7 Appendix B: Product Behavior

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The information in this specification is applicable to the following Microsoft products or supplemental software. References to product versions include updates to those products.

This document specifies version-specific details in the Microsoft .NET Framework. For information about which versions of the .NET Framework are available in each released Windows product or as supplemental software, see [MS-NETOD] section 4.

  • Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0

  • Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0

  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5

  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0

  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5

  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6

  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7

  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8

Exceptions, if any, are noted in this section. If an update version, service pack or Knowledge Base (KB) number appears with a product name, the behavior changed in that update. The new behavior also applies to subsequent updates unless otherwise specified. If a product edition appears with the product version, behavior is different in that product edition.

Unless otherwise specified, any statement of optional behavior in this specification that is prescribed using the terms "SHOULD" or "SHOULD NOT" implies product behavior in accordance with the SHOULD or SHOULD NOT prescription. Unless otherwise specified, the term "MAY" implies that the product does not follow the prescription.

<1> Section 1: The Microsoft common language runtime (CLR) and Component Object Model (COM) are capable of interoperating over the IManagedObject Interface Protocol mechanism. For more information on DCOM and remoting, see [MSFT-DCOMTECHOVW] and [MSDN-.NETFROVW].

<2> Section 3.1.4.1: On the Windows platform, the IManagedObject interface is implemented by all .NET Framework components when they are exposed through the COM-Interop feature of the .NET Framework.

<3> Section 3.1.4.2:  On the Windows platform, the IRemoteDispatch interface is exposed only by components inheriting from System.EnterpriseServices.ServicedComponent.