Can I use use Visual Studio 2015 without an Internet connection?

Question

I'm trying to install VS 2015 Enterprise in a secure environment. I can download the ISO fine, but when I try to install it I immediately get informed that I have no Internet connection. It allows me to continue but lists 19 packages that did not get installed because I had no Internet connection. Then when I try to use it every operation throws an error. Even the startup screen complains of no Internet connection.

I suppose I can download and install the 19 packages separately. Maybe that would make the errors go away. My question is, is there something I can do configuration-wise to let VS 2015 know it should not look for resources on the Internet, and maintain normal operations?

Answer 1

Although I tend to be of the "answer is never no" school, in consideration of the deafening silence here and my empty google searches there, I'm answering that there is currently no practical way of divorcing yourself from the Internet, and more specifically Microsoft resources on the Internet, while installing and using Visual Studio 2015 Enterprise. A disappointing result.

I'll be happy to receive an update and be proven wrong. Visual Studio 2015 Enterprise has a lot of promise, but it's also missing valuable utility because there is no published method of making it independent.