Visual Studio 2017 SSDT offline install

Question

I require an offline install for SSDT for Visual Studio 2017. Or how to hack the online download. (note not VS itself I have that offline install). I have used the online download to obtain the .vsix files but I need a way to install them.

• Double click doesn't work,
• Rename to .zip and extract and place them in the folder doesn't work.
• There is an ISO available but it's only for 2015

Any help would be appreciated

Answer 1

You can download the offline layout using /layout input.

SSDT-Setup-ENU.exe /layout c:\vs2017ssdt

You can find out what parameters can be sent in, if you enter

SSDT-Setup-ENU.exe /?

Once you have the offline layout of ssdt installer, you can copy it to a machine that doesnt have internet access and install there.