Microsoft provides no direct offline installer download. Instead, you must run a command-line tool ( vs_community.exe , vs_professional.exe , etc.) with specific arguments to download all required packages to a local folder. This is not intuitive for average users.
: Before running the installer, you must trust Microsoft’s digital signatures offline. Navigate to the Certificates folder within your layout. install visual studio 2022 offline
vs_community.exe --noweb
The installer will launch. It will detect the local files and install Visual Studio using the packages in the folder rather than downloading from the internet. Microsoft provides no direct offline installer download
To download the components needed for .NET and C++ desktop development, use this command: install visual studio 2022 offline
vs_enterprise.exe --layout C:\VS2022Offline --lang en-US