Updated: August 4, 2020 (December 24, 2007)
Charts & IllustrationsPast Visual Studio Versions
Visual Basic 6.0 Extended support ends Apr. 8, 2008, having left Mainstream support Mar. 31, 2005. All other Visual Studio 6.0 components left Mainstream support in 2003 and Extended support is not available.
The Visual Basic 6.0 runtime and the VBA 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 | SP5: Feb. 26, 2001 | Ended Sept. 30, 2003 | Released: Sept. 1998
SP1: Oct. 1998 SP2: Feb. 1999 SP3: May 1999 SP4: June 2000 |
| Visual Studio .NET | July 10, 2007 | Released: Apr. 2002 | |
| Visual Studio .NET 2003 | SP1: Aug. 17, 2006 | Oct. 14, 2008 | Released: July 2003 |
| Visual Studio 2005 | SP1: Dec. 14, 2006
SP1 Update for Vista: Mar. 6, 2007 |
Apr. 12, 2011 | Released: Jan. 2006 |
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