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Make sure you have permission to install the software you are about to install. Check with your team first.
Make sure you have local administrator rights on your issued device.
Make sure you are added to the proper Active Directory Group. If you run into permission issues during the rest of the guide, you are probably not “included“ to something. Just check with your team.
Make sure you are able to connect to the Government of Canada Secure Remote Access (GCSRA) service. aka Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client
Step 2 - Visual Studio:
First, inquire with the team you are working with about the development software they are using. At the time of writing this document, the IDE used by Team Kraken was Visual Studio. You are also entitled to a Professional license of Visual Studio, so prior to implementing this step make sure you check with your team about how to submit a request to get your account subscribed to the Visual Studio Subscriptions group.
Step 2.1 - Download
Head over to your Visual Studio Professional Subscription, and under:
Benefits
Subscription = Visual Studio Professional
Benefits included in my subscription = All
you will see the Visual Studio Professional download button. Click it.
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You will be directed to the “Your Downloads“ page, where you will see the product you selected for download. In our case it is Visual Studio Professional 2019 (version 16.9) [Version and Year are based on the time of writing this document].
You are fine to leave the defaults, but if you want to choose a different language, i.e. French, change that from the dropdown menu.
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After you click the download button, you will be directed to the thank you page from Microsoft and your download will be begin shortly afterwards.
Step 2.2 - Installation
Step 2.3 - Configuration
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