Microsoft announces that it will discontinue support for older versions of visual studio

Introduction ： Microsoft has announced that it will soon stop Visual Studio 2012、Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio 2019 Support for , Users are advised to use the latest version in time .

author | Paul Krill

compile | Zhang Jie

Coordinating editor | Du min

2 month 10 Japan , Microsoft released an end to Visual Studio IDE Schedules supported by older versions . The company encourages users to migrate to newer versions , Especially the newly released Visual Studio 2022.

Microsoft will 64 position Visual Studio 2022 Described as the most efficient version of the platform , But other upgrade options are also available . In its announcement , Microsoft pointed out three Visual Studio Version support end date and upgrade path ：

• Visual Studio 2012 Yes IDE And related products 、 Runtime and component support will be available on 2023 year 1 month 9 End of the day . It is recommended that users migrate to a newer version of Visual Studio.
• Visual Studio 2017 Mainstream support will be available on 2022 year 4 month 12 End of the day , The product will then transition to extended support , until 2027 year 4 month . Support by extension , Microsoft will provide fixes for security issues . Microsoft recommends that users migrate to supported 15.9 Release baseline to maintain subsequent support .
• Visual Studio 2019 edition 16.7 Support will be on 2022 year 4 month 12 End of the day . It is recommended that users migrate to version 16.11 Supported baselines or Visual Studio 2022.
• Visual Studio 2019 Preview Channel Will be in 2022 year 4 Do not receive updates after months . Microsoft recommends that users migrate to Visual Studio 2022 Preview or Visual Studio 2019 Release Channel, To stay safe and receive the latest feature updates .

Microsoft also listed some versions of the long-term support schedule , Include Visual Studio 2022 and Visual Studio 2019 Products after many years . for example , At present Visual Studio 2022 Will get mainstream support , until 2027 year 1 month , Overall support will be 2032 year 1 End of the month , There's still... To go 10 years .Visual Studio 2019 Of 16.11 Version has received mainstream support , until 2024 year 4 month .Visual Studio 2010 And earlier versions are no longer supported .

See the official blog for more updates ：Support ends for older versions of Visual Studio - Visual Studio Blog

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