🧪 : Use .NET Portability Analyzer to check if your code uses APIs that don’t exist in 4.6.2.

While starting a new project in 4.6.2 is sometimes necessary for legacy compatibility, it is recommended to use the . This tool can help you migrate these templates toward .NET 6/8 or .NET Standard , ensuring your code remains performant and secure in the long term.

The defining characteristic of a 4.6.2 template is the .

When you open Visual Studio (2019 or 2022), you can still access these classic templates by filtering for ".NET Framework" in the project creation wizard. 1. ASP.NET Web Application (.NET Framework)

October 26, 2023 Subject: Analysis of .NET Framework 4.6.2 Project Templates, Lifecycle Status, and Migration Paths

Released in August 2016, .NET Framework 4.6.2 was a significant milestone. It introduced over 160 bug fixes and 50 new API additions, focusing heavily on security (Enabling cryptography suites), WPF improvements, and click-once support.

This code snippet uses the System namespace to print "Hello, World!" to the console.

This report outlines the current standing of Microsoft’s .NET Framework 4.6.2 within the software development lifecycle. While 4.6.2 was a pivotal release offering Long-Term Support (LTS) stability for many years, it has reached the end of its mainstream support lifecycle. This document details the template structure for 4.6.2 projects, identifies the risks of remaining on this framework, and provides a roadmap for modernization using modern .NET (formerly .NET Core) templates.

⚠️ : This template does not use the modern SDK-style project format (introduced with .NET Core). It relies on packages.config for NuGet dependencies (unless manually migrated to PackageReference ).