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Will It Require Visual Studio License For Build Tools?

Dmitriy Ushakov 21 Reputation points
2022-03-03T04:02:47.91+00:00

Hi All,

We want to know, if we only want to use the Build Tools, will this require a Visual Studio license?

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  1. Anna Xiu-MSFT 31,056 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
    2022-03-03T08:52:31.593+00:00

    Hi @Dmitriy Ushakov ,

    Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!

    Use of the Build Tools require a valid Visual Studio license.

    If you can use the Visual Studio Community for free, you can also use the Build Tools with a valid free license.
    If you cannot use the Visual Studio Community, you need to use the Build Tools with a valid paid license.

    Sincerely,
    Anna
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  1. Martin Schneider 0 Reputation points
    2023-12-07T14:27:25.35+00:00

    As I was looking for the answer of a bit similar question and came here, but then found out the opposite answer, I wanted to add it here, in case some future reader is interested:

    If you already have (e.g.) one paid license for a Visual Studio developer, this developer and any other person (without a VS license) is allowed to use the VS Build Tools on any other machine to compile and build the projects that were created with that licensed Visual Studio.

    That is at least what I read from "Example 1" in the "Visual Studio Build Tools" section of the "Microsoft Visual Studio Licensing Whitepaper"

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