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

These cumulative updates to Visual Studio 2015 include a variety of bug fixes and capability improvements. To find out what's new in Visual Studio 2015 Update 1, see the Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 Release Notes. For a list of fixed bugs and known issues, see the Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 MSDN Article.

Remote Tools for Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 enables remote debugging, remote testing, and unit testing on computers that don't have Visual Studio installed. These tools also enable the installation of a developer license as well as the deployment and performance profiling of Windows apps on computers running Windows 10, Windows 8.1, or 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 February 2016.

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For information on operating system support, see the Visual Studio 2015 Compatibility page.

Hardware Requirements:

• 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

• Install over the Internet:
• 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 download an installer that you can run later, choose the Save button. (When you install, the computer must be connected to the Internet.)
• To create a local copy to install offline, choose the Save button, open a command prompt at that location and run the .exe with the /layout switch.