The most simple way to create a Visual Studio 2015 Project Template, is to start from an existing project template.

In short:

• To create a project template follow the steps at: https://msdn.microsoft.com/nl-nl/library/xkh1wxd8.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396
• To create a Visual Studio 2015 extension from the created project template, follow the steps at: https://msdn.microsoft.com/nl-nl/library/dd885241.aspx

Note

The installation folder for the custom templates will be:

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0\Extensions

Upload to gallery

When you have created the Visual Studio extension, there is just one step left: uploading to the gallery:

Go to https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/ and sign in.

Upload *.vsix

Enter some meta data

Publish

Don’t forget to publish!

After the publish you should find your project template in Visual Studio:

File > New > Project… > Online > search