Lee Coward

.NET Program Manager, .NET

Lee Coward is a Program Manager on the .NET team. He works on making .NET releases efficient for the team, and easy to acquire for the community.

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.NET Core 3.0 will reach End of Life on March 3, 2020

.NET Core 3.0 will reach end of life on March 3, 2020. It is a “Current” release and is superseded by .NET Core 3.1, which was released on December 3, 2019. After that time, .NET Core patch updates will no longer include updated packages .NET Core 3.0. .NET Core 3.1 is a long-term supported (LTS) release (supported for at least 3 years). ...

.NET Core 2.2 will reach End of Life on December 23, 2019

.NET Core 2.2 was released on December 4, 2018. As a non-LTS ("Current") release, it is supported for three months after the next release. .NET Core 3.0 was released on September 23, 2019. As a result, .NET Core 2.2 is supported until December 23, 2019. After that time, .NET Core patch updates will no longer include updated packages of ...

.NET Core September 2019 Updates – 2.1.13 and 2.2.7

Today, we are releasing the .NET Core September 2019 Update. These updates contain security and reliability fixes. See the individual release notes for details on updated packages. NOTE: If you are a Visual Studio user, there are MSBuild version requirements so use only the .NET Core SDK supported for each Visual Studio version. Information...

Improving .NET Core installation in Visual Studio and on Windows

Visual Studio 2019 version 16.3 and .NET Core 3.0 Preview 7 improve the installation experience of .NET Core on Windows. The goal is to reduce the number of .NET Core versions that might be on a machine. The improvements are based on customer feedback and our own experiences as well as laying the groundwork for future improvements. .NET Core ...

.NET Core May 2019 Updates – 1.0.16, 1.1.14, 2.1.11 and 2.2.5

Today, we are releasing the .NET Core May 2019 Update. These updates contain security and reliability fixes. See the individual release notes for details on updated packages. NOTE: If you are a Visual Studio user, there are MSBuild version requirements so use only the .NET Core SDK supported for each Visual Studio version. Information ...

.NET Core March 2019 Updates – 1.0.15, 1.1.12, 2.1.9 and 2.2.3

Today, we are releasing the .NET Core March 2019 Update. These updates contain security and reliability fixes. See the individual release notes for details on included reliability fixes. Security Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2019-0757: .NET Core NuGet Tampering Vulnerability A tampering vulnerability exists in NuGet ...

.NET Core February 2019 Updates – 1.0.14, 1.1.11, 2.1.8 and 2.2.2

The latest .NET Core updates are available on the .NET Core download page. This update is also included in the Visual Studio 15.0.21 (.NET Core 1.0 and 1.1) and 15.9.7 (.NET Core 1.0, 1.1 and 2.1) updates, which is also releasing today. See the .NET Core release notes ( 1.0.14 | 1.1.11 | 2.1.8 | 2.2.2 ) for details on the release including a issues fixed and affected packages.

.NET Core January 2019 Updates – 2.1.7 and 2.2.1

Today, we are releasing the .NET Core January 2019 Update. These updates contain security and reliability fixes. Security CVE-2019-0545: .NET Core Information Disclosure Vulnerability The security update addresses the vulnerability by enforcing Cross-origin Resource Sharing (CORS) configuration to prevent its bypass in .NET ...

.NET Core October 2018 Update – NET Core 2.1.5 & SDK 2.1.403

.NET Core October 2018 Update Today, we are releasing the .NET Core October 2018 Update. This update includes .NET Core 2.1.5 and .NET Core SDK 2.1.403 and contains important reliability fixes. Getting the Update The latest .NET Core updates are available on the .NET Core download page. This update will be included in the Visual Studio 15.8...

.NET Core September 2018 Update

Today, we are releasing the .NET Core September 2018 Update. This update includes .NET Core 2.1.4 and .NET Core SDK 2.1.402 and contains important reliability fixes. Security CVE-2018-8409: .NET Core Denial Of Service Vulnerability A denial of service vulnerability exists in .NET Core 2.1 when System.IO.Pipelines improperly handles requests...