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Announcing .NET 10
Nov 11, 2025
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Announcing .NET 10

.NET Team
.NET Team

Announcing the release of .NET 10, the most productive, modern, secure, intelligent, and performant release of .NET yet. With updates across ASP.NET Core, C# 14...

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.NET 11 Preview 1 is now available!
Feb 10, 2026
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.NET 11 Preview 1 is now available!

.NET Team
.NET Team

Find out about the new features in .NET 11 Preview 1 across the .NET runtime, SDK, libraries, ASP.NET Core, Blazor, C#, .NET MAUI, and more!

.NET and .NET Framework February 2026 servicing releases updates
Feb 10, 2026
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.NET and .NET Framework February 2026 servicing releases updates

Rahul Bhandari (MSFT) Tara Overfield
Rahul,
Tara

A recap of the latest servicing updates for .NET and .NET Framework for February 2026.

.NET Framework 3.5 Moves to Standalone Deployment in new versions of Windows
Feb 5, 2026
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.NET Framework 3.5 Moves to Standalone Deployment in new versions of Windows

Tara Overfield Brett Lopez
Tara,
Brett

An announcement of .NET Framework 3.5 servicing updates on new versions of Windows.

.NET AI Essentials – The Core Building Blocks Explained
Jan 28, 2026
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.NET AI Essentials – The Core Building Blocks Explained

Jeremy Likness
Jeremy Likness

Learn how Microsoft.Extensions.AI provides a unified API for building intelligent .NET applications with any LLM provider - one interface, endless possibilities, with built-in middleware, telemetry, structured outputs and more.

Join Microsoft at NDC London 2026 – Let’s Build the Future of .NET Together
Jan 26, 2026
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Join Microsoft at NDC London 2026 – Let’s Build the Future of .NET Together

.NET Team
.NET Team

Meet the .NET team at NDC London 2026 to explore the latest in .NET 10, Azure, and AI-powered development through sessions and 1:1 meetups.

.NET and .NET Framework January 2026 servicing releases updates
Jan 13, 2026
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.NET and .NET Framework January 2026 servicing releases updates

Rahul Bhandari (MSFT) Tara Overfield
Rahul,
Tara

A recap of the latest servicing updates for .NET and .NET Framework for January 2026.

How to Build Android Widgets with .NET MAUI
Jan 12, 2026
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How to Build Android Widgets with .NET MAUI

Toine de Boer
Toine de Boer

Build interactive Android widgets with .NET MAUI using RemoteViews, intents, and shared data.

How We Synchronize .NET’s Virtual Monorepo
Jan 12, 2026
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How We Synchronize .NET’s Virtual Monorepo

Přemek Vysoký
Přemek Vysoký

A deep dive into the technical challenges of keeping .NET's product repositories synchronized with our Virtual Monolithic Repository using a custom two-way algorithm.

Secure and Intelligent: Queryable Encryption and Vector Search in MongoDB EF Core Provider
Jan 7, 2026
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Secure and Intelligent: Queryable Encryption and Vector Search in MongoDB EF Core Provider

Rishit Bhatia Luce Carter
Rishit,
Luce

The MongoDB EF Core provider now supports Queryable Encryption and Vector Search. Learn how to encrypt sensitive data while querying it and build AI-powered semantic search applications directly with EF Core.