Visual Studio 2013 Update 3 IDE Installation Process

Introduction

It's pretty much straight forward and I'll show you all the steps one by one, so that you can get an idea of what's going on when you install it in your own personal computer.

So let's get cracking with the Visual Studio 2013.3 IDE Installation process.

Downloading the Visual Studio 2013.3 from DreamSpark

First of all download Visual Studio 2013 with Update 3. If you have a DreamSpark, BizSpark or MSDN account, you can download it from there. Here, I've downloaded it from my DreamSpark account. After logging into your account, you can find all the software in the Catalog section and choose your flavor from there.


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After downloading the .iso file, go to the destination folder and open the folder. Inside the folder you can see these files.


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If you don't have a DreamSpark, BizSpark of MSDN account, you can download it from online Microsoft community for free: Visual Studio 2015 Preview Downloads.

Start Installation Process

Open the “vs_professional” application file and you will see the following windows one by one.


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Select the “I agree …” check box and hit “Next”. Then you will see the installation features of Visual Studio.


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Select all the options and hit “Install”. Then the installation process will start. It'll take some time based on your computer configuration. High configuration PCs take an average of twenty minutes to half an hour.


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Be patient and some moments later you will see the windows below.

Restarting Your Computer


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Hit the “Restart Now” button. It'll restart your computer and after restarting your Visual Studio setup will resume.


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After a moment your installation process will be done and you'll get this message window.

Launching Visual Studio 2013.3


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Then you'll be asked to “Sign in” with your Microsoft account, you can do so or just click “Not now, maybe later”.


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Then you can see the windows below, here you can choose your Development settings and Visual Studio Theme. I've set my development settings to C#.


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Hit the “Start Visual Studio” button and you are all set now. Your Visual Studio 2013.3 is ready for use.


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Activating Visual Studio

Now one more thing to do is to activate your Visual Studio with the product id that you obtained from your DreamSpark account. Go to Help >> Register Product Key.


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Hit the Register Product Key and you'll see this window like the following. Click the “License with a Product Key” and enter your product key like the following.


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Hit “Apply” and you're ready to go.


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Get Ready to Use Visual Studio

Now you can make your favorite Windows Phone 8.1 application. Just click the “New Project”, select your template and rock on.


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Summary

So, that's it. Start developing awesome applications with the greatest tool of Microsoft. Thanks for reading this article.

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