Are Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools still available for download?
You can find Build Tools for Visual Studio 2017 here.
https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/older-downloads
To download any product from the following list, click the download button and log in with your Visual Studio Subscription account when prompted. If you don’t have a Visual Studio Subscription, you can create one for free by clicking on “Create a new Microsoft account” on the login page.
To track it down I had to go to https://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads/Featured and search for "build tools" or "build tools 2017". Looks like you'd have to register and sign in to the site to get to the build tools downloads.
From here (guide for installing VS buildtools in a Docker container), I found that you can download:
- 2017: https://aka.ms/vs/15/release/vs_buildtools.exe
- 2019: https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vs_buildtools.exe
- 2022: https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vs_buildtools.exe
It is not clear how Microsoft decided not to make VS2017 Build Tool installer an obvious option for you to download, but maintainers on Chocolatey have packed up every recent releases, so you can download and install from there.
Alternatively, the chocolatey install script contains a link to Microsoft servers where the VS 2017 Build Tools Installer is still available.