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     FYI: Support ends for older Visual Studio versions in April
     Showers of work for admins
     Richard Speed Fri 11 Feb 2022 // 20:54 UTC

     From: https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/11/visual_studio_support/

     Microsoft has dropped a gentle reminder that the clock is ticking for
     older versions of Visual Studio.  April is set to be a busy month for
     VS admins. Mainstream support for Visual Studio 2017 ends on 12 April
     (although there will be another five years of security fixes for
     v15.9). Support for Visual Studio 2019 v16.7 ends on 12 April,
     necessitating a hop to v16.11 (which keeps mainstream support to
     April 2024) or going direct to Visual Studio 2022.

     Or you could opt for an entirely new set of tools. There are some
     worthy alternatives out there, not least Microsoft's own Visual
     Studio Code. Then again, things do move rather quickly these days,
     and for many the familiar moth-eaten blanket of Microsoft's
     development environment is a comfort even if it is now garbed in
     64-bit clothes.

     Visual Studio 2022 runs on a channel-based system of servicing. The
     Preview Channel allows an early peek at new features, the Current
     Channel (which gets updates every three months) picks up those
     features when they're ready for production. Servicing for a Current
     Channel version stops when the next minor version update is released.

     Lastly there is the enterprise-friendly Long-Term Servicing Channel
     (LTSC), which is based on even-numbered minor updates and provides up
     to 18 months of support until a user must update in order to keep
     those patches flowing. The latest LTSC edition of Visual Studio 2022
     (v17.0) will end support in 2023, although v17.2 should turn up in
     the coming months.

     Also finally breathing its last in 2023 will be Visual Studio 2012,
     already out of mainstream support and due to turn its toes skywards
     (at least in terms of security updates) less than a year from now, on
     January 9, 2023.

     So take a moment to celebrate 20 years since Visual Studio .NET was
     released by checking how much life your faithful friend has left in
     it. An update might be beckoning.

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