.Net and .Net Core

What is .Net and .Net Core?

.NET (previously named .NET Core) is a free, cross-platform, open source developer platform for building many different types of applications..NET Core and .NET 5 refer to several technologies including the runtime, ASP.NET Core, and Entity Framework Core.

 

The entire lifecycle of .Net and .Net Core

The following figure shows you the visualised product life cycle of .Net and .Net Core. You can see all releases with the latest patch version, the long-term support characteristics (orange flag in the green circle, the periods for version provision, maintenance and support.

Figure: Release, patch and end-of-life cycle of product .Net and .Net Core (Microsoft)

 

What is the .Net and .Net Core release strategy?

The lifecycle begins when a product is released and ends when it's no longer supported. Customers can choose Long Term Support (LTS) releases or Current releases. The quality of all releases is the same. The only difference is the length of support. LTS releases get free support and patches for 3 years. Current releases get free support and patches for 15 months. Within a release's support lifecycle, systems must remain current on released patch updates.

Facts and figures about .Net and .Net Core

 

 

Keywords

.Net and .Net Core

 

Microsoft

 

Programming language

 

Release

 

Version

 

Major

 

Minor

 

Patch

 

End-of-life

 

EOL

 

Support

 

End-of-support

 

EOS

 

Maintenance

 

End-of-maintenance

 

EOM

 

Security

 

Long-term support

 

LTS

 

Vulnerabilities

 

Common vulnerabilities & exposures

 

CVE

 

Security