.NET Framework version history: Difference between revisions

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==.NET Framework 2.0==

Version 2.0 was released on 27 October 2005. It was also released along with [[Visual Studio 2005]], [[Microsoft SQL Server 2005]], and [[BizTalk]] 2006. A software development kit for this version was released on 29 November 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=19988|title = .NET Framework 2.0 Software Development Kit (SDK) (x86)|date = 29 November 2006|website = Downloads|publisher = [[Microsoft]]|access-date = 1 September 2014|archive-date = 3 September 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140903104359/http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=19988|url-status = live}}</ref> Support ended on 12 July 2011. It is the last version to support [[Windows 98]], [[Windows 2000]] SP3, [[Windows Me|Windows ME]] and [[Windows Server 2003]] RTM.<ref>{{cite web|title=Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Administrator Deployment Guide|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc160717.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214083212/http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc160717.aspx|archive-date=14 February 2009|access-date=26 June 2008|work=[[MSDN]]|publisher=[[Microsoft]]}}</ref> An unofficial backport for [[Windows 95]] was created in 2024.<ref name=".NET 95" /><ref name=":2">{{Citation |last=MattKC |title=itsmattkc/dotnet9x |date=2024-06-30 |work=[[GitHub]] |url=https://github.com/itsmattkc/dotnet9x |access-date=2024-07-03}}</ref>

Changes in 2.0 include:

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* Language support for [[Generic programming|generics]] built directly into the .NET [[Common Language Runtime|CLR]]

.NET Framework 2.0 is supported on [[Windows 98]], [[Windows ME|ME]], [[Windows 2000|2000]] (with Service Pack 3 or higher), [[Windows XP|XP]] (with Service Pack 2 or higher), [[Windows Server 2003|Server 2003]], [[Windows Server 2008|Server 2008]] and [[Windows Server 2008 R2|Server 2008 R2]].<ref name="depend"/> An unofficial backport for [[Windows 95]] was created in 2024.<ref name=".NET 95" /><ref name=":2">{{Citation |last=MattKC |title=itsmattkc/dotnet9x |date=2024-06-30 |work=[[GitHub]] |url=https://github.com/itsmattkc/dotnet9x |access-date=2024-07-03}}</ref> Applications utilizing .NET Framework 2.0 will also run on computers with .NET Framework 3.0 or 3.5 installed, which supports additional operating systems.

===Service Pack 1 {{Anchor|.NET Framework 2.0 SP1}}===