Updated (2017): See .NET Framework Releases to learn about newer releases. We are happy to announce that the .NET Framework 4.6.1 and its language packs are now available on Windows Update (WU) and WSUS for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2012 R2. An offline installer is available here for Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and Windows Serve...

Updated (2017): See .NET Framework Releases to learn about newer releases. Updated (1/2016): This post was updated to add information about reference source for .NET Framework 4.6.1. Today we are announcing the availability of  .NET Framework 4.6.1. You can download this release now. Here is a summary of key improvements availabl...

Updated (2017): See .NET Framework Releases to learn about newer releases. This release is not supported. We are pleased to announce the release of .NET Framework 4.6.1 RC today. This release includes ~150 fixes and some new features. You can read about the new fixes and features that are included in the RC release and try out the bits using the...

The .NET team released two security bulletins today as part of the monthly "Update Tuesday" cycle. Microsoft Security Bulletin MS15-080 - Critical, Vulnerability in .NET Framework Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3078662) This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft .NET Framework. The most severe of the vulnerabiliti...

The .NET team released two security bulletins today as part of the monthly "Update Tuesday" cycle. Microsoft Security Bulletin MS15-044 - Critical, Vulnerability in .NET Framework Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3057110) This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft .NET Framework. The most severe of the vulnerabiliti...

The .NET team released a security bulletin today as part of the monthly “patch Tuesday” cycle. Microsoft Security Bulletin MS15-041 - Important, Vulnerability in .NET Framework Could Allow Information Disclosure (3048010)  This update resolves a vulnerability in the Microsoft .NET Framework that could allow information disclosure...

The .NET team released a security bulletin today as part of the monthly “patch Tuesday” cycle. Microsoft Security Bulletin MS14-072 - Important, Vulnerability in .NET Framework Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (3005210)  This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft .NET Framework. The vulnerabil...

The .NET team released a security bulletin today as part of the monthly “patch Tuesday” cycle. Microsoft Security Bulletin MS14-072 - Important, Vulnerability in .NET Framework Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (3005210)  This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft .NET Framework. The vulnerabil...

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS14-059 – Important: Vulnerability in ASP.NET MVC Could Allow Security Feature Bypass (2990942) This is the first release from Microsoft that uses Security Updates for .NET NuGet Libraries Support. This feature enables Microsoft to update app-deployed .NET NuGet libraries, for machines with the .NET Framework 4.5...

The .NET team released a security bulletin today as part of the monthly “patch Tuesday” cycle. Microsoft Security Bulletin MS14-057 - Critical, Vulnerabilities in the .NET Framework could allow remote code execution (3000414)  This security update resolves three privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft .NET Framework. The ...