News Some. NET Framework 4 Versions Losing Product Support Next Month Microsoft issued a reminder to organizations today that it will be ending product support next month for. NET Framework versions 4, 4.5 and. Starting on Jan. 12, 2016, those versions of the product will become unsupported software. As a consequence, they won't get future updates from Microsoft, including security patches. The lack of patch support could pose risks for organizations continuing to run the software. The January deadline maybe will come as a surprise for some organizations because Microsoft accelerated its traditional product support deadlines for those. NET Framework versions. Previously, the. NET Framework product lifecycles had been associated with underlying Windows product lifecycles. Instead, Microsoft switched to a more arbitrary January deadline for versions 4, 4.5 and. The policy change was announced in August of last year. Microsoft made the change in order to invest more resources towards improvements of the. NET Framework, per its announcement. Microsoft is claiming that organizations can simply install. NET or higher versions and most things will work. The most recent version of the product is. NET Framework. The newer versions of the. NET Framework will install as in-place upgrades, which means that older versions don't have to be uninstalled first. The. NET Framework versions from and newer will support applications that used the older. NET Framework versions in most cases, Microsoft has indicated. However, it's still up to organizations to test their applications first and see if they'll be compatible. Microsoft's announcement today explained that. NET Framework and higher versions have a so-called quirking feature. This quirking feature maintains the semantics of earlier versions of the. NET Framework, assuring compatibility.
Select Language: Download Close. NET Framework 4.5 is a highly compatible, in-place update to. NET Framework 4. Details Version:4.5 File Name:dot Net Fx45_ Full_setup.exe Date Published: File Size:982 KB The. NET Framework 4.5 is a highly compatible, in-place update to the. NET Framework 4. By using the. NET Framework 4.5 together with the C, Visual Basic, or F programming language, you can write Windows apps. The. NET Framework 4.5 includes significant language and framework enhancements for C, Visual Basic, and F (so that you can more easily write asynchronous code the blending of control flow in synchronous code, a responsive UI, and web app scalability. The. NET Framework 4.5 adds substantial improvements to other functional areas such as ASP. NET, Managed Extensibility Framework, Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Workflow Foundation, and Windows Identity Foundation. The. NET Framework 4.5 delivers better performance, reliability, and security. For more information about these and other features of the. NET Framework 4.5, see the. NET Framework Developer Center website. Note: The. NET Framework 4.5 redistributable was updated on to correct an issue related to an improper timestamp on a digital certificate which causes the digital signature on files produced and signed by Microsoft to expire prematurely. We recommend customers that previously installed the. NET 4.5 redistributable package dated install this updated. NET 4.5 redistributable package. More information about the issue can be found Microsoft Security Advisory 2749655. System Requirements Supported Operating System Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2, Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Windows Vista SP2 (x86 and x64) Windows 7 SP1 (x86 and x64) Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (x64) Windows Server 2008 SP2 (x86 and x64) Hardware.
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