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.NET Core 2.1, 3.1, and .NET 5.0 updates are coming to Microsoft Update
12/09/2020: this post was updated to clarify that Client operating systems will get .NET Core updates via Automatic Updates, while Server operating systems will get .NET Core updates via WSUS and MU Catalog. 12/14/2021: this post was updated to reflect Hosting Bundle updates are also available on Microsoft Update now. Starting in December 2020, we will be delivering .NET Core updates on Windows via Microsoft Update. We have received many requests for this, particularly from organizations that acquire and manage all of their Microsoft-related updates via Microsoft (or Windows) Update. This change will enable...
Custom V2 OData queries will be deprecated March 9, 2021
We announced the deprecation of custom V2 OData queries (#37) last year and conducted a dry run in early November to ensure that there are no surprises for users. Going forward, we plan to bring all new features and improvements only to the newer V3 APIs. As part of this strategy, we will begin blocking select endpoints used by 3rd party clients on March 9th, 2021. Based on server-side telemetry, less than 2% of OData traffic on nuget.org will be blocked by this deprecation effort. By inspecting user agent strings provided in requests to NuGet.org, our team identified and worked with affected 3rd party client im...
Improving Debug-time Productivity with Source Link
Improve your debug-time productivity by using Source Link to step into framework and dependency code.
.NET Framework November 2020 Cumulative Update Preview for Windows 10 2004 and Windows Server, version 2004
Yesterday, we are releasing the November 2020 Cumulative Update Preview for .NET Framework. Quality and Reliability This release contains the following quality and reliability improvements. CLR1 WPF2 1 Common Language Runtime (CLR) 2 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. **Note**: Customers t...
ML.NET Model Builder November Updates
This release of ML.NET Model Builder brings numerous bug fixes and enhancements as well as new features, including advanced data loading options and streaming training data from SQL.
[Guest Post] Introducing WaveEngine 3.1 based on .NET 5
Start creating multi-platform 3D apps based on .NET 5 today.
The updated GetGCMemoryInfo API in .NET 5.0 and how it can help you
things library folks wanted at the time. In 5.0 I got requests from folks to monitor more things about the GC. Instead of adding a bit of info each time someone asks, I really thought about the kinds of things that would help with monitoring and diagnostics and expanded the info provided by this API significantly. It also has a new overload, documented here. The returned struct has many more properties.the API proposal and with help from other people on my team I think I landed at an API that I'm quite happy about. Big kudos to Noah for suggesting to take the kind of GC as a parameter which makes it still ve...
Announcing Microsoft Q&A for .NET
Introducing the brand new Microsoft Q&A for .NET, your one stop for getting your techinical questions answered by experts from Microsoft and the .NET community.
Everything from .NET Conf 2020: Sessions, Demos, & More!
Get all the sessions and demos from .NET Conf 2020! 80+ live sessions were syndicated on www.dotnetconf.net, Microsoft Learn TV, .NET YouTube channel, and the Visual Studio Twitch channel. Watch the sessions on demand on the .NET YouTube Channel or Channel 9. Attend a virtual event in your own time zone and language!