Bug 15267 – The installer should download Microsoft Build Tools 2015, instead of full VS

Since Visual Studio 2015 Update 1, Microsoft provides Microsoft Build Tools 2015 as a free download. It includes C++ compilers, libraries, build scripts and Windows SDKs. The installer should suggest to download Microsoft Build Tools 2015 if no VS is detected, because it is a small 24.5 MB download, which far more user-friendly than downloading and installing VS 2015 Community, which can take potentially hours.

Correction: it's a even smaller 3MB web installer, however the final install size is 3GB, 4GB or 5GB (depending on if you want Win 8.1 SDK or Win 10 SDK or both). At least it is still smaller than VS which is typically larger than 10GBs.

Just to clearify... Your talking about http://landinghub.visualstudio.com/visual-cpp-build-tools (Visual C++ Build Tools) and not https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48159 (Microsoft Build Tools 2015) which is only msbuild.

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