Migrate from .NET 7 (EOL) to .NET 8 LTS or .NET 10 LTS on Adaptive Web Hosting — Windows Server 2022, IIS 10, SQL Server 2022

Migrate from .NET 7 to .NET 8 LTS or .NET 10 LTS

.NET 7 reached end-of-life on May 14, 2024 — no further security patches from Microsoft. We host your .NET 7 application through the transition and provide a clean upgrade path to the current LTS runtimes on the same infrastructure.

Why .NET 7 needs to move

End-of-life means end of security patches

.NET 7 was a Standard Term Support (STS) release with 18 months of official support. Microsoft published the final security patch in May 2024. New CVEs filed against .NET 7 will not be fixed by Microsoft — your production app is now running on an unsupported runtime.

  • No more security patches — Any newly disclosed runtime vulnerability is permanent on .NET 7
  • No more bug fixes — Runtime-level bugs in HTTP, JSON, or EF Core 7 stay broken
  • No more new library compatibility — New NuGet packages increasingly drop .NET 7 from their target framework list

Pick Your Migration Target

Two Microsoft-supported LTS options

  • .NET 8 LTS — Mature library ecosystem, 3-year support through Nov 2026, the most established LTS today. Recommended if you want minimal upgrade work.
  • .NET 10 LTS — Latest C# 14 features, AI integration via Microsoft.Extensions.AI, 3-year support through Nov 2028. Recommended if you want the longest forward runway.

What the migration looks like

Most ASP.NET 7 apps upgrade in under an hour

For typical ASP.NET Core projects, the migration is a small set of edits to your .csproj plus a package restore. The Microsoft dotnet upgrade-assistant tool automates most of this:

  • Change the TargetFramework in your .csproj from net7.0 to net8.0 or net10.0
  • Run dotnet restore and review any obsolete-API compiler warnings
  • Update Entity Framework Core 7 packages to EF Core 8 or 10 (same SQL Server 2022, no schema changes needed)
  • Re-publish via Web Deploy / GitHub Actions to your existing hosting plan — both runtimes are already installed

Microsoft Migration Resources

Official upgrade documentation

  • Migrate from ASP.NET 7 to 8.0 — Microsoft official guide
  • .NET Upgrade Assistant — Microsoft automated tool
  • .NET support policy — LTS vs STS lifecycle schedule

Host Your .NET 7 App While You Migrate

Same plans, same prices, your upgrade path included

Every plan keeps the .NET 7 runtime installed alongside .NET 8 LTS and .NET 10 LTS, so your app keeps running while you plan the upgrade. When you’re ready, redeploy targeting the new framework — no plan change needed.

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