How to Update .NET to version 4.7.2

This tutorial will guide you how to update .NET windows server version to the latest. According to this day, Jan 1st 2019, the very latest .NET version is 4.7.2. The version may different if you open this posting later than Jan 1st 2019. You don’t need to launch windows update to update .NET version to the latest. However, a RESTART server is REQUIRED and need to be scheduled to customer first or get an announcement page to publish it.

A newest .NET framework generally required by certain software. ie. Smartermail installer.

Check latest version

Go to https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-framework-runtime to check the latest version dotnet. You will see this picture :

Now download to .NET Framework 4.7.2 and install it. In this case, you need to search the very last .NET framework.

Reboot

A reboot server is REQUIRED to apply this kind of update.