| Product | Code name | Version name | Version number | Release date | |
| Visual Basic 1.0 | |||||
| Visual Basic | Original version (RTM) | 1.0 | 05/1991 | ||
| Visual Basic 2.0 | |||||
| Visual Basic 2 | Original version (RTM) | 2.0 | 11/1992 | ||
| Visual Basic 3.0 | |||||
| Visual Basic 3 | Original version (RTM) | 3.0 | summer 1993 | ||
| Visual Basic 4 | |||||
| Visual Basic 4 | Original version (RTM) | 4.0 | 08/1995 | ||
| Visual Studio 97 | |||||
| Visual Studio 97 | Boston | Original version (RTM) | 5.0 | 02/1997 | |
| Visual Studio 6.0 | |||||
| Visual Studio 6.0 | Aspen | Original version (RTM) | 6.0 | 06/1998 | |
| Visual Studio .NET | |||||
| Visual Studio .NET | Rainier | Original version (RTM) | 7.0 | 13/02/2002 | |
| Visual Studio .NET 2003 | |||||
| Visual Studio .NET 2003 | Everett | Original version (RTM) | 7.1 | 24/04/2003 | |
| Visual Studio .NET 2005 | |||||
| Visual Studio .NET 2005 | Whidbey | Beta 1 | 8.0.40607.16 | ||
| Visual Studio .NET 2005 | Whidbey | Beta 2 | 8.0.40607.16 | ||
| Visual Studio .NET 2005 | Whidbey | Release Candidate | 8.0.50727.26 | ||
| Visual Studio .NET 2005 | Whidbey | Original version (RTM) | 8.0.50727.42 | 7/11/2005 | |
| Visual Studio .NET 2005 | Whidbey | Service pack 1 | 8.0.50727.867 | ||
| Visual Studio .NET 2008 | |||||
| Visual Studio v2008 | Orcas | Beta 1 | 9.0.20404.00 | ||
| Visual Studio .NET 2008 | Orcas | Beta 2 | 9.0.20706.01 | ||
| Visual Studio .NET 2008 | Orcas | Original version (RTM) | 9.0.21022.08 | 19/11/2007 | |
| Visual Studio .NET 2008 | Orcas | Service pack | 9.0.30729.1 SP | ||
| Visual Studio .NET 2010 | |||||
| Visual Studio .NET 2010 Ctp | Dev10/Rosario | CTP | 10.0.11001.01 | ||
| Visual Studio 2010 beta | Dev10/Rosario | Beta 1 | 10.0.20506.01 | ||
| Visual Studio 2010 | Dev10/Rosario | Original version (RTM) | 10.0.30319.1 RTM | ||
| Visual Studio 2010 | Dev10/Rosario | Service pack 1 | 10.0.40219.1 SP1Rel | ||
How is the version number created:
The Visual Studio 2010 version number is 10.0.30319.1. The format Visual Studio build numbers is YMMDD.NN.
Where:
- Y: This increases every year the team is working on the product
- MM: The month in which the build was compiled
- DD: The day on which the build was compiled
- NN: Number of recompiles of the build (during the development this number is mostly 00 or 01, but when a build gets branched for release, the other parts of the build number are freezed and only this part increments)
*Orginally the Y was the last character of the calendar year, but with the beginning of the development of Visual Studio 2008 it has been changed to the number of the years the team is working on the project.
