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doc: update Windows and VS support tables #3049

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Expand Up @@ -10,53 +10,47 @@ Supported versions for running the Node.js installer and executable as released.

| Node.js Version | Windows Version |
|-----------------|----------------------------|
| v10 | 7 / 2008 R2 |
| v12 | 7 / 2008 R2 |
| v14 | 8.1 / 2012 R2 |
| v15 | 8.1 / 2012 R2 |
| v16 | 8.1 / 2012 R2 |
| v18 | 10 / 2016 |
| v19 | 10 / 2016 |

## For building Node.js Core

Supported versions for building Node.js from source.

| Node.js Version | Visual Studio Version |
|-----------------|-------------------------------------|
| v10 | 2017 <sup>[1]</sup> |
| v12 | 2017, 2019 (flag) <sup>[2]</sup> |
| v14 | 2017, 2019 |
| v15 | 2019 <sup>[4]</sup> |
| v16 | 2019 <sup>[1]</sup> |
| v18 | 2019 |
| v19 | 2019 |

## For building Node.js Addons

Supported versions for building Node.js addons. End-users should have one of these installed for building native modules.

| Node.js Version | Visual Studio Version |
|-----------------|-------------------------------------------|
| v10 | 2015, VCBT2015, 2017 |
| v12 | 2015, VCBT2015, 2017, 2019 <sup>[3]</sup> |
| v14 | 2015, VCBT2015, 2017, 2019 |
| v15 | 2015, VCBT2015, 2017, 2019 |
| v16 | 2015, VCBT2015, 2017, 2019 |
| v18 | 2015, VCBT2015, 2017, 2019 |
| v19 | 2017, 2019 <sup>[2]</sup> |

## Official Releases

These versions are used to build the official releases.

| Node.js Version | Windows Version | Visual Studio Version |
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
| v10 | 2012 R2 | 2017 <sup>[1]</sup> |
| v12 | 2012 R2 | 2017 |
| v14 | 2012 R2 | 2019 |
| v15 | 2012 R2 | 2019 |
| v16 | 2012 R2 | 2019 |
| v18 | 2012 R2 | 2019 |
| v19 | 2012 R2 | 2019 |

## References

1. Support for Visual Studio 2015 was removed in v10.0.0.
- Pull Request: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/16868
- Pull Request: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/16969
2. Support for Visual Studio 2019 was added behind a flag in v12.8.0.
- Pull Request: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/28781
3. Support for **building addons** with Visual Studio 2019 was added in v12.8.0 (node-gyp 5.0.0).
- Pull Request: https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/pull/1762
- Pull Request: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/28853
4. Support for Visual Studio 2017 was removed in v15.0.0.
1. Support for Visual Studio 2017 was removed in v15.0.0.
- Pull Request: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/33694
2. Support for building addons with Visual Studio 2015 was removed in v19.0.0.
- Pull Request: https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/pull/2746