
What is Microsoft .NET framework ?
The Microsoft .NET Framework is a software framework that can be installed on computers running Microsoft Windows operating systems. It includes a large library of coded solutions to common programming problems and a virtual machine that manages the execution of programs written specifically for the framework. The .NET Framework is a key Microsoft offering and is intended to be used by most new applications created for the Windows platform.
Versions
Microsoft started development on the .NET Framework in the late 1990s originally under the name of Next Generation Windows Services (NGWS). By late 2000 the first beta versions of .NET 1.0 were released.
Version |
Version Number |
Release Date |
Visual Studio |
Default in Windows |
1.0 |
1.0.3705.0 |
2002-02-13 |
Visual Studio .NET |
|
1.1 |
1.1.4322.573 |
2003-04-24 |
Visual Studio .NET 2003 |
Windows Server 2003 |
2.0 |
2.0.50727.42 |
2005-11-07 |
Visual Studio 2005 |
|
3.0 |
3.0.4506.30 |
2006-11-06 |
|
Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 |
3.5 |
3.5.21022.8 |
2007-11-19 |
Visual Studio 2008 |
Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 |
4.0 Beta 1 |
|
2009-05-20 |
Visual Studio 2010 |
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