: Reviewers on the Visual Studio Developer Community often report that while the offline installer works, the process "sucks" because there is no Graphical User Interface (GUI) to create or update the layout—it must be done via command-line arguments.
(Note: You can swap C:\VS_Offline_Layout with the path to your connected USB drive if you want the files saved directly to portable storage). visual studio community edition offline installer
Use the --add argument to specify workloads. : Reviewers on the Visual Studio Developer Community
Based on our analysis, we provide the following recommendations for developers who want to use the offline installer: visual studio community edition offline installer