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Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.3 Released

August 15, 2017 Aug 15, 2017 08/15/17
Vahe Minasyan
Today we have several releases to talk about: there’s the release of Visual Studio 2017 version 15.3, the release of .NET Core 2.0, and a release of Visual Studio for Mac version 7.1. We’ll talk about them briefly in that order, but as always, there’s a lot more information in the release notes for each product. If you’d like to jump ...

Announcing .NET Core 2.0

August 15, 2017 Aug 15, 2017 08/15/17
Vahe Minasyan
.NET Core 2.0 is available today as a final release. You can start developing with it at the command line, in your favorite text editor, in Visual Studio 2017 15.3, Visual Studio Code or Visual Studio for Mac. It is ready for production workloads, on your own hardware or your favorite cloud, like Microsoft Azure...

Announcing .NET Standard 2.0

August 15, 2017 Aug 15, 2017 08/15/17
Vahe Minasyan
The .NET Standard 2.0 specification is now complete. It is supported in .NET Core 2.0, in the .NET Framework 4.6.1 and later versions, and in Visual Studio 15.3. You can start using .NET Standard 2.0 today. While this post demos .NET Standard in C#, it’s also supported in Visual Basic and F#. For more details, take a look at the .NET ...

Announcing the new and improved Azure Log Analytics

August 11, 2017 Aug 11, 2017 08/11/17
Vahe Minasyan
The Azure Log Analytics service is rolling out an upgrade to existing customers today – offering powerful search, smart analytics, and even deeper insights. This upgrade provides an interactive query language and an advanced analytics portal, powered by a highly scalable data store resembling Azure Application Insights. This creates a ...

Xbox Live Creators Program Is Now Live!

August 11, 2017 Aug 11, 2017 08/11/17
Vahe Minasyan
Back in March, we revealed the Xbox Live Creators Program. Today, we’re excited to announce that any developer can now directly publish their games to Xbox One and Windows 10. We’ve already had some great games published during the preview program (check out the list below!), but there’s always space for more, and it’s time for your ...

Creating Materials and Lights in the Visual Layer (UWP)

August 9, 2017 Aug 9, 2017 08/9/17
Vahe Minasyan
In today’s post, we’re going wrap up this series by combining everything we’ve learned so far and take you through the steps in creating a custom material. We also have an amazing new tool to show you that empowers anyone to design a custom material. To see how you can use these custom materials in your XAML app, be sure to check out the...