: This allows for installation on machines without internet access or for consistent deployments across an entire organization. Microsoft Learn Key Enterprise Features
| Component | Deep Technical Feature | |-----------|------------------------| | | The bootstrapper, but in offline mode. It validates digital signatures, checks for prerequisites (Windows version, .NET runtime), and initiates the layout installation. | | /Packages Directory | Contains hundreds of .vsix (Visual Studio Extension), .cab (cabinet files), and .msi (Microsoft Installer) files. Each workload (e.g., "ASP.NET web development," "Game dev with C++") is a manifest pointing to a subset of these packages. | | /certificates | Embedded trusted root certificates to verify package signatures offline. Critical for security without internet. | | catalog.json | A machine-readable manifest that maps workloads to package dependencies, versions, and checksums. Used by the installer engine for dependency resolution. | | response.json | A template for silent/unattended installation configurations (see below). | Visual Studio Enterprise 2022 Iso