14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft today announced .NET Framework 4.7, the new version that’s available as part of the Windows 10 Creators Update already shipping to users as a manual download.
While at this point version 4.7 is exclusively available to Creators Update users, Microsoft says that it’s already working to release it for users of other Windows versions as well, and download links should be unveiled “soon,” the company claims.
Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Windows 8.1, and Windows 7 SP1 will be supported for clients and Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 for servers.
As far as the improvements that .NET Framework 4.7 brings, the list of changes is huge, and tech-savvy users can check it out in full here. On the other hand, there are a few new features that are worth mentioning, and they include high DPI support for Windows Forms applications in Windows 10, touch support for WPF applications on the same OS version, and enhanced cryptography support.
Devs who want to give a try to .NET Framework 4.7 right now can upgrade to the Windows 10 Creators Update either with the Assistant Update or using the Media Creation Tool, and then install the update to Visual Studio 2017 (also available for download right now).
This post will be updated with download links for other operating system versions when they become available.