Which Versions of Windows Server Match the .NET Core Runtime RID's

Question

I am targeting the following runtimes my .NET Core web application in my project.json file:

"runtimes": {
  "win10-x64": { },
  "win8-x64": { },
  "win7-x64": { }
}

Which versions of Windows Server do the above runtime RID's correspond to? The official documentation does not list them. In particular, which RID's should be used to target:

• Windows Server 2008
• Windows Server 2008 R2
• Windows Server 2012
• Windows Server 2012 R2
• Windows Server 2016

Answer 1

Generally each Version of Windows is in line with one Windows Server version.

• Windows Vista - Windows Server 2008 - Version 6.0
• Windows 7 - Windows Server 2008 R2 - Version 6.1
• Windows 8 - Windows Server 2012 - Version 6.2
• Windows 8.1 - Windows Server 2012 R2 - Version 6.3
• Windows 10 - Windows Server 2016 - Version 10