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docs/install/import-export-installation-configurations.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: Import or export installation configurations
 titleSuffix: ''
 description: Learn how to export your installation configuration to a .vsconfig file to share with others, and how to import it to clone.
-ms.date: 2/21/2023
+ms.date: 7/28/2023
 ms.topic: how-to
 helpviewer_keywords:
 - import installation configuration
@@ -57,9 +57,22 @@ When you're ready to import an installation configuration file, follow these ste
 
 1. Make sure you've got the workloads and components that you want, and then choose **Close**.
 
+## Use a configuration file to add components to an existing installation
+
+Use `--config` to modify an existing installation to add or remove components. This example uses the installer already on the client machine.
+
+```shell
+"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\setup.exe" modify --installPath "C:\VS" --config "C:\myconfig.vsconfig"
+```
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> To add or remove components to an existing installation by using a config file (*.vsconfig), you'll need to **modify** your installed product and not update. **Update** just updates the components to the latest version; it doesn't add or remove new ones.
+
+When you install Visual Studio programmatically or by using a command prompt, you can use various command-line parameters to control or customize the installation. To learn more, see [Install Visual Studio from the command line](use-command-line-parameters-to-install-visual-studio.md).
+
 ## Use a configuration file to initialize the contents of a layout
 
-Using the correct bootstrapper that corresponds to the version and edition of Visual Studio that you want, open an administrator command prompt and run the following command.  
+Using the correct bootstrapper that corresponds to the version and edition of Visual Studio that you want, open an administrator command prompt and run the following command to use `-config` to configure the contents of a layout:
 
 ```shell
 vs_enterprise.exe --layout c:\localVSlayout --config c:\myconfig.vsconfig --lang en-US 

docs/install/modify-visual-studio.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: "Modify Visual Studio workloads, components, & language packs"
 titleSuffix: ''
 description: Learn how to modify Visual Studio, step-by-step.
-ms.date: 5/16/2023
+ms.date: 7/28/2023
 ms.topic: how-to
 ms.custom: vs-acquisition
 helpviewer_keywords:
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ Workloads contain the components you need for the programming language or platfo
 
 1. After the modified workloads or components are installed, choose **Launch** from the Visual Studio Installer to open Visual Studio 2022.
 
+You can also use a [configuration file to modify an existing installation to add or remove components](import-export-installation-configurations.md#use-a-configuration-file-to-add-components-to-an-existing-installation). Learn more about using [installation configuration files to configure Visual Studio](import-export-installation-configurations.md).
+
 ::: moniker-end
 
 > [!TIP]

docs/install/using-visual-studio-vm.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: Using Visual Studio on an Azure Virtual Machine
 titleSuffix: ''
 description: Learn how to use Visual Studio on an Azure Virtual Machine
-ms.date: 07/23/2022
+ms.date: 07/26/2023
 ms.topic: conceptual
 helpviewer_keywords:
 - azure services