Selected features in "AdminDeployment.xml" file don't work

[JulianGindi]

We are trying to fully automate the installation of Visual Studio 2015 and need to add the Visual C++ additional features (Common Tools for Visual C++ 2015 and Foundation Classes for C++). Even when I select these as "Selected: yes" they don't seem to install. I have attached the AdminDeployment file I am using as well as a screenshot of the non-installed packages. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Admin Deployment File: https://gist.github.com/JulianGindi/fcf32d8a95e82ef18cacdb6ebcb0c1f4

[KennethB]

I haven't used this in a while, but from what I remember you might have to generate a new AdminDeployment file from the current installer.

https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/support/vs2015/command-line-instructions-visual-studio-2015-installer/

[JulianGindi]

Yeah for some reason the installer fails to spit out an AdminDeployment file when I invoke the above command, but that's a me problem, no a choco package issue :) Just thinking the installer might have some bugs I'll need to dig into.

[JulianGindi]

A little update. We were able to generate the new AdminDeployment file but it’s still having the same issue. Just wanted to see if you think reaching out to Microsoft is the next step which we are happy to do.

[KennethB]

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