Feature Comparison

The following is an incomplete list of features differences between the legacy project system and the new project system.

For a list of behavior differences; see Compatibility.

Feature	Legacy	New	Notes
Platforms
.NET Standard		●
.NET Core		●	Includes .NET 5.0 and later
.NET Framework	●	◖	No ASP.NET AppModel support in new project system
App Models
ASP.NET Core (.NET Framework & .NET Core)		●
ASP.NET	●
Xamarin	●	● (17.0)
Universal Windows Platform (UWP)	●
Windows Presentation Framework (WPF)	●	● (16.3)
Windows Forms	●	● (16.3)
Windows Workflow Foundation (WWF)	●
Build
Target multiple frameworks (multi-target) from single project		●
Show build (design-time) errors & warnings in Error List as you make them		●
Debug/Run
Debug multiple frameworks from single project		●
Debug with multiple environments from single project ("launch profiles")		●
Debug settings persistence	project.csproj.user	launchsettings.json
Influence environment variables on debug		●
Launch with native debugging	●	●
Launch with SQL Server debugging	●	● (16.4)
Launch with remote debugging	●	● (16.5)
Launch with Azure Snapshot Debugger		●
Hot Reload		● (17.0)
Publish
Publish to Azure		●
ClickOnce Publish	●
Project
Globbing support		●	`<Compile Include="*.cs" />`
Simplified project format		●	`<Project Sdk="Microsoft.Net.Sdk">`
Simplified configuration syntax		●	`<Configurations>Debug;Release<Configurations>;<Platforms>AnyCPU;x64</Platforms>`
Implicit configuration syntax	●		`<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)\|$(Platform)' == 'Debug\|AnyCPU'">`
Edit project XML while project is loaded		●
Find & Find in Files in project file		●
Automatically reload project file with no prompts		●
Automatically reload targets files		●
Automatically refresh Solution Explorer to reflect file system		●
Show items included in imports (.targets/.props)		●
Dependencies
Auto-restore packages on load and external edit		●
Packages.config support	●
PackageReference support	●	●
Dependency node showing package/project graph		●
Transitive ProjectReference		●
Generate NuGet package on build		●
Features
Add Service Reference	●
Add Web Reference	●
Add Data Source	●	● (16.4)
Settings Designer	●	●	Added support for .NET Core 3.0 in 16.7
DataSet Designer	●	●
"Initialize Interactive Window with Project"	●	●	Only when targeting .NET Framework.
Class Diagrams	●	●
Code Analysis	●
Code Metrics	●	●
Code Clones	●	●
Fakes	●	● (16.7)
T4 Templates	●
Automation Extenders	●	●

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