How to Download, Install and Activate Visual Studio 2017

When you obtain your order, click the download link to download your Visual Studio 2017.

Double-click the Visual Studio installation file to get started.

Select Continue to start.

Let's wait for the Visual Studio Installer to download.

After the Visual Studio installer has been installed, you can use it to customize your installation by selecting feature sets. Look for the workload you want in the Visual Studio Installer.

From the Individual components tab, you can install or add individual components.

The installer program selects the operating system's language. You can, however, change the language of your Visual Studio 2017 manually.

Visual Studio's installation footprint on your system drive can be reduced.

Choose Install to run the installation of Visual Studio 2017.

Please wait until the installation of Visual Studio 2017 is complete.

Visual Studio 2017 is now installed on your computer. To run the application, select Launch.

Add your Team foundation Server

Select Continue without code as soon as the app is launched.

Click on File

Select Account Settings

Select Unlock with a product key.

To activate Visual Studio 2017, enter the product key and then click Apply.