Does Visual Studio 2022 Community installed in offline environment requires sign in after 30 days from installation?

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Does Visual Studio 2022 Community installed in offline environment requires sign in after 30 days from installation?

Jamie Baeg 21

Hi.

I setup Visual Studio 2022 community to one of my PCs through a local layout where no internet connection is available.

After an installation, I skipped the sign in process at the beginning of course, but I heard from a few sources that the sign in will ultimately be needed after using 30 days.
Because this PC will never be able to connected to online, I wonder whether I will be required to sign in after 30 days from the installation or not.

FYI, please note that a license page in my VS community already shows that the "product key applied".

Tianyu Sun-MSFT 34,441 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-08-29T03:38:18.943+00:00

Hi @Jamie Baeg ,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum. Yes, you need to sign in after 30 days(sign in periodically to keep the license up to date). And you will need to connect to the network to sign in and update.

Here’s a similar thread: Unable to sign in on offline machine. The thread focuses on VS 2019, but it’s the same for VS 2022 Community.
Jamie Baeg 21 Reputation points

2022-08-29T12:13:35.66+00:00

Thank you for your feedback.

I have also read that thread before I post this.

What's unclear to me is that, in a case where it is impossible to sign in and update let's say forever, since the PC runs within a secured network apart from the internet, then is there no way to keep using the VS Community?

Will the periodical uninstall and setup again and again set me free from this matter?
Tianyu Sun-MSFT 34,441 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-08-30T02:25:59.49+00:00

Hi @Jamie Baeg ,

VS Community doesn’t have/need a product key to sign in, so only online sign-in license is available(Professional and Enterprise version can use product key to sign in offline).

Will the periodical uninstall and setup again and again set me free from this matter?

Haven’t tested this. The account/sign-in related information/settings may be partly stored locally and may not be uninstalled together with VS. Anyways, it is not recommended to do things like this.

Regards,
Tianyu
Jamie Baeg 21 Reputation points

2022-08-30T10:36:56.993+00:00

Got your point.
I appreciate your help Tianyu.
Tianyu Sun-MSFT 34,441 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-08-31T01:50:55.277+00:00

You are welcome.

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Tianyu Sun-MSFT 34,441 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-08-29T03:38:18.943+00:00

Hi @Jamie Baeg ,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum. Yes, you need to sign in after 30 days(sign in periodically to keep the license up to date). And you will need to connect to the network to sign in and update.

Here’s a similar thread: Unable to sign in on offline machine. The thread focuses on VS 2019, but it’s the same for VS 2022 Community.
Jamie Baeg 21 Reputation points

2022-08-29T12:13:35.66+00:00

Thank you for your feedback.

I have also read that thread before I post this.

What's unclear to me is that, in a case where it is impossible to sign in and update let's say forever, since the PC runs within a secured network apart from the internet, then is there no way to keep using the VS Community?

Will the periodical uninstall and setup again and again set me free from this matter?
Tianyu Sun-MSFT 34,441 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-08-30T02:25:59.49+00:00

Hi @Jamie Baeg ,

VS Community doesn’t have/need a product key to sign in, so only online sign-in license is available(Professional and Enterprise version can use product key to sign in offline).

Will the periodical uninstall and setup again and again set me free from this matter?

Haven’t tested this. The account/sign-in related information/settings may be partly stored locally and may not be uninstalled together with VS. Anyways, it is not recommended to do things like this.

Regards,
Tianyu
Jamie Baeg 21 Reputation points

2022-08-30T10:36:56.993+00:00

Got your point.
I appreciate your help Tianyu.
Tianyu Sun-MSFT 34,441 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-08-31T01:50:55.277+00:00

You are welcome.

Answer 1

Vinodh247 34,741 MVP Volunteer Moderator

Hi Jamie,

Thanks for reaching out to Microsoft Q&A.

Yes you would need to login into visual studio even if you use community edition. Since you have installed in a PC without internet you can try your luck if it asks you to login after trial period, I believe it would. See the below link...

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/how-to-unlock-visual-studio?view=vs-2019

(or)

Go with visual studio code.

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