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The Plan for Entity Framework Core 6.0

Jeremy LiknessJanuary 18, 2021Jan 18, 202101/18/21

This blog post details the roadmap for Entity Framework Core 6.0.

Azure Active Directory’s gateway is on .NET Core 3.1!

Avanindra ParuchuriJanuary 14, 2021Jan 14, 202101/14/21

Read about Azure Active Directory gateway service's move from .NET Framework to .NET Core.

Diagnostics improvements in .NET 5

Sourabh Shirhatti [MSFT]January 13, 2021Jan 13, 202101/13/21

Diagnostics improvements in .NET 5

.NET January 2021 Updates – 5.0.2, 3.1.11, 2.1.24

Rahul Bhandari (MSFT)January 12, 2021Jan 12, 202101/12/21

Today, we are releasing the .NET January 2021 Updates. These updates contains reliability and security improvements. See the individual release notes for details on updated packages. You can download 5.0.2 , 3.1.11, 2.1.24 versions for Windows, macOS, and Linux, for x86, x64, Arm32, and Arm64. Security CVE-...

.NET Framework January Security and Quality Rollup Update

Tara OverfieldJanuary 12, 2021Jan 12, 202101/12/21

Today, we are releasing the January 2021 Security and Quality Rollup Updates for .NET Framework. Security The January Security and Quality Rollup Update does not contain any new security fixes. See October 2020 Security and Quality Rollup for the latest security updates. Quality and Reliability This release contains the following quality ...

Migrating RealProxy Usage to DispatchProxy

Mike RousosJanuary 12, 2021Jan 12, 202101/12/21

The RealProxy type is not available in .NET Core or .NET 5, but other replacement types have been added. This post looks at how DispatchProxy and Castle.Core's DynamicProxy enable AOP paradigms in .NET 5.

.NET 5 Networking Improvements

MáňaJanuary 11, 2021Jan 11, 202101/11/21

Introducing new networking features in .NET 5.

WSFederationHttpBinding in .NET Standard

Mike RousosJanuary 7, 2021Jan 7, 202101/7/21

The new `System.ServiceModel.Federation` package adds support for `WSFederationHttpBinding` and `WS2007FederationHttpBinding` which enable WS-Federation authentication scenarios. In this post, I'll show you you the basics of getting started with these client-side bindings in your .NET Core applications and .NET Standard libraries.