After the release of the .NET Framework 4, Microsoft released a set of enhancements, named [[AppFabric|Windows Server AppFabric]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.iis.net/appfabric/archive/2010/06/07/windows-server-appfabric-now-generally-available.aspx|title=AppFabric Blog – Windows Server AppFabric now Generally Available|website=blogs.iis.net|date=7 June 2010 |access-date=19 December 2010|archive-date=9 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609041449/http://blogs.iis.net/appfabric/archive/2010/06/07/windows-server-appfabric-now-generally-available.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> for [[application server]] capabilities in the form of AppFabric Hosting<ref name="dsource">{{cite web|url=https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/architectsrule/2008/10/01/net-framework-4-0-and-dublin-application-server/|title='Dublin' App Server coming to .NET 4|work=DevSource|access-date=27 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226112930/https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/architectsrule/2008/10/01/net-framework-4-0-and-dublin-application-server/|archive-date=26 December 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="arule">{{cite web |url=http://blogs.msdn.com/architectsrule/archive/2008/10/01/net-framework-4-0-and-dublin-application-server.aspx |title=.NET Framework 4 and Dublin Application Server |work=[[MSDN]] Blogs |access-date=27 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510131816/http://blogs.msdn.com/architectsrule/archive/2008/10/01/net-framework-4-0-and-dublin-application-server.aspx |archive-date=10 May 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and in-memory distributed caching support.
