What version of .NET ships with what version of Windows?

Question

Looking for a list of Windows versions (service packs included) and what version of .NET is natively¹ available.

Example:

Windows A - .NET Framework Z
Windows A Service Pack 1 - .NET Framework Z
Windows A Service Pack 2 - .NET Framework Y

¹ By natively I mean that is there with no installs done.

[Windows is not a .NET Framework delivery channel](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20110404-00/?p=11043/) — Cody Gray - on strike, Jan 13 '12 at 12:55
Perhaps Wikipedia's [.Net Framework History](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.NET_Framework#History) would be helpful. — jww, Jun 18 '14 at 04:56
@BrainSlugs83 see the link in the accepted answer - it shows 4.6 is included — Robert MacLean, Jun 18 '15 at 05:23
This is the most useful summary I have found: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/migration-guide/versions-and-dependencies — QuickDanger, Jun 22 '18 at 17:33

score 56 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 02 '19 at 14:04

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This should give you all the answers you want:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.NET_Framework_version_history#Overview

Due to the fact that new versions of .NET are being released all the time I felt it would not be correct to try to embed the history into this answer, but merely direct you to a source which is updated.

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answered May 26 '09 at 08:11

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I'll save you a click: Anything before Windows 2003: nuffin; Windows 2003: 1.1; Vista & 2008: 3.0; Windows 7 & 2008 R2: 3.5 – Tamas Czinege May 26 '09 at 08:52
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Actually: Win7 will include 3.5 SP1 – marc_s May 26 '09 at 10:05
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Windows 8 is 4.5, Windows 8.1 is 4.5.1 and Windows 10 is 4.6 – roeland Oct 26 '15 at 19:33
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http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astebner/archive/2007/03/14/mailbag-what-version-of-the-net-framework-is-included-in-what-version-of-the-os.aspx – Ashish Singh Dec 22 '15 at 05:31

score 23 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 07 '13 at 10:56

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The following picture explains it perfectly:

which-version-of-net-is-built-into

source: http://petermarcu.blogspot.ie/2010/02/which-version-of-net-is-built-into.html

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score 21 · Answer 3 · edited Jan 18 '21 at 12:46

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Microsoft released a chart for this. .NET Framework Versions and Dependencies

A checkmark means its included, a plus sign means it can be installed.

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answered Apr 07 '17 at 18:05

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