November 2018 | .NET Blog

Announcing .NET Framework 4.8 Early Access build 3694

namrata karnam November 28, 2018 Nov 28, 2018 11/28/18

We are happy to let you know that .NET Framework 4.8 is now feature complete and we have an early access build to share with you all! 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 this is a high-quality release by trying it out and providing...

.NET Framework November 2018 Preview of Quality Rollup

Tara Overfield November 27, 2018 Nov 27, 2018 11/27/18

Today, we are releasing the November 2018 Preview of Quality Rollup. Quality and Reliability This release contains the following quality and reliability improvements. CLR SQL WCF Note: Additional information on these improvements is not available. The VSTS bug number provided with each improvement is a unique ID ...

Running with Server GC in a Small Container Scenario Part 0

maoni November 16, 2018 Nov 16, 2018 11/16/18

This week I was able to get some time to work on the container stuff with low memory limits. As many of you have expressed your dissatisfaction on how Server GC behaves with low memory limit specified on containers on github, I have to apologize that I am just doing this now. Really sorry that some of you guys have to suffer through this thus ...

Handling a new era in the Japanese calendar in .NET

Ron Petrusha (MSFT) November 14, 2018 Nov 14, 2018 11/14/18

Typically, calendar eras represent long time periods. In the Gregorian calendar, for example, the current era spans (as of this year) 2,018 years. In the Japanese calendar, however, a new era begins with the reign of a new emperor. On April 30, 2019, Emperor Akihito is expected to abdicate, which will bring to an end the Heisei era. On the ...

.NET Framework November 2018 Security and Quality Rollup

Tara Overfield November 13, 2018 Nov 13, 2018 11/13/18

Today, we are releasing the November 2018 Security and Quality Rollup.SecurityNo new security fixes. See .NET Framework September 2018 Security and Quality Rollup for the latest security updates.Quality and ReliabilityThis release contains the following quality and reliability improvements.CLRWFWinformsWPFNote: Additional information on these ...

.NET Core tooling update for Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9

Phillip Carter November 13, 2018 Nov 13, 2018 11/13/18

Update! Starting with Visual Studio 2019, the option has moved to: Tools > Options > Environment > Preview Features Old post for posterity: Starting with Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9, we’ve changed how the Visual Studio tooling for .NET consumes .NET Core SDKs. Prior to this change, installing a preview version of the .NET Core ...

Cross-platform Time Zones with .NET Core

christopher roberts msft November 13, 2018 Nov 13, 2018 11/13/18

Developing applications that span multiple operating systems in .NET Core while working with Time Zone information can lead to unexpected results for developers not familiar with the differences in how operating systems manage Time Zones. In this post, we will explore those differences and the challenges they present. Reproducing the issue ...

Building C# 8.0

Mads Torgersen November 12, 2018 Nov 12, 2018 11/12/18

Building C# 8.0 The next major version of C# is C# 8.0. It's been in the works for quite some time, even as we built and shipped the minor releases C# 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3, and I'm quite excited about the new capabilities it will bring. The current plan is that C# 8.0 will ship at the same time as .NET Core 3.0. However, the features will ...

Announcing ML.NET 0.7 (Machine Learning .NET)

Cesar De la Torre November 8, 2018 Nov 8, 2018 11/8/18

We're excited to announce today the release of ML.NET 0.7 - the latest release of the cross-platform and open source machine learning framework for .NET developers (ML.NET 0.1 was released at //Build 2018). This release focuses on enabling better support for recommendation based ML tasks, enabling anomaly detection, enhancing the ...

Understanding the Whys, Whats, and Whens of ValueTask

Stephen Toub - MSFT November 7, 2018 Nov 7, 2018 11/7/18

The .NET Framework 4 saw the introduction of the System.Threading.Tasks namespace, and with it the Task class. This type and the derived Task<TResult> have long since become a staple of .NET programming, key aspects of the asynchronous programming model introduced with C# 5 and its async / await keywords. In this post, I'll ...

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