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    October 13th, 2020
    Today, we are shipping .NET 5.0 Release Candidate 2 (RC2). It is a near-final release of .NET 5.0, and the last of two RCs before the official release in November. RC2 is a "go live" release; you are supported using it in production. At this point, we're looking for reports of any remaining critical bugs that should be fixed before the final ...
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    Announcing .NET 5.0 RC 1
    September 13th, 2020
    Today, we are shipping .NET 5.0 Release Candidate 1 (RC1). It is a near-final release of .NET 5.0, and the first of two RCs before the official release in November. RC1 is a "go live" release; you are supported using it in production. At this point, we're looking for reports of any remaining critical bugs that should be fixed before the final ...
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    Announcing .NET 5.0 Preview 8
    Announcing .NET 5.0 Preview 8
    August 25th, 2020
    Today, we are releasing .NET 5.0 Preview 8. The .NET 5.0 release is now "feature complete", meaning that very nearly all features are in their final form (with the exception of bug fixes still to come). Preview 8 is, appropriately, the last preview. We plan on releasing two go-live release candidates before the final .NET 5.0 release in ...
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    Announcing .NET 5.0 Preview 7
    July 21st, 2020
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    Announcing .NET 5.0 Preview 6
    Announcing .NET 5.0 Preview 6
    June 25th, 2020
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    Announcing .NET 5.0 Preview 5
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