| Product name | Codename | Version Number | Supported .NET Frameworks | Supported .NET / CORE Versions | Release date |
| Visual Studio 97 | Boston | 5 | N/A | N/A | Feb-97 |
| Visual Studio 6.0 | Aspen | 6 | N/A | N/A | Jun-98 |
| Visual Studio 2002 | Rainier | 7 | 1 | N/A | 13-Feb-02 |
| Visual Studio 2003 | Everett | 7.1 | 1.1 | N/A | 24-Apr-03 |
| Visual Studio 2005 | Whidbey | 8 | 2.0, 3.0 | N/A | 7-Nov-05 |
| Visual Studio 2008 | Orcas | 9 | 2.0, 3.0, 3.5 | N/A | 19-Nov-07 |
| Visual Studio 2010 | Dev10, Rosario | 10 | 2.0 – 4.0 | N/A | 12-Apr-10 |
| Visual Studio 2012 | Dev11 | 11 | 2.0 – 4.5.2 | N/A | 12-Sep-12 |
| Visual Studio 2013 | Dev12 | 12 | 2.0 – 4.5.2 | N/A | 17-Oct-13 |
| Visual Studio 2015 | Dev14 | 14 | 2.0 – 4.6 | 1 | 20-Jul-15 |
| Visual Studio 2017 | Dev15 | 15 | 3.5 – 4.7 | 1.0-1.1, 2.0 | 7-Mar-17 |
| Visual Studio 2019 | Unknown | 16 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| Product name | .NET | Toolset Path |
| Visual Studio 2005 | Windows installation pathMicrosoft.NetFrameworkv2.0.50727 | |
| Visual Studio 2008 | .NET 3.5 | Windows installation pathMicrosoft.NETFrameworkv3.5 |
| Visual Studio 2010 | .NET 4.0 | Windows installation pathMicrosoft.NETFrameworkv4.0.30319 |
| Visual Studio 2012 | .NET 4.5 | Windows installation pathMicrosoft.NETFrameworkv4.0.30319 |
| Visual Studio 2013 | .NET 4.5.1 | %ProgramFiles%MSBuild12.0bin |
| Visual Studio 2015 | 14 | %ProgramFiles%MSBuild14.0bin |
| Visual Studio 2017 | 15 | %ProgramFiles%MSBuild15.0bin |
| Visual Studio 2019 | TBA | TBA |