.NET Framework 4.8 was released on 18 AprilMarch 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-the-net-framework-4-8/|title=Announcing the .NET Framework 4.8|access-date=2018-04-18|language=en-US|archive-date=19 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419141220/https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-the-net-framework-4-8/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/upcoming-updates-for-net-framework-4-8/|title=Upcoming Updates for .NET Framework 4.8|access-date=2018-04-19|language=en-US|archive-date=20 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420052208/https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/upcoming-updates-for-net-framework-4-8/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was the final version of .NET Framework released with future work going into the [[.NET Core]] platform that eventually became .NET 5 and onwards.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2019-05-06|title=.NET Core is the Future of .NET|url=https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/net-core-is-the-future-of-net/|access-date=2020-06-06|website=.NET Blog|language=en-US|archive-date=1 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601144344/https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/net-core-is-the-future-of-net/|url-status=live}}</ref> This release included [[Just-in-time compilation|JIT]] enhancements ported from .NET Core 2.1, [[Pixel density|High DPI]] enhancements for WPF applications, accessibility improvements, performance updates, and security enhancements.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://github.com/microsoft/dotnet/blob/master/releases/net48/README.md|title=.NET Framework 4.8 Release Notes|language=en-US|access-date=25 June 2019|archive-date=11 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511114502/https://github.com/Microsoft/dotnet/blob/master/releases/net48/README.md|url-status=live}}</ref> Over five months after its release, an update for Visual Studio 2019 was released on 23 September 2019 to add support for targeting .NET Framework 4.8. It also shipped as a Windows container image. It is the last version to support [[Windows 7]] SP1, [[Windows Server 2008 R2]] SP1, [[Windows Server 2012]], [[Windows 8.1]], [[Windows Server 2012 R2]], [[Windows 10]] (1607–1809), [[Windows Server 2016]] and [[Windows Server 2019]], although it is only supported as included in Windows 10 (1903–2004).
The most-recent release is 4.8.0 Build 4115, with an offline installer size of 115 MB (121,307,088 bytes) and a digital signature date of May 1, 2021.
