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What you need to know
Microsoft Silverlight is a framework for web app development.
It is only currently supported on Internet Explorer 11, which is also being taken behind the barn soon.
On October 12, 2021, Silverlight will no longer receive support.
Soon, the only light Microsoft Silverlight will see is the light at the end of the tunnel. As of October 12, 2021, no more than seven days after Microsoft officially welcomes Windows 11 into the world, it will drop Silverlight like a sack of potatoes and cease support operations.
In case you`re not familiar with Microsoft Silverlight, it`s a framework for web app development built for rich web applications. Think Adobe Flash. Currently, it`s only supported on Internet Explorer 11, which is due for retirement in 2022.
Wondering what web apps ran on Silverlight? Well, Netflix, for a time. That should give you an idea of the framework`s previous place in the world that it`s soon to no longer be a supported part...
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