Why NET 5.0 will not be supported from May 08, 2022

Currently, various businesses are running their applications on .NET 5.0 framework and in-between this, Microsoft has announced to terminate the .NET support for it.

Due to this, a number of organizations are in chaos and are planning to migrate their business solutions to some other web development platform.

Without the proper understanding of eliminating 5.0 .NET Framework support service, people are taking wrong decisions, which can impact their budget, time-to-market and core operations.

Before, your enterprise faces any issue, let’s unfold the strategy to stop .NET 5 support.

The Reason behind Discontinuing .NET Support

You all must be thinking, if the applications are running smoothly and there are no major vulnerable loopholes in this framework, then why Microsoft will not offer the dedicated support.

The primary reason for this is the .NET Framework Support Policy.

As per the policy, Microsoft will offer the support up to only 18 months for non-LTS or Current frameworks and after that users have to update it to the latest version.

In contrast, there are LTS .NET frameworks, which gets support for 3 years.

In both the cases, users have to update their application, whenever a new update is available.

Even after the support is no-longer will be available, your applications will still run smoothly, but it can face below-listed issues:

• There will be no security updates, increasing the chances of data breaches and violation of NIST, ISO and government guidelines to maintain data integrity and confidentiality.
• You will not be eligible for having direct support from Microsoft to resolve your queries regrading .NET 5 framework.
• Integrating new APIs and plugins can become complex due to incompatibility issues.
• You will not be able to install and run .NET 5 development environment on any machine.
• In future, standards for Quality of Service and Performance can rapidly fall along with the customer satisfaction rate.

How to Run .NET 5.0 Framework-based Applications after May, 2022?

For providing a seamless, business-oriented and high-performing experience to users, you have to update your .NET application to the 6th version.

It is the latest LTS version, having a support till 2023.

By updating to latest version, you can avail the benefits of dedicated support from Microsoft, security patches and other crucial updates to maintain compatibility.

You can perform this task before and after May 08, 2022. But, we as .NET Development Company, always prefer to update it before the last support date and for any guidance, our team is available 24x7.

Will it affect the .NET Framework Development Environment?

The answer is YES.

Currently, .NET 5 framework is the basic requirement for installing and configuring the Visual Studio and other .NET components.

But, when the support will be no longer available, it will be automatically removed from the development environment, once you update the desktop Visual Studio software.

In addition, Microsoft is planning to launch a new version of Visual Studio in 2022 and all the users have to install for creating and maintaining their applications.

Concluding Up

.NET is a widely used web development platform for creating cross-platform applications and you should always prefer to utilize its latest version for better results.

The .NET 5.0 framework is retiring from the list and you must update your development environment and applications to .NET 6. It will assure you to run applications without errors and compatibility issues.

Also, you will avail the leverage of security updates directly from Microsoft.

For more information, you can contact Positiwise Software Pvt Ltd, a leading partner in .NET development.