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Visual Studio Ultimate 2015 Preview is a pre-released version of the next major release of Visual Studio. Preview provides early adopters with an opportunity to try out the new and improved product features, and the ability to share feedback with the product team. This release is not intended for use on production computers, or to create production code.

To find out what's new in Visual Studio 2015 Preview, see the Visual Studio 2015 Preview release notes. For a list of fixed bugs and known issues, see the Visual Studio 2015 Preview KB Article.

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 December 2014.

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File sizes and hashes are retrieved from the Wayback Machine’s indexes. They may not match the latest versions of files hosted on Microsoft servers.

For detailed System Requirements see Visual Studio 2015 Compatibility.

Choose one of these installation options:

• Install over the Internet:
• On this page, choose the Download button.
• Select the vs_ultimate.exe option and then choose the Next button.
• To install now, choose the Run button.
• To download an installer that you can run later, choose the Save button. (When you install, the computer must be connected to the Internet.)
• If you have a download manager that can handle a large file, you can download an ISO image directly:
• Choose this download link, and then choose the Save button.
• After downloading the ISO file, you should use the File Checksum Integrity Verifier tool to calculate and verify that the SHA-1 value for this file matches the value listed on the Visual Studio 2015 ISO Files SHA-1 Values page.