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.NET Core October 2018 Update – NET Core 1.0 and 1.1

Today, we are releasing the .NET Core October 2018 Update for 1.0 and 1.1. This update includes .NET Core 1.0.13, 1.1.10 and .NET Core SDK 1.1.11. Security CVE-2018-8292: .NET Core Information Disclosure Vulnerability Microsoft is aware of a security feature bypass vulnerability that exists when .NET Core when HTTP authentication ...

Announcing ML.NET 0.6 (Machine Learning .NET)

Today we’re announcing our latest monthly release: ML.NET 0.6! ML.NET is a cross-platform, open source machine learning framework for .NET developers. We want to enable every .NET developer to train and use machine learning models in their applications and services. If you haven’t tried ML.NET yet, here’s how you can get started! The ...

Update on .NET Core 3.0 and .NET Framework 4.8

In May, we announced .NET Core 3.0, the next major version of .NET Core that adds support for building desktop applications using WinForms, WPF, and Entity Framework 6. We also announced some exciting updates to .NET Framework which enable you to use the new modern controls from UWP in existing WinForms and WPF applications. Today, ...

.NET Core October 2018 Update – NET Core 2.1.5 & SDK 2.1.403

.NET Core October 2018 Update Today, we are releasing the .NET Core October 2018 Update. This update includes .NET Core 2.1.5 and .NET Core SDK 2.1.403 and contains important reliability fixes. Getting the Update The latest .NET Core updates are available on the .NET Core download page. This update will be included in the Visual Studio 15.8...

Announcing ‘Machine Learning .NET’ 0.5

Today, coinciding with the .NET Conf 2018, we're announcing the release of ML.NET 0.5. It’s been a few months already since we released ML.NET 0.1 at //Build 2018, a cross-platform, open source machine learning framework for .NET developers. While we’re evolving through new preview releases, we are getting great feedback and would like to ...

Announcing Entity Framework Core 2.2 Preview 2 and the preview of the Cosmos DB provider and spatial extensions for EF Core

Today we are making EF Core 2.2 Preview 2 available, together with a preview of our data provider for Cosmos DB and new spatial extensions for our SQL Server and in-memory providers. Obtaining the preview The preview bits are available on NuGet, and also as part of ASP.NET Core 2.2 Preview 2 and the .NET Core SDK 2.2 Preview 2, also ...

.NET Core September 2018 Update

Today, we are releasing the .NET Core September 2018 Update. This update includes .NET Core 2.1.4 and .NET Core SDK 2.1.402 and contains important reliability fixes. Security CVE-2018-8409: .NET Core Denial Of Service Vulnerability A denial of service vulnerability exists in .NET Core 2.1 when System.IO.Pipelines improperly handles requests...

Introduction to Azure Durable Functions

Azure Durable Functions is a new programming model based on Microsoft serverless' platform Azure Functions. It allows you to write a workflow as code and have the execution run with the scalability and the reliability of serverless with high throughput. Scenario Initially, I wanted to index data from GitHub repositories. I explained it all...

Bing.com runs on .NET Core 2.1!

Bing.com is a cloud service that runs on thousands of servers spanning many datacenters across the globe. Bing servers handle thousands of users' queries every second from consumers around the world doing searches through their browsers, from our partners using the Microsoft Cognitive Services APIs, and from the personal digital assistant, ...

Are your Windows Forms and WPF applications ready for .NET Core 3.0?

(image) Download Portability Analyzer (2.37 MB) At Build 2018 we announced that we are enabling Windows desktop applications (Windows Forms and Windows Presentation Framework (WPF)) with .NET Core 3.0. You will be able to run new and existing Windows desktop applications on .NET Core and enjoy all the benefits that .NET Core has to offer...