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.NET Framework January 22, 2018 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 version 1809 and Windows Server 2019

January 22, 2019 Jan 22, 2019 01/22/19
Tara Overfield
Today, we are releasing the January 22, 2018 .NET Framework Cumulative Update for Windows 10 version 1809 and Windows Server 2019. For more information about the new Cumulative Updates for .NET Framework for Windows 10 version 1809 and Windows Server 2019 please refer to this recent announcement. Update Notice (1/23/2019): The term "...

Help us help you! What desktop apps are you bringing to .NET Core 3.0?

January 17, 2019 Jan 17, 2019 01/17/19
Olia Gavrysh
Windows Desktop applications are coming to .NET Core. The recently released .NET Core 3.0 Preview 1 version includes WinForms and WPF support. To make .NET Core 3.0 viable for as many of you as possible, we have created a survey to understand the types of desktop applications you want to build with .NET Core. Based on the information you ...

Tell us your thoughts on ML.NET, an open source and cross-platform machine learning framework

January 9, 2019 Jan 9, 2019 01/9/19
Bri Achtman
ML.NET is an open source and cross-platform machine learning framework made for .NET developers. .NET developers can use their C# or F# skills to easily integrate custom machine learning into their web, mobile, desktop, gaming, or IoT applications without any prior expertise in developing or tuning machine learning models. ML.NET covers many ...

.NET Core January 2019 Updates – 2.1.7 and 2.2.1

January 8, 2019 Jan 8, 2019 01/8/19
Lee Coward
Today, we are releasing the .NET Core January 2019 Update. These updates contain security and reliability fixes. Security CVE-2019-0545: .NET Core Information Disclosure Vulnerability The security update addresses the vulnerability by enforcing Cross-origin Resource Sharing (CORS) configuration to prevent its bypass in .NET ...

.NET Framework January 2019 Security and Quality Rollup

January 8, 2019 Jan 8, 2019 01/8/19
Tara Overfield
Today, we are releasing the January 2019 Security and Quality Rollup. Security CVE-2019-0545 – Windows Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft .NET Framework that may cause an information disclosure that allows bypassing Cross-origin Resource Sharing (CORS) configurations. An ...

Announcing .NET Framework 4.8 Early Access Build 3707

December 14, 2018 Dec 14, 2018 12/14/18
namrata karnam
We have another early access build to share today! This release includes several accessibility, performance, reliability and stability fixes across the major framework libraries. We will continue to stabilize this release and take more fixes over the coming months and we would greatly appreciate it if you could help us ensure Build 3707 is a ...

Visual Studio 2019 Preview .NET Productivity

December 13, 2018 Dec 13, 2018 12/13/18
KendraHavens
As you hopefully heard, the first preview of Visual Studio 2019 is now available. In this post I’ll cover some of the productivity improvements for .NET developers we’re most excited about. For a complete list, check out the release notes. Regex Language Support Any regular expressions in your C# or Visual Basic files now have syntax ...

.NET Framework December 2018 Security and Quality Rollup

December 11, 2018 Dec 11, 2018 12/11/18
Tara Overfield
Today, we are releasing the December 2018 Security and Quality Rollup. Security CVE-2018-8540 – Windows Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft .NET Framework that could allow remote code execution when Microsoft .NET Framework doesn't validate input correctly. The attacker who ...