Visual Studio 2019 usage without internet

Question

We have an end client where the Windows servers have no internet connection - and never will have an internet connection - no exceptions.

I've seen we can install VS 2019 Pro off-line (no internet) - great

Question:
Can we use VS 2019 Pro offline for development - meaning (unlike VS 201x Community) we do not need to log into our windows accounts to use the system?

Stated otherwise: Once the license key is installed, the VS 2109 Pro installation is stand-alone and needs no internet connection ever to function, correct?

Thanks and kind regards,
Jack

Answer 1

Hi @jlalbrecht ,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!

For VS2019 Professional, you can evaluate a free trial for 30 days. Then, you can extend the trial period to 90 days by signing in accounts.

After a trial period ends, if you want to use Visual Studio with no internet access, you must use a produce key to unlock your Visual Studio to continuing using.

After you install the Visual Studio offline, the VS 2019 Professional can be used as a stand-alone unless the functions require internet.

Sincerely,
Anna

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Answer 2

Hi Anna,

The application we are migrating is server only, so Winsock is not needed. This is a very old stand-alone application running on a server that has never had an internet connection. It is currently (still!) running on Compaq Visual Fortran (CVF). Intel took over CVF and has a compiler, but Intel's supported environment is now MS VS 2017 and 2019.

We have to be sure that MS VS 2019 will run the migrated application without internet access. We know we can install offline (did that with MS VS community), but obviously the community version won't work in this case. My questions here are to find out if MS VS 2019 Professional will run without internet access without going through the months of work migrating the entire systems and installing at the client on the production system.

So can you list some other examples of functions that require internet?

Thanks in advance!

Kind regards,
Jack