Today, we are announcing .NET Core 3.0 Preview 6. It includes updates for compiling assemblies for improved startup, optimizing applications for size with linker and EventPipe improvements. We've also released new Docker images for Alpine on ARM64. Download .NET Core 3.0 Preview 6 right now on Windows, macOS and Linux. Release notes have been...

Today, we are announcing .NET Core 3.0 Preview 5. It includes a new Json serializer, support for publishing single file executables, an update to runtime roll-forward, and changes in the BCL. If you missed it, check out the improvements we released in .NET Core 3.0 Preview 4, from last month. Download .NET Core 3.0 Preview 5 right now on Windows...

Today, we're announcing that the next release after .NET Core 3.0 will be .NET 5. This will be the next big release in the .NET family. There will be just one .NET going forward, and you will be able to use it to target Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, Android, tvOS, watchOS and WebAssembly and more. We will introduce new .NET APIs, runtime capabi...

DockerCon 2019 is being held this week, in San Francisco. We posted a DockerCon 2018 update last year, and it is time to share how we've improved the experience of using .NET and Docker together over the last year. We have a group of .NET Core team members attending the conference again this year. Please reach out @ dotnet@microsoft.com if you w...

Today, we are announcing .NET Core 3.0 Preview 4. It includes a chart control for Windows Forms, HTTP/2 support, GC updates to use less memory, support for CPU limits with Docker, the addition of PowerShell in .NET Core SDK Docker container images, and other improvements. If you missed it, check out the improvements we released in .NET Core 3.0 Pre...

We are now publishing .NET Core container images to Microsoft Container Registry (MCR). We have also made other changes to the images we publish, described in this post. Important: You will need to change statements in files and commands as a result of these changes. 3.0 references need to be changed now. Most 1.x and 2.x usages can be change...

Today, we are announcing .NET Core 3.0 Preview 3. We would like to update you on the .NET Core 3.0 schedule and introduce you to improvements in .NET Core SDK installers, Docker containers, Range, and Index. We also have updates on the Windows Desktop and Entity Framework projects. Download and get started with .NET Core 3 Preview 3 right now on...

.NET Core 1.0 was released on June 27, 2016, and .NET Core 1.1 was released on November 16, 2016. As an LTS release, .NET Core 1.0 is supported for three years. .NET Core 1.1 fits into the same support timeframe as .NET Core 1.0. .NET Core 1.0 and 1.1 will reach end of life…

Today, we are announcing .NET Core 3 Preview 2. It includes new features in .NET Core 3.0 and C# 8, in addition to the large number of new features in Preview 1. ASP.NET Core 3.0 Preview 2  is also released today. C# 8 Preview 2 is part of .NET Core 3 SDK, and was also released last week with Visual Studio 2019 Preview 2. Download and get starte...

The schedule for the .NET and Typescript Developer Room at FOSDEM has now been published! FOSDEM is one of the longest running Free and Open Source conferences, and we’re excited to have a .NET and TypeScript Developer Room this year, with lots of great speakers and sessions. The conference is Saturday 2nd to Sunday 3rd February at the ULB So...