Visual Basic: Versions and Tags

This article shows versions of Microsoft Visual Basic programming language. And also shows tags for Visual Basic articles in TechNet Wiki:

Versions

Product Name	Version	Lifecycle Start Date	Mainstream Support End Date	Extended support End Date	Service Pack Support End Date
Microsoft Visual Basic 1.0	1.0	1991-05
Microsoft Visual Basic 2.0	2.0	1992-11
Microsoft Visual Basic 3.0	3.0	1993-
Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0	4.0	1995-08
Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0	5.0	1997-02
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Standard Edition	6.0	1999-01-27	2005-03-31	2008-04-08
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET 2002 Standard Edition	7.0	2002-04-15	2007-07-10	2009-07-14
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET 2003 Standard Edition	7.1	2003-07-10	2008-10-14	2013-10-08
Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition	8.0	2006-01-14	2011-04-12	2016-04-12
Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition	9.0	2008-02-19	2013-04-09	2018-04-10
Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Express Edition	10.0	2010-06-29	2014-07-14	2020-09-08
Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows 8	11.0	2012-10-13	2018-01-19	2023-01-10	2015-01-13
Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows Desktop	12.0	2014-01-15	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	2016-10-11
Visual Studio Community 2015	13.0	2015-07-20	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	2017-10-10
Visual Studio 2017	14.0	2017-03-07	2020-04-12	2027-04-13