For enterprises deploying via ClickOnce, 4.6.2 was a godsend. It introduced support for for manifest downloads, finally allowing ClickOnce deployments to work with servers that had disabled SSL3 and TLS 1.0. It also added better logging for deployment failures.
The release of .NET 4.6.2 brought major performance enhancements and modernized the framework to align with evolving web standards. Cryptography and Security Enhancements microsoft .net framework v4.6.2
Even though .NET 5/6/7/8 are the present and future of development, many production environments still rely on the stability of the .NET Framework (the Windows-only version). One of the most solid releases in that line is Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2 . For enterprises deploying via ClickOnce, 4