: Get the latest version from the official Visual Studio downloads page .

To prepare an offline installer, you first download the small bootstrapper file ( vs_buildtools.exe ) and use command-line parameters to download the full workload.

Create an offline installation - Visual Studio (Windows) - Microsoft Learn

Downloading a allows you to set up essential C++ development components on machines without internet access. Because Microsoft does not provide a single "standalone" .exe for the entire build tools package, you must use a bootstrapper tool on a machine with internet access to create a local layout . Creating the Offline Installer Layout