Rich Lander [MSFT]

Program Manager, .NET Team

Richard Lander is a Principal Program Manager on the .NET Core team. He works on making .NET Core work great in memory-limited Docker containers, on ARM hardware like the Raspberry Pi, and enabling GPIO programming and IoT scenarios. He is part of the design team that defines new .NET runtime capabilities and features. He enjoys British rock and Doctor Who. He grew up in Canada and New Zealand.

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.NET Core November 2017 Update

November 14th, 2017
Today, we are releasing the .NET Core November Update. This includes .NET Core 1.0.8, 1.1.5 and 2.0.1 and .NET Core SDK 1.1.5 and 2.0.3. Details regarding the security issues addressed by this release can be seen in the Security Advisory announcement. Security CVE-2017-8585 -- Malformed Certificate can cause Denial of Service Microsoft is ...

.NET Framework November 2017 Security and Quality Rollup

November 14th, 2017
Today, we are releasing the November 2017 Security and Quality Rollup. Security This release contains no new security updates. The most recent .NET security updates were shipped with the September 2017 Security and Quality Rollup. Quality and Reliability This release contains the following quality and reliability improvements. CLR WPF...

.NET Core Performance Profiling with Intel® VTune™ Amplifier 2018

October 23rd, 2017
Last Updated: 2018-04-30 This post was written by Varun Venkatesan, Li Tian, and Juan Rodriguez, engineers at Intel. They are excited to share .NET Core-specific enhancements that Intel has made to VTune Amplifier 2018. We're excited to have a new tool to use to help make .NET Core faster on Intel chips. Intel has been a strong partner in ...

.NET Framework October 2017 Preview of Quality Rollup

October 17th, 2017
Today, we are releasing the October 2017 Preview of Quality Rollup. This type of rollup is intended for businesses that want to the preview or use quality improvements as soon as they are available. Quality and Reliability This release contains the following quality and reliability improvements. CLR WPF Note: Additional ...

.NET Framework October 2017 Security and Quality Rollup

October 10th, 2017
Today, we are releasing the October 2017 Security and Quality Rollup. The update applies to all supported Windows versions. It includes a known issue for Windows 10 1507 (see below). Security This release contains no new security updates. Quality and Reliability This release contains the following quality and reliability improvements. WPF...

.NET Framework September 2017 Preview of Quality Rollup

September 25th, 2017
Today, we are releasing the September 2017 Preview of Quality Rollup. This type of rollup is intended for businesses that want to the preview or use quality improvements as soon as they are available. This update applies to Windows 10 Update 1607 (Anniversary Update) and to Windows Server 2016. FYI: The KBs for Windows Server 2016 have been...

.NET Core September 2017 Update — macOS High Sierra Support

September 22nd, 2017
We released .NET Core updates for macOS High Sierra Support and additional quality fixes. You can download and install the update for Windows, macOS and Linux. This update is for .NET Core 1.0 and 1.1. The initial .NET Core 2.0 release includes similar improvements, so is not being updated with this release. Downloads Note: The .NET...

Watch .NET Conf 2017!

September 19th, 2017
.NET Conf starts today. It's a three-day, free, virtual and global .NET conference. All you need to do is point your web browser to channel9.msdn.com, starting at 8AM Pacific Time. We have a packed agenda with a great set of expert .NET developers. What will you learn? Many things. You will learn to build for web, mobile, desktop, games, ...

.NET Framework September 2017 Security and Quality Rollup

September 12th, 2017
Last Updated: 2017.09.21. Today, we are releasing the September 2017 Security and Quality Rollup and Security Only Update. This update applies to Windows 7 and later client versions and Windows Server 2008 and later server versions. This update has known issues. Please see them at the bottom of the update. Security This release contains the...

.NET Framework Update for AppContext

August 18th, 2017
A new update for .NET Framework is now available for the AppContext class. The behavior of the AppContext class was recently regressed. The update returns the class to the correct behavior. This update affects the .NET Framework 4.6 and later. The update is not required on Windows 10. The AppContext class was introduced in the .NET Framework ...