Saturday, July 29, 2017

Windows Server 2008 R2 compatible .NET versions

Windows Server 2008 R2 was launched on July 2009, 16 months after release of Win Server 2008.

On February 2011, Service Pack 1 was released.
  • It is a server version of Windows 7.
  • It supports .NET 3.0 & above. This also means it can support WCF (Windows Communication Foundation) which is a improvement provided by .NET foundation for Client/Server programming.
    • Earlier .NET 2.0 remoting was widely in use for Client/Server which has now become legacy technology and hence not recommended. 
    • Preferred for distributed application is WCF.
  • Support status from Microsoft for 2008 R2
    • Mainstream support ended on 13 January 2015.
    • Extended support ends on 14 January 2020.

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