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Oct 29, 2020
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.NET Framework October 2020 Cumulative Update Preview for Windows 10 2004 and Windows Server, version 2004

Tara Overfield

Yesterday, we released the October 2020 Cumulative Update Preview for .NET Framework. Quality and Reliability This release contains the following quality and reliability improvements. SQL WPF1 1 Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Getting the Update The Cumulative Update Preview is available via Windows Update and Microsoft Update Catalog. Microsoft Update Catalog You can get the update via the Microsoft Update Catalog. For Windows 10, NET Framework 4.8 updates are available via Windows Update and Microsoft Update Catalog. Updates for other versions of .NET Framework are part of the...

Oct 27, 2020
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gRPC performance improvements in .NET 5

James Newton-King

gRPC and .NET are fast. Explore the many performance improvements in gRPC and .NET 5.

Oct 27, 2020
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Help Us Plan EF Core 6.0

Jeremy Likness

Help shape the future of how .NET developers interact with data by sharing your feedback about Entity Framework.

Oct 27, 2020
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Announcing Version 1.0 of .NET for Apache Spark

Jeremy Likness

Announcing the release of version 1.0 of .NET for Apache® Spark™, an open source package that brings .NET development to the Apache® Spark™ platform.

Oct 22, 2020
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The Microsoft author signing certificate will be updated as soon as November 1st, 2020

Christopher Gill

The current Microsoft author signing certificate will be updated as soon as November 1st, 2020. If you validate that packages are author signed by Microsoft, you will need to take steps to avoid disruptions when installing Microsoft packages.

Oct 21, 2020
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.NET Framework October 2020 Cumulative Update Preview Update

Tara Overfield

Yesterday, we are releasing the October 2020 Cumulative Update Preview Updates for .NET Framework. Quality and Reliability This release contains the following quality and reliability improvements. SQL WPF1 1 Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Getting the Update The Cumulative Update Preview is available via Windows Update and Microsoft Update Catalog. Microsoft Update Catalog You can get the update via the Microsoft Update Catalog. For Windows 10, NET Framework 4.8 updates are available via Windows Update and Microsoft Update Catalog. Updates for other versions of .NET Framework ar...

Oct 19, 2020
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Choose a .NET Game Engine

Abdullah Hamed

Learn what game engines are, and choose which .NET game engine is best for you.

Oct 15, 2020
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Introducing .NET Live TV – Daily Developer Live Streams

James Montemagno

Introducing .NET Live TV, your one stop shop for all .NET and Visual Studio developer live streams across Twitch and YouTube.

Oct 13, 2020
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.NET Framework republishing of July 2020 Security Only Updates

Tara Overfield

Today, we are republishing the July 2020 Security Only Updates for .NET Framework to resolve a known issue that affected the original release.  You should install this version (V2) of the update as part of your normal security routine. Security CVE-2020-1147– .NET Framework Remote Code Execution Vulnerability A remote code execution vulnerability exists in .NET Framework when the software fails to check the source markup of XML file input. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the process responsible for deserialization of the XML content. To exploi...

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