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| Release | Active Support |
|---|---|
| 2022 17.2 (LTSC) |
Ends
in 1 year (09 Jan 2024)
|
| 2022 17.0 (LTSC) |
Ends
in 6 months (11 Jul 2023)
|
| 2019 16.11 |
Ends
in 6 years (10 Apr 2029)
|
| 2019 16.10 | No |
| 2019 16.9 |
Ended
2 months and 2 weeks ago (11 Oct 2022)
|
| 2019 16.8 | No |
| 2019 16.7 |
Ended
8 months ago (12 Apr 2022)
|
| 2019 16.6 | No |
| 2019 16.5 | No |
| 2019 16.4 |
Ended
1 year and 2 months ago (12 Oct 2021)
|
| 2019 16.3 | No |
| 2019 16.2 | No |
| 2019 16.1 | No |
| 2019 16.0 |
Ended
1 year and 11 months ago (12 Jan 2021)
|
| 2017 15.9 |
Ends
in 4 years (13 Apr 2027)
|
| 2017 15.0 |
Ended
2 years and 11 months ago (14 Jan 2020)
|
| 2015 14.0 |
Ends
in 2 years and 9 months (14 Oct 2025)
|
| 2013 12.0 |
Ends
in 1 year and 3 months (09 Apr 2024)
|
| 2012 11.0 |
Ends
in 2 weeks (10 Jan 2023)
|
| 2010 10.0 |
Ended
2 years and 5 months ago (14 Jul 2020)
|
The Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) enables teams to remain supported on a minor version for up to 18 months after release. The LTSC are separate release Channels based on the even-numbered minor version updates. An LTSC release receives security and bug fixes but not additional new features.
Visual Studio 2019 follows the Microsoft Product Fixed Lifecycle Policy of 10 years. The first 5 years of Mainstream Support provide feature updates, platform updates, security updates, and functionality fixes, and the second 5 years of Extended support provide security updates. For more information, search the Support Lifecycle Database.
Visual Studio 2017 and earlier are also supported for 10 years
The Visual Studio Community edition is only supported on the recommended latest release of the latest minor version of Visual Studio.
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This page was last updated on 22 December 2022.