February 2021 | .NET Blog

Internals of the POH

maoni February 27, 2021 Feb 27, 2021 02/27/21

As folks are aware we added a new kind of heap in .NET 5 called the POH (Pinned Object Heap). Since this is a user facing feature (and there aren't that many of those in GC) I've been meaning to write about it but didn't get around till now. In this blog entry I'll explain the internals of it, partly because if you understand ...

.NET Framework February 2021 Cumulative Update Preview for Windows 10 2004, Windows Server, version 2004, Windows 10, version 20H2 and Windows Server, version 20H2

Tara Overfield February 24, 2021 Feb 24, 2021 02/24/21

Today, we are releasing the February 2021 Cumulative Update Preview for .NET Framework for Windows 10 2004, Windows Server, version 2004, Windows 10, version 20H2 and Windows Server, version 20H2. Quality and Reliability This release contains the following quality and reliability improvements. CLR1 WPF2 ...

Survey: Library & Open Source

Immo Landwerth February 22, 2021 Feb 22, 2021 02/22/21

Are you an open source maintainer, contributor or consumer? Please help us to identify pain points and concerns so we can make your experience better!

Tune in for .NET Conf: Focus on Windows, February 25th

Beth Massi February 22, 2021 Feb 22, 2021 02/22/21

Save the date February 25th and tune in for a special .NET Conf live stream all about native Windows apps. Learn how to modernize your Windows apps and move them forward.

Announcing Entity Framework Core 6.0 Preview 1

Jeremy Likness February 17, 2021 Feb 17, 2021 02/17/21

Announcing the release of EF Core 6.0 Preview 1, the first preview of the new Entity Framework Core.

Announcing .NET 6 Preview 1

Richard Lander February 17, 2021 Feb 17, 2021 02/17/21

.NET 6 Preview 1 is now available and is the start of the next major .NET release, focused on .NET unification and supporting new platforms.

.NET Framework February 2021 Cumulative Update Preview for .NET Framework.

Tara Overfield February 17, 2021 Feb 17, 2021 02/17/21

Yesterday, we released the February 2021 Cumulative Update Preview for .NET Framework. Quality and Reliability This release contains the following quality and reliability improvements. CLR1 WPF2 Winforms 1 Common Language Runtime (CLR) 2 Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Known issues in this ...

Staying safe with .NET containers

Richard Lander February 11, 2021 Feb 11, 2021 02/11/21

An update on using .NET and containers together -- how to stay safe and keep your container images up-to-date.

.NET Framework February Security and Quality Rollup

Tara Overfield February 9, 2021 Feb 9, 2021 02/9/21

Revised 4/15/2021: On April 13th, 2021, this update was released to replace a previous release of this some updates. See known issues section for more details. If you've already installed a previous release of an affected update, no action is required. Today, we are releasing the February 2021 Security and Quality Rollup Updates for .NET ...

.NET February 2021 Updates – 5.0.3, 3.1.12, 2.1.25

Rahul Bhandari (MSFT) February 9, 2021 Feb 9, 2021 02/9/21

Today, we are releasing the .NET February 2021 Updates. These updates contains reliability and security improvements. See the individual release notes for details on updated packages. You can download 5.0.3 , 3.1.12, 2.1.25 versions for Windows, macOS, and Linux, for x86, x64, Arm32, and Arm64. Security ...

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