Microsoft .NET and .NET Core

Microsoft .NET and .NET Core follows the Modern Lifecycle Policy.

Support dates are shown in the Pacific Time Zone (PT) - Redmond, WA, USA.

Support Dates

Listing	Start Date	Retirement Date
Microsoft .NET and .NET Core	2016-06-27T00:00:00.000-08:00	In Support

Releases

Version	Start Date	End Date
.NET 8 (LTS)	2023-11-14T00:00:00.000-08:00	2026-11-10T22:59:59.999-08:00
.NET 7	2022-11-08T00:00:00.000-08:00	2024-05-14T22:59:59.999-08:00
.NET 6.0 (LTS)	2021-11-08T00:00:00.000-08:00	2024-11-12T22:59:59.999-08:00
.NET 5.0	2020-11-10T00:00:00.000-08:00	2022-05-10T22:59:59.999-08:00
.NET Core 3.1 (LTS)	2019-12-03T00:00:00.000-08:00	2022-12-13T22:59:59.999-08:00
.NET Core 3.0	2019-09-23T00:00:00.000-08:00	2020-03-03T22:59:59.999-08:00
.NET Core 2.2	2018-12-04T00:00:00.000-08:00	2019-12-23T22:59:59.999-08:00
.NET Core 2.1 (LTS)	2018-05-30T00:00:00.000-08:00	2021-08-21T22:59:59.999-08:00
.NET Core 2.0	2017-08-14T00:00:00.000-08:00	2018-10-01T22:59:59.999-08:00
.NET Core 1.1	2016-11-16T00:00:00.000-08:00	2019-06-27T22:59:59.999-08:00
.NET Core 1.0	2016-06-27T00:00:00.000-08:00	2019-06-27T22:59:59.999-08:00

Links

• .NET Core support details (dotnet)
• .NET release schedule
• Lifecycle FAQ - .NET Core
• ASP.NET and ASP.NET Core support details
• Entity Framework support details

Note

Beginning with .NET 5.0, Microsoft .NET Core has been rebranded as .NET.

ASP.NET Core and Entity Framework Core follow the same lifecycle as .NET Core.