The Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime (VSTO Runtime) ships with various versions of Visual Studio and Microsoft Office and follows the support lifecycle of the parent product.
It's also available to download and install independently. The versions of VSTO Runtime that are available on the download center follow the support lifecycle of the latest version of Microsoft Office that was available at the time of its release.
Developers should install the latest version of the VSTO Runtime with their applications. It's only supported when running with supported versions Office. If the VSTO Runtime needs to be serviced, only the latest version will be updated.
The following list contains the VSTO Runtime releases and the corresponding version of Office for which its support lifecycle follows:
VSTO Runtime version
Release date
Microsoft Office version
10.0.21022
07/15/2010
Microsoft Office 2010
10.0.40303
12/21/2012
Microsoft Office 2010 SP1
10.0.31007
06/15/2011
Microsoft Office 2010 Sp1
10.0.40305
05/01/2013
Microsoft Office 2010 Sp2
10.0.31129
01/09/2013
Microsoft Office 2013
10.0.40309
06/18/2013
Microsoft Office 2013
10.0.40820
10/16/2013
Microsoft Office 2013
10.0.50325
04/10/2014
Microsoft Office 2013 SP1
10.0.60301
09/22/2015
Microsoft Office 2016
10.0.60715
07/20/2015
Microsoft Office 2016
10.0.60724
07/24/2015
Microsoft Office 2016
10.0.60825
11/19/2016
Microsoft Office 2016
10.0.60828
01/12/2018
Microsoft Office 2019 / Microsoft Office 2021 / Office 365
10.0.60910
08/08/2023
Microsoft Office 2013 / Microsoft Office 2016 / Microsoft Office 2019 / Microsoft Office 2021 / Office 365
10.0.60912
11/01/2023
Microsoft Office 2019 / Microsoft Office 2021 / Office 365
10.0.60917
02/28/2024
Microsoft Office 2019 / Microsoft Office 2021 / Office 365
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