ASP.NET AJAX was built in for 3.5
.Net 3.0
.net 2.0 + WF + WPF + WCF + Platform
.Net 3.5
.Net 3.0 + LINQ, ASP.NET AJAX, new controls, richer WCF support (including REST, AtomPub) and several other features
For more information, see .NET Frameworks , which shows the difference and added features from .net frameworks 1.0 and
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