Can I use .net framework 3.0 instead of 2.0 when installing WSUS 3 Frank 5/17/2007 3:35:27 PM I would like to build up a new WSUS 3.0 server. I was wondering if I could install .net framework 3.0 instead of .net framework 2.0 and still have a fully functional WSUS 3.0 server environment? Has this been tested?

Re: Can I use .net framework 3.0 instead of 2.0 when installing WSUS 3 "Matthew Wetmore \(MSFT\)" <mattwe[ at ]online.microsoft.com> 5/17/2007 5:37:20 PM You can have both on the same machine - we've tested that. I don't believe that we've specifically tested 3.0 and not 2.0. According to http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms687300.aspx, .Net 3.0 includes 2.0 - so I suspect it'll work fine. Give it a try, and let us know. -- Matthew Wetmore Developer, WSUS (Windows Server Update Services) This posting is provided "As Is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified at http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm "Frank" <Frank[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1C034C40-DE89-4112-8999-35C51D4D45CB[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I would like to build up a new WSUS 3.0 server. I was wondering if I >could > install .net framework 3.0 instead of .net framework 2.0 and still have a > fully functional WSUS 3.0 server environment? Has this been tested?

Re: Can I use .net framework 3.0 instead of 2.0 when installing WS Frank 5/17/2007 7:44:02 PM Matthew, Thanks for the reply. I will be testing this configuration on Monday and will report back my findings. Frank "Matthew Wetmore (MSFT)" wrote: [Quoted Text] > You can have both on the same machine - we've tested that. I don't believe > that we've specifically tested 3.0 and not 2.0. > According to http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms687300.aspx, .Net > 3.0 includes 2.0 - so I suspect it'll work fine. > Give it a try, and let us know. > > -- > Matthew Wetmore > Developer, WSUS (Windows Server Update Services) > > This posting is provided "As Is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. > Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified at > http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm > > "Frank" <Frank[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:1C034C40-DE89-4112-8999-35C51D4D45CB[ at ]microsoft.com... > >I would like to build up a new WSUS 3.0 server. I was wondering if I > >could > > install .net framework 3.0 instead of .net framework 2.0 and still have a > > fully functional WSUS 3.0 server environment? Has this been tested? > > >

Re: Can I use .net framework 3.0 instead of 2.0 when installing WSUS 3 Harry Johnston <harry[ at ]scms.waikato.ac.nz> 5/18/2007 8:30:14 AM Frank wrote: [Quoted Text] > I would like to build up a new WSUS 3.0 server. I was wondering if I could > install .net framework 3.0 instead of .net framework 2.0 and still have a > fully functional WSUS 3.0 server environment? Has this been tested? Not "instead of" because .NET framework 3.0 itself requires .NET framework 2.0. (The 3.0 installer will install 2.0 if it isn't already present.) Harry.

Re: Can I use .net framework 3.0 instead of 2.0 when installing WS Frank 5/18/2007 12:50:01 PM Harry, As you stated the 3.0 installer will install 2.0. I installed 3.0 and looked in add/remove programs and noticed that both 3.0 and 2.0 were listed. I tried uninstalling 2.0 and was greeted with a message stating that I couldn't uninstall 2.0. If I uninstall 3.0. it leaves 2.0 on the system (weird but okay). After 3.0 is uninstalled, I can now successfully remove .NET 2.0. I don't pretend to be a developer or even understand the .NET Framework, but my questions are: What is the point of having 3.0 also install 2.0? Is this the new way of doing things at Microsoft, to have the last two versions available? "Harry Johnston" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Frank wrote: > > > I would like to build up a new WSUS 3.0 server. I was wondering if I could > > install .net framework 3.0 instead of .net framework 2.0 and still have a > > fully functional WSUS 3.0 server environment? Has this been tested? > > Not "instead of" because .NET framework 3.0 itself requires .NET framework 2.0. > (The 3.0 installer will install 2.0 if it isn't already present.) > > Harry. >

Re: Can I use .net framework 3.0 instead of 2.0 when installing WS Lukas Beeler <lb-lists[ at ]projectdream.org> 5/18/2007 1:22:02 PM * Frank <Frank[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com>: [Quoted Text] > Is this the new way of doing things at Microsoft, to have the last two > versions available? ..NET 3.0 is a marketing name, it isn't a completely new framework. It just adds some technologies (WPF and Workflow stuff) to .NET 2.0. -- Read my blog at http://projectdream.org

Re: Can I use .net framework 3.0 instead of 2.0 when installing WS David Parrott <d.parrott[ at ]plume.essex.sch.uk> 5/18/2007 1:23:27 PM Frank wrote: [Quoted Text] > I don't pretend to be a developer or even understand the .NET Framework, but > my questions are: > > What is the point of having 3.0 also install 2.0? The reason being that .NET 3.0 isn't actually a full version like .NET 2.0 was. .NET 3.0 is the managed code APIs that appeared with Vista and Server 2008, formerly called WinFX. For some reason they decided that blurring what the .NET framework was by calling that 3.0 was a good idea. -- David Parrott

Re: Can I use .net framework 3.0 instead of 2.0 when installing WSUS 3 "Lawrence Garvin \(MVP\)" <onsitech[ at ]community.nospam> 5/21/2007 1:07:41 AM "Matthew Wetmore (MSFT)" <mattwe[ at ]online.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:%23QIXGoKmHHA.2452[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > You can have both on the same machine - we've tested that. I don't > believe that we've specifically tested 3.0 and not 2.0. I wasn't aware that 3.0 could exist without the presence of 2.0? :-) > According to http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms687300.aspx, .Net > 3.0 includes 2.0 - so I suspect it'll work fine. Ahh.. so apparently my assumption was correct. :-) -- Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCTS, MCP Independent WSUS Evangelist MVP-Software Distribution (2005-2007) https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=30E00990-8F1D-4774-BD62-D095EB07B36E Everything you need for WSUS is at http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/technologies/featured/wsus/default.mspx And, almost everything else is at http://wsusinfo.onsitechsolutions.com .....

Re: Can I use .net framework 3.0 instead of 2.0 when installing WS "Lawrence Garvin \(MVP\)" <onsitech[ at ]community.nospam> 5/21/2007 1:09:09 AM "David Parrott" <d.parrott[ at ]plume.essex.sch.uk> wrote in message news:u2Mh%239UmHHA.4132[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > The reason being that .NET 3.0 isn't actually a full version like .NET 2.0 > was. .NET 3.0 is the managed code APIs that appeared with Vista and Server > 2008, formerly called WinFX. For some reason they decided that blurring > what the .NET framework was by calling that 3.0 was a good idea. And.. I believe.... eventually.... this "marketing decision" *will* prove to be problematic. (Not that it isn't already, given the current discussion thread. <g>) -- Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCTS, MCP Independent WSUS Evangelist MVP-Software Distribution (2005-2007) https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=30E00990-8F1D-4774-BD62-D095EB07B36E Everything you need for WSUS is at http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/technologies/featured/wsus/default.mspx And, almost everything else is at http://wsusinfo.onsitechsolutions.com .....