With Azure, you can rebalance your initial choice by resizing the VM. We recommend the following VM sizes for the Visual Studio images:įor more information on the latest machine sizes, see Sizes for Windows virtual machines in Azure. Because Visual Studio is a powerful, multi-threaded application, you want a VM size that includes at least two processors and 7 GB of memory. What size VM should I choose?Īzure offers a full range of virtual machine sizes. If the images don't include a Visual Studio feature that you require, provide feedback through the feedback tool in the upper-right corner of the page. The command line used to install Visual Studio when building the images is as follows: vs_enterprise.exe -allWorkloads -includeRecommended -passive ^Īdd .4.7.TargetingPack ^Īdd .4.6.2.TargetingPack ^Īdd .4.7.DeveloperTools ^Īdd ^Īdd NET 4.7 SDKs, Targeting Packs, and Developer Tools More details on the workloads, components, and SDKs included Visual Studio could be found in the Visual Studio documentation

All available workloads, including each workload's recommended optional components.

What features are installed?Įach image contains the recommended feature set for that Visual Studio edition. Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 is the only remaining version offered for the Visual Studio 2015 product line.įor more information, see the Visual Studio Servicing Policy. In accordance with Microsoft servicing policy, the originally released (RTW) version of Visual Studio 2015 has expired for servicing. Visual Studio 2017: Latest (Version 15.9) Visual Studio 2019: Latest (Version 16.8) While the names of the images remain the same, each image's description includes the installed product version and the image's 'as of' date.

These images are updated at least every month to include the latest Visual Studio and Windows updates. Each of these versions offers the Visual Studio Enterprise and the Visual Studio Community editions. For each released major version, you see the originally 'released to web' (RTW) version and the latest updated versions. Images for the most recent major versions, Visual Studio 2019, Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio 2015, can be found in the Azure Marketplace. For more information see Use Windows client in Azure for dev/test scenarios What configurations and versions are available? Not all subscriptions are eligible to deploy Windows 10 images.

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