Visual Studio: 2015 Portable

Microsoft does not offer an official "portable" version of the full Visual Studio 2015 Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

Web Development Tools: Support for ASP.NET 5 (now Core) and the then-new TypeScript integration.

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to redirect registry keys and file paths to a local folder on a USB drive. Offline Layouts:

Security: Working on a portable version reduces the risk of accidentally making system-wide changes or leaving sensitive project data behind on a machine. Microsoft does not offer an official "portable" version

Visual Studio 2015 Portable is a self-contained version of the Visual Studio 2015 IDE that can be run directly from a portable storage device, such as a USB drive. This version is not installed on the host machine, and no registry entries or files are left behind.

While not portable themselves, these 2015-specific features enhanced cross-platform development: Xamarin and C# Cloud Connected Cross-Platform Mobile apps Visual Studio 2015 Portable is a self-contained version

The company is unlikely to invest in decoupling Visual Studio’s monolithic installer because the engineering cost is too high and the market is moving to cloud.