Microsoft .NET Framework 4.six.1 is available on Windows Update and WSUS

January 26th, 2016

Updated (2017): See.NET Framework Releases to learn about newer releases.

Nosotros are happy to announce that the .NET Framework 4.6.i and its linguistic communication packs are at present available on Windows Update (WU) and WSUS for Windows seven SP1 and Windows Server 2012 R2. An offline installer is available here for Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and Windows Server 2012. Additionally, the .Net Framework iv.6.1 is included in the Windows 10 November Update for Windows 10 computers.

This update is available in the Windows Update applet within the Command Panel. You may demand to utilize the Check for updates feature from within the Windows Update applet to get the release to show upward.

Yous tin learn more almost .NET Framework four.6.one hither. Changes shipping in this release are covered in the .Net 4.6.one release announcement blogpost.

How is this release made available?

Automated Updates

To beginning with, .Internet Framework 4.half dozen.i is offered as an Optional update which means you would need to apply the Check for updates feature to go .Net Framework iv.6.one.

In a few weeks, .Cyberspace four.6.ane will be made available as a Recommended update which ways that users with Automated Updates (AU) enabled (which is most users) will get the release automatically. Users that accept modified their AU settings to notify them when updates are available or downloaded will run into a notification in their system tray most this update.

As a Recommended update, the deployment volition be rolled out to various geographies globally over a few weeks. And so, if you lot do not get the update offered on the commencement solar day and do not want to wait until the update is offered, you tin can employ the Check for updates characteristic, as described above.

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) and Catalog

WSUS administrators will meet this update in their WSUS admin console. The update is likewise available in the MU itemize for download and deployment.

When you synchronize your WSUS server with Microsoft Update server (or apply the Microsoft Update Catalog site for importing updates), you will run across that there are two updates for .Internet Framework 4.6.i published for each platform. The difference in the updates is scoped to the different applicability logic for targeting different computers. Delight read the details included in the description of the corresponding update to get more information. We recommend that you import both the updates if you plan to deploy .Net Framework iv.6.1 in your environment.

  • One of the .Net Framework 4.6.i updates will install only on computers that have an earlier version such equally .NET 4, iv.5, iv.5.ane, or four.5.2 installed.
  • The other .NET Framework four.6.ane update volition install on those computers that either have .NET iv.vi installed or no .Cyberspace Framework installed on supported operating systems.

WU Applicability information

The .Internet Framework 4.6.one Language Packs is available via WU and WSUS. This is to support the upgrade of previous language packs for .Net Framework iv, 4.v, 4.five.ane, 4.5.ii, iv.half dozen. The language packs are too supported for those computers that either have the localized version of the base of operations operating system or have one or more Multilingual User Interface (MUI) packs installed. Farther details on language packs for .NET 4.half-dozen.ane for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 are covered in KB3102433 and KB3102521 respectively.

Computers that do not have .Net Framework 4.v.two or a higher version installed, are offered both .Cyberspace Framework 4.5.2 and .NET Framework iv.6.1. You have an pick to choose the .Internet Framework version yous need. Here's how the offering matrix looks like depending on the .Cyberspace Framework version you have installed on your car.

.Cyberspace Framework product installed on your auto .NET Framework four.5.2 Offered? .NET Framework 4.6.1 Offered?
No .NET Framework or .Cyberspace 3.5 but

a

a

.NET 4 / iv.v / 4.5.i

a

a

.Cyberspace Framework 4.5.2

r

a

.Cyberspace Framework iv.six

r

a

.NET Framework four.6.i or later on

r

r

Blocking the automatic deployment of .Cyberspace Framework four.6.i

Enterprises may have client machines that connect directly to the public Windows Update servers rather than to an internal WSUS server. In such cases, an administrator may have a demand to prevent the .Internet Framework 4.6.1 from existence deployed to these client machines in lodge to allow testing of internal applications to be completed before deployment.

In such scenarios, administrators tin can deploy a registry key to machines in lodge to prevent the .Net Framework iv.vi.1 from being offered to those machines. More information nigh how to use this blocker registry cardinal tin can be plant in the following Microsoft Noesis Base article:

KB3133990:  How to temporarily block the installation of the .Net Framework 4.half dozen.i and its corresponding language packs

Developing using .NET Framework 4.six.1 and Visual Studio 2013

Developers using Visual Studio 2013 can build applications targeting the .Internet Framework 4.half-dozen.ane by installing the .Net Framework 4.6.one Programmer Pack. The developer pack is a single parcel that installs .NET Framework four.6.1 as well equally the .Internet Framework 4.6.1 Targeting Pack and the .NET 4.half-dozen.one SDK.