Legacy Update: Get back online, activate, and install updates on your legacy Windows PC

This download of Remote Tools for Visual Studio 2013.4 contains the latest updates. These cumulative updates to Visual Studio 2013 include a variety of bug fixes and capability improvements. For information about the latest update, see Visual Studio Updates and the Visual Studio Update KB Article.

The Remote Tools are intended for computers that don't have Visual Studio so that you can debug, test, and profile apps that are executing on them. Visual Studio must be installed on the development computer that's connected to, or uses the data collected from, the remote computer. Connecting to the remote debugger and profiler that are included in the Remote Tools for Visual Studio 2013 is supported in Visual Studio Ultimate 2013, Visual Studio Premium 2013, Visual Studio Professional 2013, Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows, and Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows Desktop.

Connection to the test features in the Remote Tools requires Visual Studio Ultimate 2013 or Visual Studio Test Professional 2013.

The Remote Tools also enable the installation of a developer license, deployment, debugging, and profiling of Windows Store apps on Windows 8.1 and Windows 8.

Files

Status: Deleted This download is no longer available on microsoft.com. The downloads below are archives provided by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine from the Microsoft Download Center prior to October 2015.

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• 1.6 GHz or faster processor
• 1 GB of RAM (1.5 GB if running on a virtual machine)
• 1 GB of available hard disk space
• 5400 RPM hard drive
• DirectX 9-capable video card running at 1024 x 768 or higher display resolution

• On Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2, KB2883200 (available through Windows Update) is required

To download all files and then install:

• On this page, choose the Download button.
• Select the .exe option and then choose the Next button.
• To install now, choose the Run button.
• To install later, choose the Save button. (The computer does not have to be connected to the Internet.)