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Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7 is available on Windows Update, WSUS, and MU Catalog

June 13, 2017 Jun 13, 2017 06/13/17
Jamshed Damkewala
Last Updated: 9/14/2017 We are happy to announce the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7 is now available on Windows Update, Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), and the Microsoft Update (MU) Catalog for the following operating systems: Client platforms: Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 Anniversary Update (Version 1607) Server platforms: ...

.NET Core 2 and Visual Studio 2017 (15.3) Preview 2

June 12, 2017 Jun 12, 2017 06/12/17
Lee Coward
Visual Studio 2017 (15.3) Preview 2 was recently released which includes .NET Core 1.0 and 1.1, our latest production releases of .NET Core. You will need to install the .NET Core 2.0 Preview 1 SDK to develop .NET Core 2.0 applications using Visual Studio 2017 (15.3) Preview 2 . We are working on .NET Core 2.0 Preview 2 which will be ...

.NET Fringe: A Great Role Model for Community Oriented Conferences

June 12, 2017 Jun 12, 2017 06/12/17
Immo Landwerth
A few of us just went to a smaller .NET conference in Portland, called .NET Fringe. For me, it was the third time I attended .NET Fringe. I've realized that this conference has gained a special place in my heart, so thought it would be worthwhile writing up why that is. My goal isn't to convince you to attend .NET Fringe per se, but to ...

Performance Improvements in .NET Core

June 7, 2017 Jun 7, 2017 06/7/17
Stephen Toub - MSFT
Update (2017/06/12): Added BenchmarkDotNet blog post link. There are many exciting aspects to .NET Core (open source, cross platform, x-copy deployable, etc.) that have been covered in posts on this blog before. To me, though, one of the most exciting aspects of .NET Core is performance. There's been a lot of discussion about the ...

The week in .NET – On .NET with Brett Morrison, DateTime Extensions

June 6, 2017 Jun 6, 2017 06/6/17
Bertrand Le Roy
Previous posts: On .NET: Brett Morrison During the Build conference, I caught up with my friend Brett Morrison. Brett is an entrepreneur, executive, and hands-on developer, who has been using Microsoft products and .NET throughout his career. He founded startups, such as Onestop and ememories, and also worked for SpaceX...