NI Measurement Studio Life Cycle Policy

Through the Measurement Studio Life Cycle Policy, you can access guidelines for better understanding and use of your NI product investment. This policy should help you answer common questions, such as

  • When should I upgrade?
  • What Measurement Studio versions are supported?
  • What versions of Visual Studio does Measurement Studio support?
  • What languages does Measurement Studio support?
  • What support should I expect for Measurement Studio versions?

 

In addition, the Measurement Studio Life Cycle Policy helps you plan migrations and maximize your resources.

 

Measurement Studio Life Cycle Policy Phases

Version 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Measurement Studio 8.1.2                
Measurement Studio 8.5                
Measurement Studio 8.6                
Measurement Studio 2009                
Measurement Studio 2010                
Measurement Studio 2012                
Measurement Studio for Legacy Environments/Languages                
  •   Current Release Support
  •   Mainstream Support
  •   Extended Support

 

Measurement Studio Life Cycle Dates

Version

Current Release Support

(release date)

Mainstream Support

(end date)

Extended Support

(end date)

Measurement Studio 8.1.2 October 2007 October 2011 Ongoing
Measurement Studio 8.5 April 2008 April 2012 Ongoing
Measurement Studio 8.6 October 2008 October 2012 Ongoing
Measurement Studio 2009 December 2009 December 2013 Ongoing
Measurement Studio 2010 December 2010 December 2014 Ongoing
Measurement Studio 2012 August 2012 August 2016 Ongoing

 

Measurement Studio Life Cycle Policy

 

Current Release Support

Mainstream Support

Extended Support

Technical Support

     
Online technical support including KnowledgeBase, online forums, white papers, NI Developer Zone, and more
Access to paid technical support programs, including support-only and Standard Service Program (SSP) --¹

Maintenance

     
Measurement Studio patches at NI discretion (smaller, off cycle fixes) --¹

Purchase

     
Product available for purchase
(upon request)²
--²

1 Available through long-term service contract

2 Qualifying Measurement Studio customers may request Measurement Studio for Legacy Environments/Languages until there is limited customer demand. The Measurement Studio for Legacy Environments/Languages Page offers additional information and request instructions.

Measurement Studio Support for Visual Studio and Languages

Measurement Studio is dedicated to providing support for the most up-to-date Microsoft development platforms and languages. Measurement Studio provides support for Visual C# and Visual Basic .NET within the most recent three versions of Visual Studio. Currently, Measurement Studio provides new feature support for Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio 2008, and Visual Studio 2010.

 

Version 8.1.2 8.5 8.6 2009 2010 2012
Visual Studio            
Visual Studio 6.0            
Visual Studio 2003            
Visual Studio 2005            
Visual Studio 2008   ³        
Visual Studio 2010         4  
Language Support            
Visual Basic 6.0            
Visual C++ MFC   ³        
.NET            

  Full support (Measurement Studio is integrated into the Visual Studio environment)

  Partial support (some new features are not included for some languages)

  Legacy support (legacy support is available by request to qualifying customers)

  No support

 

3 New feature support was not included in C++

4 Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual C++ MFC support were removed from Measurement Studio

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