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A smaller and componentized install was a major focus for Visual Studio 2017. There's some more detail here: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/2016/

by Permit 10y ago

A smaller and componentized install was a major focus for Visual Studio 2017. There's some more detail here: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/2016/08/22/visual-studio-15-preview-4/ https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/2016/08/22/vis... Smallest install is 500MB .NET/C# install is ~3GB I also believe you won't have to reboot with most installs.

rl3 10y ago
Nice, I totally wasn't aware of that. It's good to see VS finally headed down the right path in that regard.
- simooooo 10y ago
  At a presentation at NDC or something Scott Hanselman did a bit where he pretended that he'd forgotten to install VS. Then he proceeded to install it live in the presentation, in less than a minute I think.