.NET Core Runtime backward compatibility

Question

I need to install on a Windows Server 2012 the .NET Core Runtime for a webapp written with version 1.1. Can I install the .NET Core Runtime 2.0?

I didn't find a clear answer at my question. Here someone raised a similar question https://github.com/dotnet/docs/issues/4241

and here the official .NET Core guidance about runtime versioning https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/versions/

Answer 1

According to the documentation, .NET Core versions can be installed side by side:

While there is a single host, most of the other components are in versioned directories (2,3,5,6). These means multiple versions can be present on the system since they are installed side-by-side.