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Overview of .NET Framework release history
Version	CLR	Release date	Shipped With Visual Studio	Preinstalled with Windows		Embraces
Version	CLR	Release date	Shipped With Visual Studio	Client	Server	Embraces
1.0^[0]	1.0	February 13, 2002	.NET 2002	—	—	—
1.1	1.1	April 24, 2003	.NET 2003	—	2003	—
2.0	2.0	November 7, 2005	2005	—	2003 R2	—
3.0	2.0	November 6, 2006	—	Vista	2008	2.0
3.5	2.0	November 19, 2007	2008	7	2008 R2	3.0
4.0	4	April 12, 2010	2010	—	—	—
4.5	4	August 15, 2012	2012	8	2012	4.0
4.5.1	4	October 17, 2013	2013	8.1	2012 R2	4.5
4.5.2	4	May 5, 2014	—	—	—	4.5.1
4.6	4	July 20, 2015	2015	10	2016	4.5.2

Platform Support Information
Version	Instruction Set Architecture	Installable on Windows
Version	Instruction Set Architecture	Client	Server
1.0	IA-32	98, ME, NT 4.0 SP6a, 2000, XP	NT 4.0 SP6a, 2000
1.1	IA-32^[1]	NT 4.0 SP6a, 2000, XP,Vista	NT 4.0 SP6a, 2000, 2003, 2008
2.0	IA-32, Itanium, x86-64	XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10	2003, 2003 R2, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016
3.0	IA-32, Itanium, x86-64	XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10	2003, 2003 R2, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016
3.5	IA-32, Itanium, x86-64	XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10	2003, 2003 R2, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016
4.0	IA-32, Itanium^[2],x86-64	XP SP3, Vista SP1, 7, 8, 8.1, 10	2003 SP2, 2003 R2 SP2, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016
4.5^[3]	IA-32, x86-64	Vista SP2, 7 SP1, 8, 8.1, 10	2008 SP2, 2008 R2 SP1, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016
4.5.1	IA-32, x86-64	Vista SP2, 7 SP1, 8, 8.1, 10	2008 SP2, 2008 R2 SP1, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016
4.5.2	IA-32, x86-64	Vista SP2, 7 SP1, 8, 8.1, 10	2008 SP2, 2008 R2 SP1, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016
4.6	IA-32, x86-64	Vista SP2, 7 SP1, 8, 8.1, 10	2008 SP2, 2008 R2 SP1, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016

0.^{^} Since service pack 1, .net framework 1.0 has been shipped with all Windows XP installation media, CD or ISO files. It is also the integral part of Windows XP Tablet PC and Media Center Edition.

1.^{^} .Net Framework 1.1 could also be installed on Itanium and x86-64 platforms, running within WoW64 layer.

2.^{^} Some features could not be supported on Itanium platform, such as WPF.

3.^{^} Since version 4.5, it is also shipped with Windows RT and Windows RT 8.1, formed as stripped version.

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