cannot install web deploy on windows server, installer does not find either "visual studio 2015 update 2" and "visual studio 2015"

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I'm trying to install web deploy for IIS, on my windows 8 machine, but the installer cannot find "visual studio update 2" and then fails. I'm using visual studio 2017, does this mean I need to install VS 2015 as well?

neither directly from the IIS application nor the web installer work.

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iisvisual-studio-2015visual-studio-2017webdeploy

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ok if anyone runs into this problem my solution was to download visual studio 2015, you can find the links here

How to download Visual Studio Community Edition 2015 (not 2017)