Question 684. What Is Side-by-side Execution? Can Two Applications, One Using A Private Assembly And Other Using A Shared Assembly, Be Stated As Side-by-side Executables?
Side-by-side execution is the ability to store and execute multiple versions of an application or component on the same computer. This means that you can have multiple versions of the runtime, and multiple versions of applications and components that use a version of the runtime, on the same computer at the same time.