Add a C# Console Application Project Template to an already existing SSDT 2015 + Visual Studio 2015 integrated shell installation

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Hello,

I want to create a C# console application using Visual studio, but it is not available as a Project template when I try to create a new Project. The only existing Project templates I have available are Integration Services, Reporting Services and Analyses Services which all stems from my SSDT 2015 installation.

I have been trying to find a way to complement my Visual Studio 2015 integrated Shell installation with a C# Console Application, and by searching different forums it seemed as I would need to open a Developer command, but I do not have that. I also couldn't go to my Common7 folder and open a regular cmd window and type `/envdev visualvstemplates`. \envdev visualtemplates` gave an error that it couldn't install new templates.

I figure this is due to Integrated Shell having the constraint that "No Visual Studio languages or their associated project templates or project item templates, are included in the integrated shell. No language-specific implementations of other features are included, for example Visual Basic code snippets." (from Visual Studio Shell (Integrated) ).

I therefore tried to install Visual studio 2015 isolated Shell, but after the survey at visualstudio.com I got prompted that "Sorry we couldn't find any downloads for you".

Can I use a Visual studio 2017 Community installation for this? If so, would there be any clashes between the VS2015 version and the new VS2017 version? I have lots of integrated packages, cubes etc. developed from Visual studio 2015, and I do not wish to inflict any issues with these. VS2015 works fine, I just want to have the option to develop a C# console application.

I have tried to circumvent the need for a C# Console Application by creating a Integrated Service Project and a Script task, but when I got prompted (from the guide I wish to follow at How to read Google Analytics reports in .net C# using Reporting API V4 ) I got stuck at the page to alter the .config file which I did not seem to have, and to create multiple .cs files (ReportManager.cs and Program.cs in the same SSIS script task).

Could someone please shed some light into this?

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