Visual Studio Professional standalone & older Build Tools

Hi @Bence Madarász ,

Thanks for your question!

Yes, you can install Visual Studio Build Tools 2019 if your Visual Studio Professional 2019 license provides the required use rights.

Visual Studio Build Tools are licensed as a supplement to Visual Studio, so you don't necessarily need a separate subscription if your standalone Visual Studio license already covers the applicable usage. For the specific licensing terms, I recommend checking the Microsoft’s Visual Studio licensing guidance.

In other words, a separate Visual Studio subscription may not be required if your standalone Visual Studio Professional 2019 license already provides the necessary rights.

For convenience, you can download Visual Studio Build Tools 2019 directly here: Build Tools 2019

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it depends on the vs version of the license. if your license is for vs2019, vs2022 or vs2026, then you can use the vs2019 build tools. if the license is for an earlier version of vs, then no.

note: there is a license exception for compiling free open source code.