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.

Visual Studio 2015 Updates provide continuous value to customers, adding new capabilities year-round to features in the main product release. These releases are aligned with the core software development trends in the market, ensuring developers and development teams always have access to the best solution for building modern applications.

Updates for these other products are also available:

• Visual Studio Enterprise 2015 with Update 1
• Visual Studio Professional 2015 with Update 1
• Visual Studio Community 2015 with Update 1
• Remote Tools for Visual Studio 2015 Update 1
• Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 Update 1
• Agents for Visual Studio 2015 with Update 1
• Release Management for Visual Studio 2015 Update 1

• .NET Framework 4.6.1 (Web Installer)

• Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2015 Update 1
• Team Foundation Server Office® Integration 2015 Update 1
• Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Express 2015 Update 1
• Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Extensions for Project Server 2015 Update 1

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 January 2016.

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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 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 of RAM if running a virtual machine)
• 10 GB of available hard disk space
• 5400 RPM hard drive
• DirectX 9-capable video card running at 1024 x 768 or higher display resolution

• For Windows Store and Windows Universal app development
  • Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1 and development require Windows 8.1 Update or later.
  • Windows Phone 8.0 development requires Windows 8.1 Update (x64) or later.
  • For the Windows emulators, Windows 8.1 (x64) Professional edition or later, and a processor that supports Client Hyper-V and Second Level Address Translation (SLAT).

• 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.