Do my clients need to update their .Net Framework 4 (VS SP1)

Question

If i update my VS to SP1, will my clients need to update their computers with the latest 4.0 update? Or is it deployed with the dlls?

I dont plan on using the Platform Update http://blogs.msdn.com/b/endpoint/archive/2011/04/18/microsoft-net-framework-4-platform-update-1.aspx

But im thrown off because of this. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2468871

So if its the latter, would i still need to update my clients with this as well? Or are they handled in windows updates? Or are they released in dlls?

thanks!

Answer 1

I'm going to go with no on it for now until i do more testing... But after researching it looks like it can be a targeted build.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tilovell/archive/2011/04/21/net-framework-4-platform-update-1.aspx and http://blogs.msdn.com/b/endpoint/archive/2011/04/18/microsoft-net-framework-4-platform-update-1.aspx

Both seem to point towards not having to update the client unless you are doing a PU1 build...

So im going with No...