Installation Of Visual Studio 2017, A Firsthand Explanation

Individual components

This section contains choices to install some tools, which were previously being installed separately as some “packs”. You can see different versions of .NET Framework here like Azure Cloud Explorer and some other MS Azure-related tools like Azure Storage Emulator, Azure Data Lake Tools, etc. Some SDKs for Android, Windows 10, TypeScript, etc. are also there, where you need to choose the ones in which you are interested by clicking the checkbox in front of the item.

Language packs

This section offers some language choices for VS2017. English will be selected by default. Most of you may not need any other language.

Some more points to be noted here are given below.

There is no “Select All” feature in this new installation, which I really miss. You must go and manually select the components.

Check the right side of the installation Window and it shows Summary as you go on selecting the features.

You can expand individual items to see what’s inside them and there are some more choices.

If you need support for some of these sub-features, you can select them by clicking on the checkboxes.

You can change the VS2017 location at the bottom of the Window.

At the bottom-right of the installation Window, you can see the approximate installation size (which changes as per feature selection).

Once you have explored all 3 tabs and sub-features from the “Summary” section and when you are ready to go, click the Install button.

You will be shown the screen, which shows installation progress as VS2017 is getting installed.

Let the installer do its work. While VS2017 is being installed, go and grab a cup of coffee.

Once the installation finishes, you will be prompted to restart.

It’s a good idea to restart your PC now, as the installer may have changed many things on your PC. Save your important documents, which may be open, and click Restart.

Once restarted, find VS2017 in the start menu, or type “Visual Studio 2017” in the run prompt. There will not be any shortcuts on the desktop.

Once loaded, you will be shown a welcome screen.

Now, again a prompt is there to choose developer settings and theme.

Make a selection as per your liking and click Start Visual Studio.

Congratulations.

You have installed Visual Studio 2017.

If you want to read the release notes for VS2017, click here.

Now, go and install the trial version of VS2017 by yourself, write some code, and get your hands dirty.

Check for my next article on some new features in VS2017.