Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Visual Studio versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | Service Pack 1 | Jun 29, 2010 | Jul 14, 2020 | 2125 days past EOL | EOL |
| 11.0 | Update 4 | Oct 31, 2012 | Jan 10, 2023 | 1215 days past EOL | EOL |
| 12.0 | Update 5 | Jan 15, 2014 | Apr 9, 2024 | 760 days past EOL | EOL |
| 14.0 | Update 3 + KB3165756 | Jul 20, 2015 | Oct 14, 2025 | 207 days past EOL | EOL |
| 15.0 | 15.0.28 | Mar 7, 2017 | Jan 14, 2020 | 2307 days past EOL | EOL |
| 15.1 | 15.1.2 | Apr 5, 2017 | May 10, 2017 | 3286 days past EOL | EOL |
| 15.2 | 15.2.6 | May 10, 2017 | Aug 14, 2017 | 3190 days past EOL | EOL |
| 15.3 | 15.3.5 | Aug 14, 2017 | Oct 9, 2017 | 3134 days past EOL | EOL |
| 15.4 | 15.4.5 | Oct 9, 2017 | Dec 4, 2017 | 3078 days past EOL | EOL |
| 15.5 | 15.5.7 | Dec 4, 2017 | Mar 5, 2018 | 2987 days past EOL | EOL |
| 15.6 | 15.6.7 | Mar 5, 2018 | May 7, 2018 | 2924 days past EOL | EOL |
| 15.7 | 15.7.6 | May 7, 2018 | Aug 14, 2018 | 2825 days past EOL | EOL |
| 15.8 | 15.8.9 | Aug 14, 2018 | Nov 13, 2018 | 2734 days past EOL | EOL |
| 15.9 | 15.9.79 | Nov 13, 2018 | Apr 13, 2027 | 339 days remaining | Active |
| 16.0 | 16.0.22 | Apr 2, 2019 | Jan 12, 2021 | 1943 days past EOL | EOL |
| 16.1 | 16.1.6 | May 21, 2019 | Jul 24, 2019 | 2481 days past EOL | EOL |
| 16.2 | 16.2.5 | Jul 24, 2019 | Sep 23, 2019 | 2420 days past EOL | EOL |
| 16.3 | 16.3.10 | Sep 23, 2019 | Dec 3, 2019 | 2349 days past EOL | EOL |
| 16.4 | 16.4.27 | Dec 3, 2019 | Oct 12, 2021 | 1670 days past EOL | EOL |
| 16.5 | 16.5.5 | Mar 16, 2020 | May 19, 2020 | 2181 days past EOL | EOL |
| 16.6 | 16.6.5 | May 19, 2020 | Aug 5, 2020 | 2103 days past EOL | EOL |
| 16.7 | 16.7.28 | Aug 5, 2020 | Apr 12, 2022 | 1488 days past EOL | EOL |
| 16.8 | 16.8.7 | Nov 10, 2020 | Mar 9, 2021 | 1887 days past EOL | EOL |
| 16.9 | 16.9.26 | Mar 2, 2021 | Oct 11, 2022 | 1306 days past EOL | EOL |
| 16.10 | 16.10.4 | May 25, 2021 | Aug 10, 2021 | 1733 days past EOL | EOL |
| 16.11 | 16.11.55 | Aug 10, 2021 | Apr 10, 2029 | 1067 days remaining | Active |
| 17.0 LTS | 17.0.23 | Nov 8, 2021 | Jul 11, 2023 | 1033 days past EOL | EOL |
| 17.1 | 17.1.7 | Feb 15, 2022 | May 10, 2022 | 1460 days past EOL | EOL |
| 17.2 LTS | 17.2.23 | May 10, 2022 | Jan 9, 2024 | 851 days past EOL | EOL |
| 17.3 | 17.3.7 | Aug 9, 2022 | Nov 8, 2022 | 1278 days past EOL | EOL |
| 17.4 LTS | 17.4.21 | Nov 8, 2022 | Jul 9, 2024 | 669 days past EOL | EOL |
| 17.5 | 17.5.5 | Feb 21, 2023 | May 16, 2023 | 1089 days past EOL | EOL |
| 17.6 LTS | 17.6.22 | May 16, 2023 | Jan 14, 2025 | 480 days past EOL | EOL |
| 17.7 | 17.7.7 | Aug 8, 2023 | Nov 14, 2023 | 907 days past EOL | EOL |
| 17.8 LTS | 17.8.23 | Nov 14, 2023 | Jul 8, 2025 | 305 days past EOL | EOL |
| 17.9 | 17.9.7 | Feb 13, 2024 | May 21, 2024 | 718 days past EOL | EOL |
| 17.10 LTS | 17.10.21 | May 21, 2024 | Jan 13, 2026 | 116 days past EOL | EOL |
| 17.11 | 17.11.6 | Aug 13, 2024 | Nov 12, 2024 | 543 days past EOL | EOL |
| 17.12 LTS | 17.12.19 | Nov 12, 2024 | Jul 14, 2026 | 66 days remaining | Warning |
| 17.13 | 17.13.7 | Feb 11, 2025 | May 13, 2025 | 361 days past EOL | EOL |
| 17.14 LTS | 17.14.30 | May 13, 2025 | Jan 13, 2032 | 2075 days remaining | Active |
| 18.0 | 18.0.2 | Nov 11, 2025 | Dec 9, 2025 | 151 days past EOL | EOL |
| 18.1 | 18.1.1 | Dec 9, 2025 | Jan 13, 2026 | 116 days past EOL | EOL |
| 18.2 | 18.2.2 | Jan 13, 2026 | Feb 10, 2026 | 88 days past EOL | EOL |
| 18.3 | 18.3.3 | Feb 10, 2026 | Mar 10, 2026 | 60 days past EOL | EOL |
| 18.4 | 18.4.4 | Mar 10, 2026 | Apr 14, 2026 | 25 days past EOL | EOL |
| 18.5 | 18.5.2 | Apr 14, 2026 | Already EOL | Supported | Active |
When a Visual Studio version reaches end of life, the maintainers stop issuing security patches. Vulnerabilities discovered after this date are publicly disclosed on the National Vulnerability Database, exploit code appears on GitHub, and your systems remain permanently exposed.
The CVE blind spot: Most vulnerability scanners check for known CVEs but do not flag the accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software. With a zero-day, nobody knows about the vulnerability. With EOL software, the vulnerability is public — listed, rated, and often weaponized — but no patch will ever exist. This is the most dangerous gap in enterprise security posture.
Organizations running EOL Visual Studio should treat it as a vulnerability class in their risk register, apply compensating controls (network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, access restriction), and prioritize migration to a supported version.
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