Update 12/15: There was a bug in the Visual Studio 2017 installer that shipped between 12/12 and 12/14, that if you updated a prior RC installation it uninstalled IIS Express, Web Deploy, and LocalDB.  The fix is to manually re-install IIS Express, Web Deploy, and LocalDB.  We shipped an updated installer on 12/15 that fixed this issue, so if you u...

ASP.NET 5 beta8 is now available both on NuGet and as a tooling update to Visual Studio 2015! This release greatly expands the supported surface area of .NET Core on OS X and Linux. You can now use networking, cryptography and globalization features cross-platform! This release also includes some nice improvements to ASP.NET 5, DNX and the Web...

ASP.NET 5 beta7 is now available both on NuGet and as a tooling update to Visual Studio 2015! This release also includes the first public preview of the .NET Execution Environment (DNX) for Mac and Linux based on .NET Core – no Mono required. Let’s take a look at how we can get started with ASP.NET 5 beta7. Installation Note: To use ASP.NET 5 bet...

This week we released ASP.NET 5 Beta5 as an in-place update to Visual Studio 2015 RC on http://nuget.org! The version that shipped with VS2015RC was Beta4 so you’ll definitely want toget this update. ASP.NET 5 Beta5 is loaded with lots of new features, improvements, and bug fixes. It’s important to remember that there’s the ASP.NE...

The NuGet packages for ASP.NET MVC 5.2, ASP.NET Web API 2.2 and ASP.NET Web Pages 3.2 are now live on the NuGet gallery!Download this releaseYou can install or update the NuGet packages for ASP.NET MVC 5.2, ASP.NET Web API 2.2 and ASP.NET Web Pages 3.2 using the NuGet Package Manager Console, with the following commands: Prerequisites for this r...

Hello everybody! My name is Vittorio Bertocci: I am a program manager in the Windows Azure Active Directory team, where I work on developer experience. In the last few months the ASP.NET and Active Directory teams have been busy collaborating on a new OWIN-based programming model for securing modern ASP.NET applications. Today I have the privileg...

The NuGet packages for ASP.NET MVC 5.1, ASP.NET Web API 2.1 and ASP.NET Web Pages 3.1 are now live on the NuGet gallery!Download this releaseYou can install or update to the released NuGet packages for ASP.NET MVC 5.1, ASP.NET Web API 2.1 and ASP.NET Web Pages 3.1 using the NuGet Package Manager Console, like this: Pre-requisites for thi...