how Visual Studio updates your machine.

For more about how to control or configure the types of updates your machine can accept, see Using Configuration Manager to deploy Visual Studio updates.

Sometimes, things can go wrong. If your Visual Studio installation fails, see Troubleshoot Visual Studio installation and upgrade issues for step-by-step guidance.

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Your update will complete, and then Visual Studio will restart. Open the installer. The Visual Studio Installer might require updating before you continue. Choose the Update button to install the updates. You might have to update the installer before continuing.

If so, follow the prompts. In the installer, look for the instance of Visual Studio that you want to update. Choose Update to install the updates. Manually check for updates You can check to see if an update is available by choosing Help from the menu bar, and then choosing Check for Updates. In the Update available dialog box, choose Update. Run a specific bootstrapper If you're an Enterprise or Professional customer, you can update your instance of Visual Studio to any specific version that has been released, as long as it's a higher version than what is currently installed.

Customize update settings There are several different settings that can be customized to control the update behavior. Expand Environment , and then choose Product Updates. Configure source location of updates If you're in an enterprise environment, then it's possible to configure the location that your client instances looks for updates. Update on close In Visual Studio version Choose Update to install the update.

Customize update settings There are several different settings that can be customized to control the update behavior, such as how and when the product bits are downloaded and installed, or where the update source location is. Configure source location of updates With Visual Studio , you can now configure where your clients will get their updates from. The Update settings dialog will look like this. Additional things to keep in mind are: The Preview and Current channels are available for all editions of Visual Studio, and the LTSC channels are only available for Professional and Enterprise customers.

You can choose to update your instance of Visual Studio immediately after you configure the update channel location. Or you can defer the actual product update until some later time. The act of configuring the update channel and the act of updating the product are two independent events. When you update to a new channel, you will install the most recent release on that channel.