Updated: August 2, 2020 (October 26, 2009)
Charts & IllustrationsPast Visual Studio Versions
Visual Basic (VB) 6.0 Extended support ended Apr. 8, 2008, having left Mainstream support Mar. 31, 2005. Support for the VB development environment requires a custom support contract, and prices for such contracts will typically rise each year. All other Visual Studio 6.0 components left Mainstream support in 2003, and Extended support is not available.
The VB 6.0 runtime and the Visual Basic for Applications development environment and runtime are not affected by these dates; instead, they follow the support schedules of products that ship them (such as Windows and Office).
| Product | Current Service Pack | Mainstream Support Ends | Release History |
| Visual Studio 6.0 | SP6: March 29, 2004 | Ended Sept. 30, 2003 | Released: Sept. 1998
SP1: Oct. 1998 SP2: Feb. 1999 SP3: May 1999 SP4: June 2000 SP5: Feb. 2001 |
| Visual Studio .NET 2002 | SP1: March 8, 2005 | Ended July 10, 2007; Extended support ended July 14, 2009 | Released: Apr. 2002 |
| Visual Studio .NET |
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