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How do the .NET Framework, CLR and Visual Studio version numbers relate to each other?


With the recent announcement of .NET 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010, it is becoming ever more difficult to keep track of what .NET Framework versions build on what version of the CLR and belong with which version(s) of Visual Studio.

Is there a definitive table that shows these relationships?


Solution

  • Visual Studio                                 CLR           .NET Framework
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Visual Studio .NET (Ranier)                   1.0.3705      1.0
    Visual Studio 2003 (Everett)                  1.1.4322      1.1
    Visual Studio 2005 (Whidbey)                  2.0.50727     2.0
    Visual Studio 2005 with .NET 3.0 Extensions   2.0.50727     2.0, 3.0
    Visual Studio 2008 (Orcas)                    2.0.50727     2.0 SP1, 3.0 SP1, 3.5
    Visual Studio 2008 SP1                        2.0.50727     2.0 SP2, 3.0 SP2, 3.5 SP1
    Visual Studio 2010 (Hawaii)                   4.0.30319     4.0
    

    Expanding on this a bit, and including some of the information from dok1's answer, the actual version numbers for the different shipped builds of the .NET Framework are available on Aaron Stebner's blog, which covers everything from 1.0 through 3.5 SP1.

    The actual Visual Studio version numbers are:

    Product Name                                 Version              Ship Date
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Visual Studio .NET                            7.0.??               02/2002
    Visual Studio .NET 2002 Service Pack 1        7.0.??
    Visual Studio 2003                            7.1.??               04/2003
    Visual Studio 2003 Service Pack 1             7.1.6030             09/13/2006
    Visual Studio 2005                            8.0.5072.42
    Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1                                  12/14/2006
    Visual Studio 2008                            9.0.21022.8          11/19/2007 
    Visual Studio 2008 SP1                        9.0.30729.1
    Visual Studio 2010                            10.0.30319.1         04/12/2010
    Visual Studio 2010 SP1                        10.0.40219.1         03/03/2011
    

    Thanks to @DannySmurf for the information on the full version numbers for the CLR.