In Windows Server 8, you can add .NET 3.5 as a feature (.NET 4.5 is installed by default), so I'm assuming you can in Windows 8 as well.
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In Windows Server 8, you can add .NET 3.5 as a feature (.NET 4.5 is installed by default), so I'm assuming you can in Windows 8 as well.