

You can use the Download all, then install feature from the Visual Studio Installer to download an installation package on the local machine before you install it locally, or you can use the command line to create a local installation package to install locally later. For situations like these, we've made additional methods available for acquiring Visual Studio. For example, you might have an unreliable internet connection or your internet connection may have low bandwidth. Use the "Download all, then install" feature Note that the Visual Studio installation can be expected to take an hour or longer.If you are an enterprise IT administrator who wants to perform a deployment of Visual Studio throughout a network of client workstations, or if you need to create an installation package of files to transfer to or install onto another machine, refer to our Visual Studio Administrators Guide, the create a network-based installation of Visual Studio page, and the deploy a layout onto a client machine documentation.

The latest download for Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2015 is linked below:

See below for more information on the Visual Studio Community License Terms: If you are using a non-Professional Visual Studio license, we recommend using Visual Studio Community, however Virtuoso is also compatible with Visual Studio Express For Desktop. Visual Studio Express and Community are free for student as well as non-Enterprise commercial organizations. Microsoft Visual Studio comes in several versions, including platform-specific Express versions (Express For Desktop, Express For Web, etc.) as well as Community, Professional, and Enterprise. Download and install the version of Visual Studio you will be using, either a Visual Studio 2013 or 2015 version. If you are using the Virtuoso Embeddetech Target Development Toolkit, you will need to download and install Visual Studio before installing Virtuoso.
