Updated: July 9, 2020 (February 27, 2006)

Past Visual Studio Versions

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This chart outlines life-cycle support dates as well as initial release and service pack histories for Visual Studio 6.0 and Visual Studio .NET.

Product	Current Service Pack	Mainstream Support Ends	Release History
Visual Studio 6.0	SP5: Feb. 26, 2001	Visual Basic 6.0: ended Mar. 31, 2005 Other 6.0 products: ended Sept. 30, 2003	Released: Sept. 1998 SP1: Oct. 1998 SP2: Feb. 1999 SP3: May 1999 SP4: June 2000
Visual Studio .NET		June 30, 2007	Released: Apr. 2002
Visual Studio 2003		Sept. 30, 2008	Released: July 2003

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