Visual Studio 2012 Update 3 Release Notes
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This is not the latest version of Visual Studio. To download the latest release, please visit the current release notes for Visual Studio 2019.
Visual Studio 2012 Update 3
released on June 26, 2013
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Support for Visual Studio 2012 is only provided on Update 4, which is considered the Visual Studio 2012 Service Pack. For more information, see the Microsoft Support Lifecycle Policy.
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What's New in this Release
This is a cumulative release that includes the functionality in Update 1 and Update 2. In addition, Visual Studio 2012 Update 3 contains improvements for project compatibility between Visual Studio 2012 and Visual Studio 2013 Preview, and resolves compatibility issues for Visual Studio 2012 on Windows 8.1.
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See the Description of Visual Studio 2012 Update 3 page for additional information.
Visual Studio 2012 Releases
You can view all versions of Visual Studio 2012 release notes:
- November 13, 2013 -- Visual Studio 2012 Update 4
- June 26, 2013 -- Visual Studio 2012 Update 3
- April 4, 2013 -- Visual Studio 2012 Update 2
- November 26, 2012 -- Visual Studio 2012 Update 1