To install without user interaction (using the offline layout):
vs_community.exe --layout C:\VSLayout --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NetWeb --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NativeDesktop --includeRecommended --lang en-US Use code with caution. Copied to clipboard visual studio community edition offline installer
Offline layouts do not update automatically. To keep your installer current: update Visual Studio using a minimal offline layout To install without user interaction (using the offline
Need exact workload IDs? Visit Microsoft’s official documentation: Visual Studio Workload and Component IDs visual studio community edition offline installer
vs_community.exe --layout <target_folder> --add <workload_ID> --lang en-US
Visual Studio Community with an offline installer is powerful and practical for offline or managed deployments—tradeoffs are large download size and manual update maintenance, but you get a feature-rich IDE without per-seat cost.
To update an offline instance, you must update the original layout on a connected machine and then copy the updated files to the offline machine. Microsoft Learn specific workload IDs