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Overview of .NET Framework release history

Version	CLR	Release date	Shipped With Visual Studio	Comprising Components of Windows		Embraces
				Client	Server
1.0Template:Ref label	1.0	February 13, 2002	.NET 2002	Template:N/A	Template:N/A	Template:N/A
1.1	1.1	April 24, 2003	.NET 2003	Template:N/A	2003	Template:N/A
2.0	2.0	November 7, 2005	2005	Template:N/A	2003 R2	Template:N/A
3.0	2.0	November 6, 2006	Template:N/A	Vista	2008	2.0
3.5	2.0	November 19, 2007	2008	7	2008 R2	3.0
4.0	4	April 12, 2010	2010	Template:N/A	Template:N/A	Template:N/A
4.5	4	August 15, 2012	2012	8	2012	4.0
4.5.1	4	October 17, 2013	2013	8.1	2012 R2	4.5
4.5.2	4	May 5, 2014	Template:N/A	Template:N/A	Template:N/A	4.5.1
4.6	4	July 20, 2015	2015	10	Template:N/A	4.5.2
4.6.1	4	November 17, 2015	2015 Update 1	Template:N/A	Template:N/A	4.6

Platform Support Information

Version	Instruction Set Architecture	Installable on Windows
		Client	Server
1.0	IA-32Template:Ref label	98, Me, NT 4.0 SP6a, 2000, XP	NT 4.0 SP6a, 2000
1.1		NT 4.0 SP6a, 2000, XP,Vista	NT 4.0 SP6a, 2000, 2003, 2008
2.0 ~ 3.5	IA-32, x86-64, ItaniumTemplate:Ref label	XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10	2003, 2003 R2, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2
4.0		XP SP3, Vista SP1, 7, 8, 8.1, 10	2003 SP2, 2003 R2 SP2, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2
4.5 ~ 4.6	IA-32, x86-64, ARMTemplate:Ref label	Vista SP2, 7 SP1, 8, 8.1, 10	2008 SP2, 2008 R2 SP1, 2012, 2012 R2
4.6.1		7 SP1, 8, 8.1, 10	2008 R2 SP1, 2012, 2012 R2

0.Template:Note label Since service pack 1, .net framework 1.0 has been shipped with all Windows XP installation media, CD or ISO files. It is also the integral part of Windows XP Tablet PC and Media Center Edition.

1.Template:Note label .Net Framework 1.1 could also be installed on Itanium and x86-64 platforms.

2.Template:Note label .Net Framework 4.0 lacks support of some features on Itanium platform, such as WPF.

3.Template:Note label Since version 4.5, .net framework is also preinstalled on Windows RT and Windows RT 8.1, formed as stripped down version.