October 2017 | .NET Blog

Introducing API Analyzer

Immo Landwerth [MSFT]October 31, 2017Oct 31, 201710/31/17

This post was written by Olia Gavrysh. Have you ever wondered which APIs are deprecated and which should you use instead? Or have you ever used an API and then found out it didn't work on Mac or Linux? Have that ever happened to you too late when a major part of your code is already implemented and refactoring is way too hard? Both of thes

Welcome to C# 7.1

Mads Torgersen - MSFTOctober 31, 2017Oct 31, 201710/31/17

With C# we have always tended towards major releases: bundle a lot of features up, and release less frequently. We even went so far as routinely omitting the traditional ".0" when we talked about C# 6.0! In the C# 7.0 "wave" we are trying something new. Tools such as Visual Studio upgrade on a frequent cadence, and there's no longer a techn

Moving to real time test discovery in Test Explorer

KendraHavensOctober 30, 2017Oct 30, 201710/30/17

Real time test discovery is a new Visual Studio feature that uses a Roslyn analyzer to discover tests and populate the test explorer in real time without requiring you to build your project. This feature has been introduced in Visual Studio 2017 15.5 Preview 2 behind a feature flag. You can try it out by using the instructions in the next sect

Entity Framework 6.2 Runtime Released

Diego VegaOctober 26, 2017Oct 26, 201710/26/17

Today we announce the availability of EF 6.2 runtime in NuGet.org. Entity Framework (EF) is Microsoft's traditional object/relational mapper (O/RM) for .NET Framework. To understand the difference between EF6 and EF Core, please refer to our documentation. How to obtain the new package You can install EF 6.2 either using the "Manage NuGet

.NET Core Performance Profiling with Intel® VTune™ Amplifier 2018

Rich Lander [MSFT]October 23, 2017Oct 23, 201710/23/17

Last Updated: 2018-04-30 This post was written by Varun Venkatesan, Li Tian, and Juan Rodriguez, engineers at Intel. They are excited to share .NET Core-specific enhancements that Intel has made to VTune Amplifier 2018. We're excited to have a new tool to use to help make .NET Core faster on Intel chips. Intel has been a strong partner in t

Experiment with Azure for FREE!

.NET TeamOctober 19, 2017Oct 19, 201710/19/17

What is Azure? What can it do for me? Do I need it? How do I find out? How do I use it? Will it help my business? Can it help my career? With all the things Azure can do, it's hard to know where to start answering these important questions. But there's a really easy way to explore the potential of Azure completely free and at your own pace: b

Announcing the .NET Framework 4.7.1

Preeti Krishna - MSFTOctober 17, 2017Oct 17, 201710/17/17

Today, we are announcing the release of the .NET Framework 4.7.1. It’s included in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. .NET Framework 4.7.1 is also available on Windows 7+ and Windows Server 2008 R2+. We’ve added support for targeting the .NET Framework 4.7.1 in Visual Studio 2017 15.5. The .NET Framework 4.7.1 includes improveme

.NET Framework October 2017 Preview of Quality Rollup

Rich Lander [MSFT]October 17, 2017Oct 17, 201710/17/17

Today, we are releasing the October 2017 Preview of Quality Rollup. This type of rollup is intended for businesses that want to the preview or use quality improvements as soon as they are available. Quality and Reliability This release contains the following quality and reliability improvements. CLR WPF Note: Additional informa

RyuJIT Just-in-Time Compiler Optimization Enhancements

Joseph Tremoulet [MSFT]October 16, 2017Oct 16, 201710/16/17

I'd like to tell you about some of the recent changes we've made as part of our ongoing work to extend the optimization capabilities of RyuJIT, the MSIL-to-native code generator used by .NET Core and .NET Framework. I hope it will make for an interesting read, and offer some insight into the sorts of optimization opportunities we have our e

.NET Framework October 2017 Security and Quality Rollup

Rich Lander [MSFT]October 10, 2017Oct 10, 201710/10/17

Today, we are releasing the October 2017 Security and Quality Rollup. The update applies to all supported Windows versions. It includes a known issue for Windows 10 1507 (see below). Security This release contains no new security updates. Quality and Reliability This release contains the following quality and reliability improvements. WPF

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