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What's new in .NET Core

Version Support Policy Support Ended Date
.NET 8 LTS
.NET 7 STS May 14, 2024
.NET 6 LTS November 08, 2024
.NET 5 EOL May 08, 2022
.NET Core 3.1 EOL December 3, 2022
.NET Core 3.0 EOL March 3, 2020
.NET Core 2.2 EOL December 23, 2019
.NET Core 2.1 EOL August 21, 2021
.NET Core 2.0 EOL October 1, 2018

Performance Improvements in .NET

What's new in the .NET Framework

Version Support Policy Support Ended Date
.NET Framework 4.8 Support for .NET 4.8 follows the Lifecycle Policy of the parent OS. It is supported as a Windows component on the latest required update for the operating systems below. We recommend customers upgrade to .NET Framework 4.8 to receive the highest level of performance, reliability, and security.
.NET Framework 4.7.2 Support for .NET 4.7.2 follows the Lifecycle Policy of the parent OS. It is supported as a Windows component on the latest required operating system update for Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 Update, Windows 10 version 1607, Windows 10 version 1703, Windows 10 version 1709, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server version 1709. .NET 4.7.2 is also supported on Windows 10 version 1803, Windows 10 version 1809, Windows Server version 1803, and Windows Server 2019.
.NET Framework 4.7.1 Support for .NET 4.7.1 follows the Lifecycle Policy of the parent OS. It is supported as a Windows component on the latest required operating system update for Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 Update, Windows 10 Anniversary Update (Version 1607), Windows 10 Creators Update (Version 1703), Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2016. .NET 4.7.1 is also supported on the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (Version 1709) and Windows Server Version 1709.
.NET Framework 4.7 Support for .NET 4.7 follows the Lifecycle Policy of the parent OS. It is supported as a Windows component on the latest required operating system update for Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 Update, Windows 10 Anniversary Update (Version 1607), Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2016. .NET 4.7 is also supported on the Windows 10 Creators Update (Version 1703).
.NET Framework 4.6.2 Support for .NET 4.6.2 follows the Lifecycle Policy of the parent OS. It is supported as a Windows component on the latest required operating system update for Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 Update, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 10 (Version 1507), and Windows 10 (Version 1511). .NET 4.6.2 is also supported on Windows 10 Anniversary Update (Version 1607) and Windows Server 2016 operating systems. Jan 12, 2027
.NET Framework 4.6.1 Support for .NET 4.6.1 follows the Lifecycle Policy of the parent OS. It is supported as a Windows component on the latest required operating system update for Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 Update, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows 10. April 26, 2022
.NET Framework 4.6 Support for .NET 4.6 follows the Lifecycle Policy of the parent OS. It is supported as a Windows component on the latest required operating system update for Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 Update, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows 10. April 26, 2022
.NET Framework 4.5.2 Support for .NET 4.5.2 follows the lifecycle policy of the parent OS. It is supported as a Windows component on the latest required operating system update for Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 Update, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2012 R2. April 26, 2022
.NET Framework 4.5.1 Support for .NET Framework 4.5.1 on all operating systems ended on January 12, 2016. January 12, 2016
.NET Framework 4.5 .NET Framework 4.5 shipped both in Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 and as a stand-alone redistributable package. Support for .NET Framework 4.5 on all operating systems ended on January 12, 2016. January 12, 2016

What's new in the .NET Standard

.NET Standard [1.0] [1.1] [1.2] [1.3] [1.4] [1.5] [1.6] [2.0] [2.1]
.NET Core 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0
.NET Framework 1 4.5 4.5 4.5.1 4.6 4.6.1 4.6.1 2 4.6.1 2 4.6.1 2 N/A3
Mono 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 5.4 6.4
Xamarin.iOS 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.14 12.16
Xamarin.Mac 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.8 5.16
Xamarin.Android 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 8.0 10.0
Universal Windows Platform 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0.16299 10.0.16299 10.0.16299 TBD
Unity 2018.1 2018.1 2018.1 2018.1 2018.1 2018.1 2018.1 2018.1 TBD

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