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Porting desktop apps to .NET Core

May 28, 2019 May 28, 2019 05/28/19
Olia Gavrysh
Since I've been working with the community on porting desktop applications from .NET Framework to .NET Core, I've noticed that there are two camps of folks: some want a very simple and short list of instructions to get their apps ported to .NET Core while others prefer a more principled approach with more background information. Instead of ...

.NET Framework May 2019 Security and Quality Rollup

May 14, 2019 May 14, 2019 05/14/19
Tara Overfield
Today, we are releasing the May 2019 Cumulative Update, Security and Quality Rollup, and Security Only Update. Security CVE-2019-0820 – Denial of Service Vulnerability A denial of service vulnerability exists when .NET Framework and .NET Core improperly process RegEx strings. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could...

Introducing the new Microsoft.Data.SqlClient

May 8, 2019 May 8, 2019 05/8/19
Diego Vega
This post was written by Vicky Harp, Program Manager on SqlClient and SQL Server Tools. Those of you who have been following .NET development closely have very likely seen Scott Hunter's latest blog post, .NET Core is the Future of .NET. The change in focus of .NET Framework towards stability and new feature development moving to .NET Core ...

.NET Core is the Future of .NET 

May 6, 2019 May 6, 2019 05/6/19
Scott Hunter [MSFT]
We introduced .NET Core 1.0 on November 2014. The goal with .NET Core was to take the learning from our experience building, shipping and servicing .NET Framework over the previous 12 years and build a better product. Some examples of these improvements are side-by-side installations (you can install a new version and not worry about ...

Upcoming Updates for .NET Framework 4.8

April 19, 2019 Apr 19, 2019 04/19/19
Brett Lopez
Upcoming Updates for .NET Framework 4.8 The .NET Framework 4.8 product release is now available. The .NET Framework 4.8 product will receive updates on the same cadence and the usual channels (Windows Update, WSUS, Catalog) as all .NET Framework and Windows cumulative updates. For Windows 10, .NET Framework 4.8 updates will now be ...

Announcing the .NET Framework 4.8

April 18, 2019 Apr 18, 2019 04/18/19
Namrata Karnam
We are thrilled to announce the release of the .NET Framework 4.8 today. It’s included in the Windows 10 May 2019 Update. .NET Framework 4.8 is also available on Windows 7+ and Windows Server 2008 R2+. You can install .NET 4.8 from our .NET Download site. For building applications targeting .NET Framework 4.8, you can download the NET 4....

.NET Framework April 2, 2019 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 version 1809 and Windows Server 2019

April 2, 2019 Apr 2, 2019 04/2/19
Tara Overfield
Today, we released the March 2019 Update for Windows 10 version 1809 and Windows Server 2019. Quality and Reliability This release contains the following quality and reliability improvements. CLR Getting the Update The Update is available via Windows Server Update Services and Microsoft Update Catalog. Microsoft ...

Migrating Delegate.BeginInvoke Calls for .NET Core

March 28, 2019 Mar 28, 2019 03/28/19
Mike Rousos
I recently worked with a couple customers migrating applications to .NET Core that had to make code changes to workaround and methods on delegates not being supported on .NET Core. In this post, we'll look at why these APIs aren't implemented for .NET Core, why their usage isn't caught by the .NET API Portability Analyzer, and how to fix ...

.NET Framework March 2019 Update

March 19, 2019 Mar 19, 2019 03/19/19
Tara Overfield
Today, we released the March 2019 Update. Quality and Reliability This release contains the following quality and reliability improvements. CLR Getting the Update The Update is available via Windows Server Update Services and Microsoft Update Catalog. Microsoft Update Catalog You can get the update via the Microsoft ...