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Announcing the .NET Framework 4.5.1 Preview

June 26, 2013 Jun 26, 2013 06/26/13
.NET Team
Updated (2017): See .NET Framework Releases to learn about newer releases. This release is unsupported. Updated (July 2015): See Announcing .NET Framework 4.6 to read about the latest version of the NET Framework. Update: The .NET Framework 4.5.1 RTM has been released and is available for download. The content below is still a great ...

.NET Crash Dump and Live Process Inspection

May 1, 2013 May 1, 2013 05/1/13
Immo Landwerth
Analyzing crash dumps can be complicated. Although Visual Studio supports viewing managed crash dumps, you often have to resort to more specialized tools like the SOS debugging extensions or WinDbg. In today’s post, Lee Culver, software developer on the .NET Runtime team, will introduce you to a new managed library that allows you to ...

Introducing NETCF 3.9 in Windows Embedded Compact 2013 – a faster, leaner and multi-core runtime!

November 16, 2012 Nov 16, 2012 11/16/12
Brandon Bray
Ever since .NET Compact Framework was introduced at the PDC conference in 2001, programming with .NET has scaled from some of the smallest devices to the largest servers. With C# and Visual Basic, developers can apply the same skills to program both devices and servers to form a complete end-to-end solution. As the devices become more ...

Scaling cloud apps with the .NET Framework 4.5

November 13, 2012 Nov 13, 2012 11/13/12
Brandon Bray
The .NET Framework 4.5 is now available on Windows Azure. Thank you to everyone cheering for this moment. We’re just starting to see the possibilities that a rich developer framework like the .NET Framework and the cloud can have together. Richard Lander, a program manager for the Common Language Runtime, explains a few best practices ...

Announcing the release of the .NET Framework for Windows Phone 8

October 30, 2012 Oct 30, 2012 10/30/12
Brandon Bray
Bringing the full power of the Windows based CLR and .NET Framework to the Windows Phone has been several years in the making. The .NET capabilities introduced with Windows Phone 8 builds upon many of the investments we’ve made across all platforms and years of incubation. This release truly highlights some of the enduring themes behind ....

Celebrating the Visual Studio 2012 launch with the release of a popular App

September 12, 2012 Sep 12, 2012 09/12/12
Brandon Bray
Today, we’re happy to announce the launch of Visual Studio 2012 and the .NET Framework 4.5. You can read more about the Visual Studio 2012 launch on Jason Zander’s blog. We’ve been using the new version of Visual Studio for several months now to build .NET Framework apps for Windows, Windows Store, Windows Azure, and Window Server. ...

Announcing the release of .NET Framework 4.5 RTM – Product and Source Code

August 15, 2012 Aug 15, 2012 08/15/12
Brandon Bray
Updated (2017): See .NET Framework Releases to learn about newer releases. This release is unsupported. Updated – 8/16/2012: Added license information about the source code release. Today, we are happy to announce the availability of Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 and Visual Studio 2012. You can develop apps that will take advantage of all ...

Introducing the .NET Framework 4.5 RC

May 31, 2012 May 31, 2012 05/31/12
Brandon Bray
Update (2017): See .NET Framework Releases to learn about newer releases. This release is now unsupported. Today, we are announcing the .NET Framework 4.5 RC. We are also announcing Visual Studio 2012 RC, as you can read on Jason Zander’s and Soma’s blog. Please visit the Visual Studio 2012 RC downloads page to install both products. We ...

Optimizing the .NET Framework Deployment Experience for Users and Developers

March 7, 2012 Mar 7, 2012 03/7/12
Brandon Bray
Rapid development has been one of the enduring themes behind the design of the .NET Framework. We know that authoring application installers is particularly difficult and could be improved. The following post is by Richard Lander from the program management team on the Common Language Runtime. He explains our motivations for introducing a ...

Update 4.0.2 for the Microsoft .NET Framework 4

October 27, 2011 Oct 27, 2011 10/27/11
Brandon Bray
Update (2017): See .NET Framework Releases to learn about newer releases. This release is now unsupported. With .NET 4, we’ve focused on bringing certain features to market through updates without having to wait for the .NET 4.5 release. This post covers what the latest platform update has to offer. Vivek Mishra from the .NET Servicing team ...