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 Framework May 2017 Cumulative Quality Update for Windows 10

We just released a new Cumulative Quality Update for the .NET Framework. This update is specific to Windows 10 Creators Update. Previously released security and quality updates are included in this release. These quality updates will be made available to other .NET Framework and Windows version combinations in Q3 2017. You can read the .NET...

Using .NET and Docker Together

Update: See Using .NET and Docker Together – DockerCon 2018 Update Many developers I talk to are either using Docker actively or planning to adopt containers in their environment. Containers are an important trend in our industry and .NET is part of that. Microsoft and Docker have been working together so that you'll have a great ...

.NET Framework May 2017 Preview of Quality Rollup

This release is no longer recommended / available. A bug was found in the May 2017 Preview of Quality Rollup installer that is incompatible with the .NET Framework 4.7 installer. The bug only surfaces when the May 2017 Preview of Quality Rollup (this update) and the .NET Framework 4.7 are installed, in that order. See KB ...

Announcing .NET Core 2.0 Preview 1

Today, we are announcing .NET Core 2.0 Preview 1. It is the first public release of .NET Core 2.0. We have great improvements that we want to share and that we would love to get your feedback on. You can develop .NET Core 2.0 apps with Visual Studio 2017 Preview 15.3, Visual Studio for Mac or VS Code. ASP.NET Core 2.0 Preview 1 is also ...

.NET Framework May 2017 Security and Quality Rollup

Last Updated (2015/05/31) Today, we are releasing a new Security and Quality Rollup and Security Only Update for the .NET Framework. Please see .NET Core May 2017 Updates for the .NET Core updates being released today. Security Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2017-0248 A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when...

Announcing the .NET Framework 4.7 General Availability

Last Updated: 2017/06/15 Today, we are announcing the general availability of the .NET Framework 4.7. The .NET Framework 4.7 was released as part of Windows 10 Creators Update a month ago. You can now install the .NET Framework 4.7 on other versions of Windows. You can download the .NET Framework 4.7: The .NET Framework ...

.NET Framework April 2017 Security and Quality Rollup

Update (2017/05/15): Added Windows 10 entries to KB table. Update (2017/05/09): Known issue information added for the release. Update (2017/04/20): Known issue information added for the release. Today, we are releasing a new Security and Quality Rollup and Security Only Update for the .NET Framework. You can read the April 2017 Security ...

Announcing the .NET Framework 4.7

Last Updated: 6/15/2017 Today, we are announcing the release of the .NET Framework 4.7. It's included in the Windows 10 Creators Update. We've added support for targeting the .NET Framework 4.7 in Visual Studio 2017, also updated today. See Announcing the .NET Framework 4.7 General Availability to learn about and download the .NET ...

Announcing .NET Core Tools 1.0

Today, we are releasing .NET Core Tools 1.0. It's an exciting day and an important milestone in the .NET Core journey. The tools are supported on Windows, macOS and Linux. You can use them at the command-line, with VS Code or as part of Visual Studio 2017. You can download the new .NET Core tools at .NET Core Downloads, for using .NET Core on...

Announcing .NET Core Tools Updates in VS 2017 RC

Updated (4/2017): See .NET Core Releases to learn about newer releases. Updated (4/2017): See Announcing .NET Core Tools 1.0 to learn about the final .NET Core Tools 1.0 release in Visual Studio 2017 RTM. Today, we are releasing updates to the .NET Core SDK, included in Visual Studio 2017 RC. You can also install the .NET Core SDK for use ...