title: Azure .Net Framework 4.8 backward compatibility
body: <p>I have ASP.Net MVC application built on target framework - 4.5 and In Azure .Net Framework version was set to 4.7. application is working fine. I have Visual Studio 2017 version installed supporting .Net Framework till 4.7.2</p>
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  <p>recently, we received mail from Azure mentioning about platform upgrade to 4.8. I wanted to know is it mandatory to target application to 4.8 version?. Is 4.8 version compatible with 4.5?</p>
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