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Conversation about the .NET open source project

Richard Lander July 28, 2021 Jul 28, 2021 07/28/21

Conversation with .NET engineers about the .NET open source project, five+ years in.

Tune in July 29 for .NET Conf: Focus on F#

Beth Massi July 26, 2021 Jul 26, 2021 07/26/21

Save the date July 29 for .NET Conf: Focus on F#, a free, one-day livestream event that features speakers from the community and Microsoft teams working on and using the F# language.

Try the new System.Text.Json source generator

Layomi Akinrinade July 22, 2021 Jul 22, 2021 07/22/21

Learn about the new System.Text.Json source generator

Conversation about skills and learning

Richard Lander July 19, 2021 Jul 19, 2021 07/19/21

Conversation with .NET engineers about dev skills and learning. They share their perspectives on the skills and aptitudes needed to be successful on the team, and how important learning on the job is versus any specific skills that you walk in the door with. They also share the journeys they have taken on personal and career development.

.NET Framework July 2021 Security and Quality Rollup

Tara Overfield July 14, 2021 Jul 14, 2021 07/14/21

Yesterday, we released the July 2021 Security and Quality Rollup Updates for .NET Framework. Security The June Security and Quality Rollup Update does not contain any new security fixes. See February 2021 Security and Quality Rollup for the latest security updates. Quality and Reliability This release contains the following quality and ...

Announcing Entity Framework Core 6.0 Preview 6: Configure Conventions

Jeremy Likness July 14, 2021 Jul 14, 2021 07/14/21

Learn about configure conventions and other new features that are available in EF Core 6.0 Preview 6.

Announcing .NET 6 Preview 6

Richard Lander July 14, 2021 Jul 14, 2021 07/14/21

.NET 6 Preview 6 is now available.

Announcing .NET MAUI Preview 6

David Ortinau July 14, 2021 Jul 14, 2021 07/14/21

.NET MAUI Preview 6 is now available with workload installation, support for gesture recognizers, modals, alerts, and the latest release of Windows App SDK.

.NET July 2021 Updates – 5.0.8 and 3.1.17

Rahul Bhandari (MSFT) July 13, 2021 Jul 13, 2021 07/13/21

Today, we are releasing the .NET July 2021 Updates. These updates contains reliability and other improvements. See the individual release notes for details on updated packages. You can download 5.0.8 , 3.1.17 versions for Windows, macOS, and Linux, for x86, x64, Arm32, and Arm64. Improvements...

.NET Framework June 2021 Cumulative Update Preview

Tara Overfield June 24, 2021 Jun 24, 2021 06/24/21

Earlier this week, we released the June 2021 Cumulative Update Preview for .NET Framework for Windows 10, version 2004, Windows Server 2004, Windows 10, version 20H2, Windows Server 20H2, and Windows 10, version 21H1. Quality and Reliability This release contains the following quality and reliability improvements. ClickOnce CLR1...