Today, we are excited to announce the third preview release of .NET 11! This release includes improvements across the .NET Runtime, SDK, libraries, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, C#, Entity Framework Core, container images, and more. Check out the linked release notes below and get started today.<\/p>\n
This release contains the following improvements.<\/p>\n
dotnet run -e<\/code> passes environment variables from the command line<\/a><\/li>\ndotnet watch<\/code> adds Aspire, crash recovery, and Windows desktop improvements<\/a><\/li>\n- See all SDK updates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
C#<\/strong><\/h2>\n\nunion<\/code> type support<\/a><\/li>\n- See all C# updates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\ud83c\udf10 ASP.NET Core<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n- Zstandard response compression and request decompression<\/a><\/li>\n
- Virtualize adapts to variable-height items at runtime<\/a><\/li>\n
- HTTP\/3 starts processing requests earlier<\/a><\/li>\n
- See all ASP.NET Core updates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\ud83d\udcf1 .NET MAUI<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n- Maps add clustering, styling, and richer interaction APIs<\/a><\/li>\n
- XAML and styling improvements reduce startup work and speed up iteration<\/a><\/li>\n
LongPressGestureRecognizer<\/code> is now built into .NET MAUI<\/a><\/li>\n- .NET for Android adds Android 17 \/ API 37 preview support<\/a><\/li>\n
- See all .NET MAUI updates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\ud83c\udf81 Entity Framework Core<\/strong><\/h2>\n\nChangeTracker.GetEntriesForState()<\/code> avoids extra change detection<\/a><\/li>\n- DbContext configuration can remove providers and add pooled factories<\/a><\/li>\n
- Migrations get more control and clearer feedback<\/a><\/li>\n
- SQL generation removes unnecessary joins and SQL Server adds JSON APIs<\/a><\/li>\n
- See all EF Core updates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\ud83d\udce6 Container Images<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n- .NET container images are now signed<\/a><\/li>\n
- See all container updates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\ud83d\ude80 Get started<\/h2>\n
To get started with .NET 11, install the .NET 11 SDK<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you’re on Windows using Visual Studio, we recommend installing the latest Visual Studio 2026 Insiders<\/a>. You can also use Visual Studio Code and the C# Dev Kit<\/a> extension with .NET 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Find out about the new features in .NET 11 Preview 3 across the .NET runtime, SDK, libraries, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, C#, Entity Framework Core, container images, and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11288,"featured_media":59906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[685,7233,7509,756,859],"tags":[7893,7744],"class_list":["post-59905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dotnet","category-maui","category-aspnetcore","category-csharp","category-entity-framework","tag-dotnet-11","tag-featured-preview"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"
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