The Microsoft site can be induced to give up different versions.
See: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/thank-you-downloading-visual-studio/?sku=Community&rel=15
Change the '15' to 16, and 17 and see what you get.
Answer from Daniel Poirot on Stack OverflowHow to download Visual Studio Community Edition 2017 (not 2019) - Stack Overflow
Is Visual Studio 2017 community version still available?
Can't download Visual Studio Community 2017
Download link for Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable (x64) Version 14.12.25810
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The Microsoft site can be induced to give up different versions.
See: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/thank-you-downloading-visual-studio/?sku=Community&rel=15
Change the '15' to 16, and 17 and see what you get.
as today the VS 2017 Community can be downloaded via https://aka.ms/vs/15/release/vs_community.exe
I am applying to this company and I'm going to have a technical exam. They told me about the tools that we are going to use (Visual Studio 2017), but I cant find the Visual Studio 2017 Community Version. I have the 2022 community version already installed in my device.
Are there any other 2017 versions that are free to use?
14.12.25810
x64:
https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/100349091/2cd2dba5748dc95950a5c42c2d2d78e4/VC_redist.x64.exe
x86:
https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/100349138/88b50ce70017bf10f2d56d60fcba6ab1/VC_redist.x86.exe
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Download link for Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable (x64) Version 14.12.25810
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In order for downloads to work at my.visualstudio.com you need to have a subscription of some description. The easiest one (and the only one I have associated with my account) is Visual Studio Dev Essentials:
This subscription is free and it looks like there's a button captioned 'Join Visual Studio Dev Essentials' at the top of your Subscriptions page that you should be able to click to subscribe. Once you've done this, the Downloads page should lead you to:
You can download from there.
It's worth mentioning that Visual Studio Dev Essentials has quite a few other benefits (including Azure credit in the first month, other Azure freebies for the first year and some other goodies) so it's well worth a look in general.
As of August 2025, Visual Studio 2017 community edition can be downloaded from this link https://aka.ms/vs/15/release/vs_community.exe without login in to a subscription.
Also, the professional version can be downloaded here https://aka.ms/vs/15/release/vs_professional.exe
I'm stuck in a dilemma wherein there is an existing project I want to work on, which is dependent on an older VS framework. More specifically, it is dependent on the .NET 4.5 framework, and I am not able to use that framework with VS 2019, so is there any way i can install VS 2017?