Visual Studio 2019 Offline Update
Download the Visual Studio bootstrapper on a machine that has access to the internet
o Log into the machine with an account that has access to the internet
o Navigate to https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/
o Click on the Downloads tab at the top of the page
o Scroll to the bottom of the page, and click “Older Downloads”
o Select 2019/Download; you may be prompted to login, if so, log into any Microsoft account
It can be a free or personal account, if necessary
o Click the Download button, next to Visual Studio Professional 2019 (version 16.11.15)
o Save the download to your local “public downloads” folder
o The filename will be similar to “vs_professional__aa4c68d3f589462d91ca6c9a6a06243d.exe”
Create a local install cache
o Log into the machine with a local administrator account
o To create a complete local layout with all features (this will take a long time); do the following:
Open a command prompt
# cd C:\Users\Public\Downloads
# vs_professional__ aa4c68d3f589462d91ca6c9a6a06243d.exe --layout c:\vslayout --lang en-US
**Note: A complete Visual Studio layout requires a minimum of 47Gb of disk space. **
Copy the “c:\vslayout_16.11.15” / local install cache to an external drive for potential future use
o Copy the file from the external drive to the offline machine
Update Visual Studio 2019 to 16.11.15 :
o Launch command prompt as admin
o Navigate to where the new Visual Studio 2019 16.11 files are located :
#cd C:\Users\Public\Downloads\vslayout_16.11.15
o Execute the update with the following command :
# .\vs_Professional_....exe update --noWeb
Reboot the machine
Log back into the machine and confirm that Visual Studio is now updated to 16.11.15