Chocolatey Visual Studio servicing extensions

Chocolatey Visual Studio servicing extensions gives Chocolatey package developers helper functions for installing and servicing Microsoft Visual Studio. These functions support the creation of packages that deploy Visual Studio and maintain its installation through package-based workflows. It is intended for package development and maintenance rather than serving as a standalone Visual Studio application.

Developers can use its functions in Chocolatey packages when their work involves Visual Studio installation or servicing tasks. This makes it relevant to Windows development workflows where Visual Studio packages must be prepared or maintained. The intended users are people who create or maintain those packages, including developers responsible for keeping Visual Studio packaging workflows operational.

Before installing Visual Studio packages, the recommended preparation is to install the VSSetup PowerShell module. VSSetup is available through the PowerShell Gallery and serves as a prerequisite for this workflow. Chocolatey Visual Studio servicing extensions runs on Windows, is published by Jakub Bereżański, and is freeware. The current version is 1.13.0, and the software is categorized as System Tools.