{"id":18412,"date":"2012-10-12T13:18:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T13:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/dotnet\/2012\/10\/12\/improvements-in-net-framework-setup-for-developers-it-pros-and-users\/"},"modified":"2021-10-04T12:57:55","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T19:57:55","slug":"improvements-in-net-framework-setup-for-developers-it-pros-and-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/dotnet\/improvements-in-net-framework-setup-for-developers-it-pros-and-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Improvements in .NET Framework Setup for Developers, IT Pros, and Users"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The only experience most Microsoft customers have with the .NET Framework is the deployment and installation experience, which is why we spend so much time analyzing opportunities to improve it. For .NET 4.5, our goal was to build a product that was equivalent to a service pack with additional features. Our team studied how other products with similar update goals managed to improve their deployment then we took those best practices and applied them to the .NET Framework 4.5. This is an area where we heavily rely on telemetry data to prioritize areas of improvement, a practice that has led to noticeable change over past releases. In the following article, Nithya Chandrasekaran and Richard Lander, program managers from the .NET setup and CLR teams respectively<\/b>, describe some of the deployment improvements. –Brandon<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In this post, we will look at the changes that we made in .NET Framework 4.5 setup to alleviate pain points that have affected developers, IT pros, and end users for several releases. Early data suggests that we hit the mark. In addition to describing the improvements we made, we’ll address deployment-related questions and provide guidance.<\/p>\n

Deploying the .NET Framework to hundreds of millions of machines<\/h3>\n

Millions of end users rely on .NET Framework apps every day, for entertainment, for social connections, and, of course, to do their work. The apps they use require the presence of the .NET Framework runtime and class libraries. We have improved the .NET Framework 4.5 installation experience for users, so they can install software quickly and easily.<\/p>\n

The .NET Framework is also necessary for running ASP.NET websites and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) services. In most cases, the installation improvements we made for end users also help developers and IT pros who maintain servers. <\/p>\n

Over the years, we\u2019ve adopted a broad set of strategies to get the .NET Framework installed on end user machines. As a result, end users can run the apps they want, without needing to understand that they depend on the .NET Framework. This is primarily accomplished by giving developers and enterprise IT pros the tools they need to install the .NET Framework as part of their existing software deployment methods. We also include the .NET Framework with Windows and deliver it through Windows Update, which removes the need to install the .NET Framework as a separate step in many cases. <\/p>\n

We think of our relationship with you, as developers and enterprise IT pros, as a partnership for delivering a great experience to our shared customer, the end user. We are all successful when the end user can quickly acquire, install, and start using your app, and can easily install the .NET Framework as part of your app’s setup. Through your apps, we have installed the .NET Framework 4 on hundreds of millions of computers, and on well over half of machines running Windows throughout the world. We want to build on that success as you adopt the .NET Framework 4.5 and enjoy the improvements we\u2019ve made available. <\/p>\n

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