Updated: July 9, 2020 (September 13, 2010)
Charts & IllustrationsPast .NET Framework Versions
The support life cycles of the .NET Framework versions 3.0 and 3.5 will end sooner than originally promised. All support for the .NET Framework versions 3.0 and 3.5 (not including 3.5 SP1) will now end Apr. 12, 2011. This chart outlines life cycle support dates as well as initial release and service pack histories for supported .NET Framework versions.
Under a support policy announced in May 2010, the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and later versions will be treated as components of the Windows OS and will no longer have a separate support life cycle. For example, customers running the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 on Windows 7 are eligible for support for that version of the Framework on the same schedule as the support life cycle of Windows 7. Furthermore, if the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 is supported on a future version of Windows, customers running 3.5 SP1 on that OS version will receive support for 3.5 SP1 throughout the support life cycle of that OS version.
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