Versions

A brief version history of .NET Framework

• 4.6-Visual Studio 2015
• 4.5.1-Visual Studio 2013
• 4.5-Visual Studio 2012
• 4.0-Visual Studio 
• 3.5-Visual Studio 2008
• 3.0-Visual Studio 2005
• 2.0-Visual Studio 2005
• 1.1-Visual Studio .NET 2003
• 1.0-Visual Studio .NET

Visual Studio 2015

1. Introduced RyuJIT, a new JIT compiler for 64-bit systems
2. Introduced Open Source .Net Framework Packages
3. Support for Code page encodings
4. Improvements to event tracing

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Visual Studio 2013

1. Includes performance and debugging improvements
2. Support for automatic binding redirection
3. Expanded support for Windows Store apps

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Visual Studio 2012

1. Features Enhancements to CLR 4.0
2. Async Support
3. Support for building Windows Store apps
4. Features Enhancement to WPF, WCF, WF, and ASP.NET

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Visual Studio 

1. Introduced CLR 4.0
2. Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF)
3. Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR)
4. Task Parallel Library

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Visual Studio 2008

1. Built-In AJAX Support
2. LINQ
3. Dynamic Data
4. Multi-targeting Framework Support

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Visual Studio 2005

1. Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
2. Windows Communications Foundation (WCF)
3. Windows Workflow Foundation (WF), and CardSpace

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Visual Studio 2005

1. Introduced CLR 2.0
2. Generics and generic collections
3. Partial classes
4. Nullable types
5. Anonymous methods
6. Introduced many new controls and features to ASP.NET

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Visual Studio .NET 2003

1. Features Enhancement to ASP.NET and ADO.NET
2. Built-in support for mobile ASP.NET controls
3. Security Enhancement
4. Built-in support for ODBC and databases
5. Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) support

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Visual Studio .NET

1. Introduced CLR 1.0
2. Support for Object-oriented Web application development
3. Use of DLL class libraries

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