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I would like to install Visual Studio (Community edition) on a server that is used by other individuals. The installation requires a restart to complete the process. Is there any way to complete the necessary steps manually without restarting the server?

Till Hoffmann
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Silently installing Visual Studio is more difficult than it should be. On a Win2008R2 you will need to install .Net 4.5 seperately before running the visual studio installer.

On both 2008R2 and 2012 you will also need custom AdminFile that disables a lot of the optional stuff like SQL and Office Tools. This XML used by a Chocolatey package should result in a silent installation: https://github.com/mwrock/Chocolatey-Packages/blob/master/VisualStudio2012Ultimate/Tools/AdminDeployment.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<AdminDeploymentCustomizations xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2011/AdminDeployment">
   <BundleCustomizations TargetDir="default" NoWeb="yes"/>
   <SelectableItemCustomizations>
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="WebTools" Hidden="no" Selected="no"/>
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="SQL" Hidden="no" Selected="no" />
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="OfficeTools" Hidden="no" Selected="no"/>
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="SharepointTools" Hidden="no" Selected="no"/>
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="LightSwitch" Hidden="no" Selected="no"/>
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="SilverLight_Developer_Kit" Hidden="no" Selected="no" />
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="VC_MFC_Libraries" Hidden="no" Selected="no" />
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="Blend" Hidden="no" Selected="no" />

     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="BlissHidden" Selected="yes" />
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="HelpHidden" Selected="yes" />
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="IntelliTraceUltimateHidden" Selected="yes" />
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="LocalDBHidden" Selected="yes" />
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="NetFX4Hidden" Selected="yes" />
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="NetFX45Hidden" Selected="yes" />
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="PortableDTPHidden" Selected="yes" />
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="PreEmptiveDotfuscatorHidden" Selected="no" />
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="PreEmptiveAnalyticsHidden" Selected="no" />
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="ProfilerHidden" Selected="yes" />
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="ReportingHidden" Selected="yes" />
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="RIAHidden" Selected="yes" />
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="SDKTools3Hidden" Selected="yes" />
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="SDKTools4Hidden" Selected="yes" />
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="Silverlight5DRTHidden" Selected="yes" />
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="SQLCEHidden" Selected="yes" />
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="SQLCEToolsHidden" Selected="no" />
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="SQLCLRTypesHidden" Selected="yes" />
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="SQLDACHidden" Selected="yes" />
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="SQLDbProviderHidden" Selected="yes" />
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="SQLSharedManagementObjectsHidden" Selected="yes" />
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="StoryboardingHidden" Selected="no" />
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="TSQLHidden" Selected="yes" />
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="VCCompilerHidden" Selected="yes" />
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="VCCoreHidden" Selected="yes" />
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="VCDebugHidden" Selected="yes" />
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="VCDesigntimeHidden" Selected="yes" />
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="VCExtendedHidden" Selected="yes" />
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="WCFDataServicesHidden" Selected="yes" />
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="WinJSHidden" Selected="yes" />
     <SelectableItemCustomization Id="WinSDKHidden" Selected="yes" />
   </SelectableItemCustomizations>
</AdminDeploymentCustomizations>

Then finally you need to add /quiet and /norestart to your command:

vs_professional.exe /adminfile \\FQDN\Share\AdminDeployment.xml /quiet /norestart

If you just ran the installer I don't think you can avoid a reboot.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/ee225237(v=vs.110).aspx

HoD
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