On the data end, .NET 4.6.1 also adds sports a number of data connectivity improvements, including support for SQL Connectivity for AlwaysOn, Always Encrypted and improved connection open resiliency ...

.NET Framework 4.6.1 released. Meanwhile, variations of .NET Framework 4.x older than 4.5.2 are approaching end of support. Microsoft's .NET Fundamentals Team a few weeks ago announced a new version ...