Overview
Enterprise grade solution with advanced capabilities for teams working on projects of any size or complexity, including advanced testing and DevOps.
- End-to-end solution for your development teams, including the most feature-rich Visual Studio IDE for working on any type of project.
- Build quality applications at scale with advanced features such as Load Testing, automated and manual testing and new IntelliTest capabilities.
- Manage complexity and resolve issues quickly with features such as Code Map and IntelliTrace.
- Enhanced MSDN subscription benefits including comprehensive access to software for dev/test, Team Foundation Server, Visual Studio Online Advanced, $150/month in Azure credits, training and support.
Attention Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 Users
You must have Windows RT 8.1, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 update: April 2014 installed in order to install Visual Studio 2015
You can download KB2919355 here https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2919355
Customizations
You can customize the installation either by specifying your own installation configuration file.
Adding optional features
Optional features (Sql tools, phone tools, etc.) are available but not installed by default.
To specify the features you want installed you can download the AdminDeployment.xml and modify it to support your needs.
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/KennethB/Chocolatey-Packages/master/VisualStudio2015Enterprise/Tools/AdminDeployment.xml
Specifying the optional features above modifies the configuration file used during installation (AdminDeployment.xml). If that is not enough you can provide this file on your own.
Example:
choco install VisualStudio2015Enterprise -packageParameters "--AdminFile c:\path to your\AdminDeployment.xml"
choco install VisualStudio2015Enterprise -packageParameters "--AdminFile http://path/to/your/AdminDeployment.xml"