Visual Studio: Releases, patches & end-of-life
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Lifecycle guide for Visual Studio from Microsoft

All releases, patches, maintenance and support periods at a glance

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📅 Last update on 2026-04-14

What is Visual Studio?

Automate product release and end-of-life managementMicrosoft Visual Studio is a comprehensive Integrated Development Environment (IDE) used by developers to build everything from mobile apps to complex cloud services. It features an intelligent code editor equipped with IntelliSense, which provides AI-driven completions and real-time syntax checking to speed up the coding process. The software supports a massive range of programming languages, including C#, C++, Python, and JavaScript, making it highly versatile for different tech stacks. Beyond just writing code, it includes high-end debugging and profiling tools that help developers track down bugs and optimize application performance. Additionally, it offers seamless integration with Azure and GitHub, allowing teams to manage their version control and deploy applications directly from the interface
 

The entire lifecycle of Visual Studio

The following figure shows you the visualised product life cycle of Visual Studio. You can see all releases with the latest patch version, the long-term support characteristics (orange flag in the green circle, the periods for version provision, maintenance and support.
Visual Studio (Microsoft) release, version and end-of-life information
XVisual Studio (Microsoft) release, version and end-of-life information
Figure: Release, patch and end-of-life cycle of product Visual Studio (Microsoft)
 

Facts and figures about Visual Studio

Product
Visual Studio
Vendor
Microsoft
Latest version
18.4.3
Number of releases
4
Number of versions
636
Number of unstable versions
11
Number of versions affected by CVE
500
Licence
Commercial
 
 

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