History of Microsoft SQL Server, .NET Core Versions , C# | Version History

History of Microsoft SQL Server

  

Version	Release Date	Mainstream End Date	Extended End Date	Release name	Code name	Internal database version
1.0 (OS/2)	1989	?	?	SQL Server 1.0 (16-bit)	Filipi	–
1.1 (OS/2)	1990	?	?	SQL Server 1.1 (16-bit)	Pietro	–
4.2A (OS/2)	1992	?	?	SQL Server 4.2A	–	–
4.2B (OS/2)	1993	?	?	SQL Server 4.2B (16-bit)	–	–
4.21a (WinNT)	1993	?	?	SQL Server 4.21a	SQLNT	–
6.0	1995	?	?	SQL Server 6.0	SQL95	406
6.5	1996	?	?	SQL Server 6.5	Hydra	408
7.0	1998	?	?	SQL Server 7.0	Sphinx	515
-	1999	?	?	SQL Server 7.0 OLAP Tools	Plato	–
8.0	2000	8 April 2008	9 April 2013	SQL Server 2000	Shiloh	539
8.0	2003	?	?	SQL Server 2000 64-bit Edition	Liberty	539
9.0	14 January 2005	12 April 2011	12 April 2016	SQL Server 2005	Yukon	611/612
10.0	6 November 2008	8 July 2014	9 July 2019	SQL Server 2008	Katmai	655
10.25	2010	?	?	Azure SQL database (initial release)	Cloud database or CloudDB	–
10.50	20 July 2010	8 July 2014	9 July 2019	SQL Server 2008 R2	Kilimanjaro (aka KJ)	661
11.0	20 May 2012	11 July 2017	12 July 2022	SQL Server 2012	Denali	706
12.0	2014	?	?	Azure SQL database	–	–
12.0	5 June 2014	9 July 2019	9 July 2024	SQL Server 2014	SQL14	782
13.0	1 June 2016	13 July 2021	14 July 2026	SQL Server 2016	SQL16	852
14.0	29 September 2017	11 October 2022	12 October 2027	SQL Server 2017	Helsinki	869
15.0	4 November 2019	7 January 2025	8 January 2030	SQL Server 2019	Seattle	895

 

.NET Core Versions

 

Version Number	Release Date	End of Support	Supported Visual Studio Version(s)
1.0	2016-06-27	2019-06-27	Visual Studio 2015, 2017
1.1	2016-11-18	2019-06-27	Visual Studio 2015, 2017
2.0	2017-08-14	2018-10-01	Visual Studio 2017
2.1 long-term support	2018-05-30	2021-08-21[9]	Visual Studio 2017
2.2	2018-12-04[10]	2019-12-23[11]	Visual Studio 2017 15.9 and 2019 16.0 preview 1
3.0	2019-09-23[12]	2020-03-03[11]	Visual Studio 2017 and 2019
3.1 long-term support	2019-12-03[13]	2022-12-03[11]	Visual Studio 2019
5.0	2020-11-10[2]		Visual Studio 2019 16.8

 

  

 

 

C# | Version History

Version	.NET Framework	Visual Studio	Major Features
C# 1.0	.NET Framework 1.0	Visual Studio .NET 2002	Classes Structs Interfaces Events Properties Delegates Expressions Statements Attributes Literals
C# 1.2	.NET Framework 1.1	Visual Studio .NET 2003	Basic features
C# 2.0	.NET Framework 2.0	Visual Studio 2005	Generics Partial types Anonymous methods Nullable types Iterators Covariance and contravariance Method group conversions (delegates) Static classes Delegate inference Getter/setter separate accessibility
C# 3.0	.NET Framework 2.0/3.0/3.5	Visual Studio 2008/2010	Auto-implemented properties Anonymous types Query expressions Lambda expressions Expression trees Extension methods Implicitly typed local variables Partial methods Object and collection initializers
C# 4.0	.NET Framework 4	Visual Studio 2010	Dynamic binding Named/optional arguments Generic covariant and contravariant Embedded interop types
C# 5.0	.NET Framework 4.5	Visual Studio 2012/2013	Asynchronous members Caller info attributes
C# 6.0	.NET Framework 4.6	Visual Studio 2015	Static imports Exception filters Auto-property initializers Expression bodied members Null propagator String interpolation nameof operator Index initializers Await in catch/finally blocks Default values for getter-only properties
C# 7.0	.NET Framework 4.6.2	Visual Studio 2017	Out variables Tuples and deconstruction Pattern matching Local functions Expanded expression bodied members Ref locals and returns Discards Binary Literals and Digit Separators Throw expressions
C# 7.1	.NET Framework 4.7	Visual Studio 2017 version 15.3	async Main method default literal expressions Inferred tuple element names Pattern matching on generic type parameters
C# 7.2	.NET Framework 4.7.1	Visual Studio 2017 version 15.5	Techniques for writing safe efficient code Non-trailing named arguments Leading underscores in numeric literals private protected access modifier Conditional ref expressions
C# 7.3	.NET Framework 4.7.2	Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7	You can access fixed fields without pinning. You can reassign ref local variables. You can use initializers on stackalloc arrays. You can use fixed statements with any type that supports a pattern. You can use additional generic constraints.
C# 8.0	.NET Core 3.0/.NET Standard 2.1	Visual Studio 2019 version 16.3	Readonly members Default interface methods Pattern matching enhancements Switch expressions Property patterns Tuple patterns Positional patterns Using declarations Static local functions Disposable ref structs Nullable reference types Asynchronous streams Indices and ranges Null-coalescing assignment Unmanaged constructed types Stackalloc in nested expressions Enhancement of interpolated verbatim strings

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