Installing Visual Studio

The following tutorial will walk you through the basic steps of installing Visual Studio.

• Step 1 - Download the Visual Studio Installer
  1. Go here to download Visual Studio Community.
  2. Click "Download VS Community 2017."
  
  
  
  3. When the download completes, open it to start the installer.
  
  
  

• Step 2 - Complete the Installation Process
  1. Follow the steps of the installer. When the installer asks what you want to install, select "Desktop Development with C++". Then click "Install."
  
  
  
  2. The installer may take a while. When it is complete, click the "Launch" button.
  

• Step 3 - Sign in to Visual Studio
  1. In order to keep using Visual Studio Community after 30 days, you need to sign into it with a Microsoft account. Luckily, all BYU students have a Microsoft account!
  2. Click the "Sign In" button at the top-right corner of Visual Studio.
  
  
  
  3. Sign in using [your netID]@byu.edu.
  
  
  
  4. You will then be prompted with another sign-in dialog. Enter your netID (without "@byu.edu") as the user name, and your netID password as the password
  
  
  
  5. Congratulations, Visual Studio is now ready for you to use!