Visual Studio End of Life (EOL) Dates & Support Timeline
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 | 2170 days past EOL | EOL |
| 11.0 | Update 4 | Oct 31, 2012 | Jan 10, 2023 | 1260 days past EOL | EOL |
| 12.0 | Update 5 | Jan 15, 2014 | Apr 9, 2024 | 805 days past EOL | EOL |
| 14.0 | Update 3 + KB3165756 | Jul 20, 2015 | Oct 14, 2025 | 252 days past EOL | EOL |
| 15.0 | 15.0.28 | Mar 7, 2017 | Jan 14, 2020 | 2352 days past EOL | EOL |
| 15.1 | 15.1.2 | Apr 5, 2017 | May 10, 2017 | 3331 days past EOL | EOL |
| 15.2 | 15.2.6 | May 10, 2017 | Aug 14, 2017 | 3235 days past EOL | EOL |
| 15.3 | 15.3.5 | Aug 14, 2017 | Oct 9, 2017 | 3179 days past EOL | EOL |
| 15.4 | 15.4.5 | Oct 9, 2017 | Dec 4, 2017 | 3123 days past EOL | EOL |
| 15.5 | 15.5.7 | Dec 4, 2017 | Mar 5, 2018 | 3032 days past EOL | EOL |
| 15.6 | 15.6.7 | Mar 5, 2018 | May 7, 2018 | 2969 days past EOL | EOL |
| 15.7 | 15.7.6 | May 7, 2018 | Aug 14, 2018 | 2870 days past EOL | EOL |
| 15.8 | 15.8.9 | Aug 14, 2018 | Nov 13, 2018 | 2779 days past EOL | EOL |
| 15.9 | 15.9.80 | Nov 13, 2018 | Apr 13, 2027 | 294 days remaining | Active |
| 16.0 | 16.0.22 | Apr 2, 2019 | Jan 12, 2021 | 1988 days past EOL | EOL |
| 16.1 | 16.1.6 | May 21, 2019 | Jul 24, 2019 | 2526 days past EOL | EOL |
| 16.2 | 16.2.5 | Jul 24, 2019 | Sep 23, 2019 | 2465 days past EOL | EOL |
| 16.3 | 16.3.10 | Sep 23, 2019 | Dec 3, 2019 | 2394 days past EOL | EOL |
| 16.4 | 16.4.27 | Dec 3, 2019 | Oct 12, 2021 | 1715 days past EOL | EOL |
| 16.5 | 16.5.5 | Mar 16, 2020 | May 19, 2020 | 2226 days past EOL | EOL |
| 16.6 | 16.6.5 | May 19, 2020 | Aug 5, 2020 | 2148 days past EOL | EOL |
| 16.7 | 16.7.28 | Aug 5, 2020 | Apr 12, 2022 | 1533 days past EOL | EOL |
| 16.8 | 16.8.7 | Nov 10, 2020 | Mar 9, 2021 | 1932 days past EOL | EOL |
| 16.9 | 16.9.26 | Mar 2, 2021 | Oct 11, 2022 | 1351 days past EOL | EOL |
| 16.10 | 16.10.4 | May 25, 2021 | Aug 10, 2021 | 1778 days past EOL | EOL |
| 16.11 | 16.11.57 | Aug 10, 2021 | Apr 10, 2029 | 1022 days remaining | Active |
| 17.0 LTS | 17.0.23 | Nov 8, 2021 | Jul 11, 2023 | 1078 days past EOL | EOL |
| 17.1 | 17.1.7 | Feb 15, 2022 | May 10, 2022 | 1505 days past EOL | EOL |
| 17.2 LTS | 17.2.23 | May 10, 2022 | Jan 9, 2024 | 896 days past EOL | EOL |
| 17.3 | 17.3.7 | Aug 9, 2022 | Nov 8, 2022 | 1323 days past EOL | EOL |
| 17.4 LTS | 17.4.21 | Nov 8, 2022 | Jul 9, 2024 | 714 days past EOL | EOL |
| 17.5 | 17.5.5 | Feb 21, 2023 | May 16, 2023 | 1134 days past EOL | EOL |
| 17.6 LTS | 17.6.22 | May 16, 2023 | Jan 14, 2025 | 525 days past EOL | EOL |
| 17.7 | 17.7.7 | Aug 8, 2023 | Nov 14, 2023 | 952 days past EOL | EOL |
| 17.8 LTS | 17.8.23 | Nov 14, 2023 | Jul 8, 2025 | 350 days past EOL | EOL |
| 17.9 | 17.9.7 | Feb 13, 2024 | May 21, 2024 | 763 days past EOL | EOL |
| 17.10 LTS | 17.10.21 | May 21, 2024 | Jan 13, 2026 | 161 days past EOL | EOL |
| 17.11 | 17.11.6 | Aug 13, 2024 | Nov 12, 2024 | 588 days past EOL | EOL |
| 17.12 LTS | 17.12.21 | Nov 12, 2024 | Jul 14, 2026 | 21 days remaining | Warning |
| 17.13 | 17.13.7 | Feb 11, 2025 | May 13, 2025 | 406 days past EOL | EOL |
| 17.14 LTS | 17.14.34 | May 13, 2025 | Jan 13, 2032 | 2030 days remaining | Active |
| 18.0 | 18.0.2 | Nov 11, 2025 | Dec 9, 2025 | 196 days past EOL | EOL |
| 18.1 | 18.1.1 | Dec 9, 2025 | Jan 13, 2026 | 161 days past EOL | EOL |
| 18.2 | 18.2.2 | Jan 13, 2026 | Feb 10, 2026 | 133 days past EOL | EOL |
| 18.3 | 18.3.3 | Feb 10, 2026 | Mar 10, 2026 | 105 days past EOL | EOL |
| 18.4 | 18.4.4 | Mar 10, 2026 | Apr 14, 2026 | 70 days past EOL | EOL |
| 18.5 | 18.5.3 | Apr 14, 2026 | May 12, 2026 | 42 days past EOL | EOL |
| 18.6 | 18.6.3 | May 12, 2026 | Jun 9, 2026 | 14 days past EOL | EOL |
| 18.7 | 18.7.1 | Jun 9, 2026 | TBD | Supported | Active |
What does Visual Studio end of life mean for your organization?
When a version of Visual Studio 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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