Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 is a standalone installer that provides the MSBuild engine, compilers (like MSVC), and necessary SDKs required to build managed and native code.

| Feature | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | |---------|------|------|------| | 64‑bit MSBuild | No | Yes (optional) | | | C++20 support | Partial | Partial | Full | | ARM64 build support | Limited | Limited | Yes (C++/.NET) | | .NET 6+ SDK | No | No | Yes | | Disk footprint | 8–20 GB | 10–25 GB | 12–40 GB | | Supported Windows version | Windows 7+ | Windows 8.1+ | Windows 10 1909+ |