Documentation for previous versions of Visual Studio
Find documentation for old versions of Visual Studio and related tools. This is the documentation formerly hosted on MSDN. The content here is no longer indexed with major search engines. To search this documentation, use the site search box. To browse the documentation for the current version, see Visual Studio 2017.
- Visual Studio 6.0 Documentation – Released June, 1998
- Visual Basic 6.0 Documentation – Released June, 1998
- Visual Studio 2003 Documentation - PDF - Released April, 2003
- Visual Studio 2005 Documentation - PDF - Released November, 2005
- Visual Studio 2008 Documentation - Released November, 2007
- Visual Studio 2010 Documentation - Released April, 2010
- Visual Studio 2012 Documentation - Released September, 2012
- Visual Studio 2013 Documentation - Released October, 2013
- Visual Studio 2015 Documentation - Released July, 2015
Visual Studio Tools for Applications
Visual FoxPro
Design Tools
See Also
Upgrading to Visual Studio 2017