Microsoft has moved most legacy products to its page, but Visual Studio 2012 occupies a strange twilight zone. Unlike Visual Studio 2010 or 2008, which are explicitly archived, VS 2012 was removed from the primary "My Visual Studio" legacy portal in early 2023. However, subscribers to Visual Studio Dev Essentials (free) and Visual Studio MSDN (Enterprise/Professional) can still access it.
: Visual Studio 2012 does not officially support Windows 10 or Windows 11. However, many users report successful installation using Windows 7 compatibility mode. We will cover this in the troubleshooting section. visual studio 2012 download microsoft