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
In addition, the Measurement Studio Life Cycle Policy helps you plan migrations and maximize your resources.
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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 |
Current Release Support |
Mainstream Support |
Extended Support |
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Technical Support |
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| Online technical support including KnowledgeBase, online forums, white papers, NI Developer Zone, and more |
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Maintenance |
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| Measurement Studio patches at NI discretion (smaller, off cycle fixes) |
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Purchase |
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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 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 |
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■ 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