Visual Studio to .Net FW Compatibility and Visual Studio to DevsExpress Compatibility

 

Visual Studio to .Net:

Each version of Visual Studio prior to Visual Studio 2010 is tied to a specific .NET framework. (VS2008 –> .NET 3.5, VS2005 –> .NET 2.0, VS2003 –> .NET1.1) Visual Studio 2010+ allows targeting of older .Net FW, but can’t be used for future .Net FW. For .Net 4.5+ we must use VS2012+, see below tables showing dependency mapping.

References:

Install Links for all .Net FW : Developer and Distribution Package

MS VS and .Net Version and Dependency Guide Detail

how to check .Net FW Versions

.Net to Visual Studio to Windows Version History & Compatibility Summary

.NET Framework version	Desc	VS.NET	OS
4.7.2	-Crypto+Asp.Net.	N/A	10,8.1,7; Svr: 2016, 2012, 2008R2Sp1
4.7.1	SHA/TryParse.	N/A	10,8.1,7; Svr: 2016, 2012, 2008R2Sp1
4.7	JSON.		10,8.1,7; Svr: 2016, 2012, 2008R2Sp1
4.6.2	- Cryptography enhancements,		10,8.1,7; Svr: 2016, 2012, 2008R2Sp1
4.6.1	- Support for X509 certificates		+ 10 + 8.1 + 8 + 7
4.6	- Compilation using .NET Native - ASP.NET Core 5	2015,.	10,8.1,7,Vista; Svr: 2016, 2012, 2008R2Sp1
4.5.2	Tx Support	-	8.1,7; Svr: 2012, 2008R2Sp1
4.5.1	- Support for Windows Phone Store apps - Automatic binding redirection - Performance and debugging	2013	8.1,7, Vista; Svr: 2012, 2008R2Sp1
4.5	- Support for Windows Store apps - WPF, WCF, WF, ASP.Net	2012	8,7, Vista; Svr: 2012, 2008R2Sp1
4	- Expanded base class libraries - Cross-platform development with Portable Class Library	2010	8,7, Vista; Svr: 2012, 2008R2Sp1
3.5	- AJAX- LINQ	2008	8,7, Vista; Svr: 2012, 2008R2Sp1
3.0	- WPF, WCF, WF	-	8,7, Vista; Svr: 2012, 2008R2Sp1
2.0	- Generics	2005	-
1.1	- ASP.NET and ADO.NET - Side-by-side	2003	-
1.0	First version of the .NET Framework.	Visual Studio .NET	-

Visual Studio to .Net FW 1-4

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.NET Framework version	CLR version	VS IDE version	Description
1.0	1.0	Visual Studio .NET	Contained the first version of the CLR and the first version of the base class libraries.
1.1	1.1	VS2003	Included updates to ASP.NET and ADO.NET.Has (SP1) and SP2.
2.0, 3.0	2.0, 3.0	VS2005	generics, generic collections, Has SP1 and SP2.
3.5	2.0	VS2008	AJAX-enabled Web sites LINQ. Has SP1
4	4	Visual Studio 2010	(MEF), (DLR), and code contracts.

Windows OS to .Net FW 1-4

.NET Framework versions	Windows versions
1.0, 1.1, and 2.0	No OS
3.0, 2.0SP2, 3.5	Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.
3.5 SP1	Windows 7.
4	Compat Windows XP, Windows Server 2003+

 

 

Visual Studio to SharePoint Solutions:

 

Dev Express to Visual Studio Dependencies: