February 2018 | .NET Blog

Announcing Entity Framework Core 2.1 Preview 1

Diego VegaFebruary 27, 2018Feb 27, 201802/27/18

Today we are releasing the first preview of EF Core 2.1, alongside .NET Core 2.1 Preview 1 and ASP.NET Core 2.1 Preview 1. The new bits are available in NuGet as part of the individual packages, and as part of the ASP.NET Core meta-packages (both Microsoft.AspNetCore.All and the new Microsoft.AspNetCore.App), and included in the .NET Core S

Announcing .NET Core 2.1 Preview 1

Rich Lander [MSFT]February 27, 2018Feb 27, 201802/27/18

Today, we are announcing .NET Core 2.1 Preview 1. It is the first public release of .NET Core 2.1. We have great improvements that we want to share and that we would love to get your feedback on, either in the comments or at dotnet/core #1297. ASP.NET Core 2.1 Preview 1 and Entity Framework 2.1 Preview 1 are also releasing today. You can

Calling All Desktop Developers: How do you interact with data?

Aditi Dugar [MSFT]February 27, 2018Feb 27, 201802/27/18

Connecting to databases and services is an important part of desktop application development for many of our customers. Visual Studio provides a variety of tools and technologies that can help you connect to and interact with your different data sources. We’d love your help in shaping our future offerings in this space! Please fill out th

Azure Blob Storage as a Network Drive

Aaron RoneyFebruary 26, 2018Feb 26, 201802/26/18

Many applications make use of a network drive to backup and store files. When I was in university I found myself constantly coding for fun, and one example took the form of a network share for my roommates to share files wrapped in a handy little app. Unfortunately, that particular app has long since been erased from whichever hard drive it w

.NET Framework February 2018 Security and Quality Rollup

Rich Lander [MSFT]February 13, 2018Feb 13, 201802/13/18

Today, we are releasing the February 2018 Security and Quality Rollup. Security No new security fixes. See .NET Framework January 2018 Security and Quality Rollup for the latest security updates. Quality and Reliability This release contains the following quality and reliability improvements. It includes the same quality improvements that wer

Machine Learning in .NET – Help us build the right experience!

Olia GavryshFebruary 13, 2018Feb 13, 201802/13/18

In the past few years, Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) have paved the road for building smarter applications through advancements in speech recognition, computer vision, intelligent search and much more. So far the ability to build models has largely been limited to data scientists, as a part of the .NET platform moving

Announcing .NET Framework 4.7.2 Early Access build 3052!

Preeti Krishna - MSFTFebruary 5, 2018Feb 5, 201802/5/18

Today, we are happy to share the .NET Framework 4.7.2 Early Access build 3052 for your feedback. .NET Framework 4.7.2 is the next version of the .NET Framework. It is currently feature-complete and in the testing phase. We would love your help to ensure this is a high quality and compatible release. This release is feature complete and in th

Entity Framework Core 2.1 Roadmap

Diego VegaFebruary 2, 2018Feb 2, 201802/2/18

As mentioned in the announcement of the .NET Core 2.1 roadmap earlier today, at this point we know the overall shape of our next release and we have decided on a general schedule for it. As we approach the release of our first preview later this month, we also wanted to expand on what we have planned for Entity Framework Core 2.1. New feature

.NET Core 2.1 Roadmap

Rich Lander [MSFT]February 2, 2018Feb 2, 201802/2/18

The .NET team has been working on the .NET Core 2.1 release for the last several months on GitHub. We know that many of you have been using .NET Core 2.0 since it shipped in August of last year and want to know what is coming next. The team has done enough work now that we know the overall shape of the next release. Like past releases, the .NE

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