Overview
Tensor is an exchange type for homogenous multi-dimensional data for 1 to N dimensions. The motivation behind introducing Tensor<T> is to make it easy for Machine Learning library vendors like CNTK, Tensorflow, Caffe, Scikit-Learn to port their libraries over to .NET with minimal dependencies in place. Tensor<T> is ...
Today we released a prototype of a C# feature called "nullable reference types", which is intended to help you find and fix most of your null-related bugs before they blow up at runtime.
We would love for you to install the prototype and try it out on your code! (Or maybe a copy of it! 😄) Your feedback is going to help us get the feature ...
We're pleased to announce that Visual Studio 2017 15.5 Preview 4 now supports F# projects targeting .NET Core, .NET Standard, and .NET Framework through the .NET Core SDK. Some of you have noticed various levels of this support in the first, second, and third previews. We still had a few work items left to complete when those were released, so...
We're excited to announce several improvements to the Azure Functions experience in Visual Studio as part of the latest update to the Azure Functions tools on top of Visual Studio 2017 v15.5.
New Function project dialog
To make it easier to get up and running with Azure Functions, we've introduced a new Functions ...
C# 7.2 is the latest point release of C#, and adds a number of small but useful features.
All the features are described in wonderful detail in the docs. Start with the overview, What's new in C# 7.2, which gives you an excellent introduction to the new set of capabilities. It is worth celebrating that a significant portion of the docs are ...
Today, we are releasing the .NET Core November Update. This includes .NET Core 1.0.8, 1.1.5 and 2.0.1 and .NET Core SDK 1.1.5 and 2.0.3.
Details regarding the security issues addressed by this release can be seen in the Security Advisory announcement.
Security
CVE-2017-8585 -- Malformed Certificate can cause Denial of Service
Microsoft is ...
Today, we are releasing the November 2017 Security and Quality Rollup.
Security
This release contains no new security updates. The most recent .NET security updates were shipped with the September 2017 Security and Quality Rollup.
Quality and Reliability
This release contains the following quality and reliability improvements.
CLR
WPF...
This is a guest post by Mike Rousos
One of the benefits of containers is their small size, which allows them to be more quickly deployed and more efficiently packed onto a host than virtual machines could be. This post highlights some recent advances in Windows container technology and .NET Core technology that allow ASP.NET Core Windows ...
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As part of the series of posts announced at this initial blog post (.NET Application Architecture Guidance) that explores each of the architecture areas currently covered by our team, this current blog post focuses on introducing the new "Modernize existing .NET applications with Windows Containers and Azure" eBook which you can ...
We know virtual machines (VMs) are one of the most popular places to run apps in Azure, but publishing to a VM from Visual Studio has been a tricky experience for some. So, we’re pleased to announce that in Visual Studio 15.5 we’ve added some improvements to the experience. In this post, we’ll discussed the requirements for a VM that’s...