{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/aspnet/Docs/issues/816","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/aspnet/Docs/issues/816/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/aspnet/Docs/issues/816/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/aspnet/Docs/issues/816/events","html_url":"https://github.com/aspnet/Docs/issues/816","id":122880220,"number":816,"title":"Slightly misleading line in Getting Started: Installing ASP.NET 5 On Windows doc","user":{"login":"GuardRex","id":1622880,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1622880?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/GuardRex","html_url":"https://github.com/GuardRex","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/GuardRex/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/GuardRex/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/GuardRex/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/GuardRex/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/GuardRex/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/GuardRex/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/GuardRex/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/GuardRex/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/GuardRex/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":{"login":"danroth27","id":1874516,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1874516?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/danroth27","html_url":"https://github.com/danroth27","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/danroth27/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/danroth27/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/danroth27/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/danroth27/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/danroth27/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/danroth27/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/danroth27/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/danroth27/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/danroth27/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"milestone":null,"comments":3,"created_at":"2015-12-18T05:06:53Z","updated_at":"2016-01-26T23:22:35Z","closed_at":null,"body":"@Rick-Anderson @ardalis @danroth27 \r\n\r\nRE: https://docs.asp.net/en/latest/getting-started/installing-on-windows.html\r\n\r\nThe line ...\r\n\r\n> 4 On Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 you will also need to install the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2012 Update 4.\r\n\r\n... is a little misleading. It conflates the issue of requiring the install on a machine where the development is occurring (a dev box with VS) with the issue of not requiring that install where the .NET 5 applications may be served (i.e., a WS 2008 R2 box without VS). \r\n\r\nMay I suggest some kind of change to clear up any confusion:\r\n\r\nA short and sweet change ...\r\n\r\n> 4 On Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 you will also need to install the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2012 Update 4. Note: This step only applies to computers where Visual Studio will be installed.\r\n\r\nA professorial long-winded, bloated explanation ...\r\n\r\n> 4 On Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 you will also need to install the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2012 Update 4. Note: This install is only required on Windows Server 2008 R2 if Visual Studio is installed on the server for development purposes. If the server is being used solely to serve ASP.NET 5 applications via IIS, this install is not required on the server. See [Publishing to IIS](https://docs.asp.net/en/latest/publishing/iis.html) for details on Windows Server configuration for ASP.NET 5 application hosting."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/aspnet/Docs/issues/comments/175290087","html_url":"https://github.com/aspnet/Docs/issues/816#issuecomment-175290087","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/aspnet/Docs/issues/816","id":175290087,"user":{"login":"kkurni","id":698547,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/698547?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/kkurni","html_url":"https://github.com/kkurni","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kkurni/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kkurni/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kkurni/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kkurni/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kkurni/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kkurni/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kkurni/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kkurni/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kkurni/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-01-26T23:22:35Z","updated_at":"2016-01-26T23:22:35Z","body":"@GuardRex VC++ Redis 2012 is needed because of this open issue.\r\nhttps://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/3760\r\n\r\nThis will appear if you are using SqlClient. \r\nAFAIK, Only SqlClient which currently depend on this.\r\nSo if it doesn't have sql client dependency, you will not need this VC++ Redis 2012.\r\n\r\nI had tried to published web application into IIS, and both still required VC++ redis 2012 to use SqlClient."}}