Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6 Preview (Web Installer) for Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2

This is a web installer. There are separate installers for web and offline installation. If you intend to redistribute either of these installers in the setup for your own product or application, we recommend that you choose the web installer because it is smaller and typically downloads faster. The web installer is a small package (less than 1 MB) that automatically determines and downloads only the components applicable for a particular platform. The web installer also installs the language pack matching the language of the user’s operating system.

Supported Operating Systems

Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Vista Service Pack 2

Hardware Requirements:

• 1 GHz or faster processor
• 512 MB of RAM
• 2.2 GB of available hard disk space (x86)
• 3 GB of available hard disk space (x64)

On this page, choose the Download button.

• To install the software now, choose the Run button.
• To install the software later, choose the Save button. (When you install, the computer must be connected to the Internet.)

Please see the Knowledge Base Article KB2969353 for more information.

This version of the .NET Framework runs side-by-side with the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and earlier versions, but performs an in-place update for the .NET Framework 4, .NET Framework 4.5, .NET Framework 4.5.1 and .NET Framework 4.5.2.

To find out what's new in Visual Studio 2015 Preview, see the Visual Studio 2015 Preview release notes. For a list of fixed bugs and known issues, see the Visual Studio 2015 Preview KB Article.