Microsoft’s Visual Basic is a programming language developed by the brand and it enables users or developers to create applications for the Windows operating system. From 1991 when Visual Basic was first released, the brand’s programming language has undergone a lot of changes and transformations, and multiple versions of it has been introduced.
This article will provide you with the download links to all the available Visual Basic versions as per listed on the Microsoft official website.
Microsoft Visual Basic – Official Download Links
Firstly to note, for the Classic Visual Basic (Classic VB) versions from ‘1.0’ to ‘6.0’ and that were released during the period from 1991 to 1998, Microsoft does not provide any official downloads now, however the Visual Basic 6.0 Service Pack 6 Cumulative Update is available on the Microsoft official website.
Interested users can download the Visual Basic 6.0 Service Pack 6 Cumulative Update from this official Microsoft website link.
The Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET) came out in 2002, and it introduced object-oriented programming features and runs on .NET framework. To get VB.NET and its later versions, the latest versions of Visual Studio can be downloaded, and these include Visual Basic programming support.
Interested users can find the official download links for the latest Visual Studio versions below:
- For Visual Studio Community 2022, here’s the official Microsoft website link.
- For Visual Studio Professional 2022, here’s the official Microsoft website link.
- For Visual Studio Enterprise 2022, here’s the official Microsoft website link.
- For Visual Studio Preview 2022, here’s the official Microsoft website link.
- For Older Visual Studio Versions, here’s the official Microsoft website link.
