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Announcing .NET Framework 4.8 Early Access build 3673

November 6, 2018 Nov 6, 2018 11/6/18

Shikha Kaul

We are happy to share the next Early Access build for the .NET Framework 4.8. This includes an updated .NET 4.8 runtime as well as the .NET 4.8 Developer Pack (a single package that bundles the .NET Framework 4.8 runtime, the .NET 4.8 Targeting Pack and the .NET Framework 4.8 SDK...

A first look at changes coming in ASP.NET Core 3.0

November 6, 2018 Nov 6, 2018 11/6/18

Shikha Kaul

While we continue to work on finalizing the next minor version of ASP.NET Core, we’re also working on major updates to our next release that will include some changes in how projects are composed with frameworks, tighter .NET Core integration, and 3rd party open source integration, all with the goal of making it easier and faster for you to ...

Azure DevOps Roadmap update for 2018 Q4

November 6, 2018 Nov 6, 2018 11/6/18

Shikha Kaul

In order to provide you with visibility into several of our key investments, we post quarterly updates to the roadmap on our Features Timeline page. Today, we’re sharing the latest for the final quarter of this calendar year. You’ll notice items are grouped by the quarter we anticipate delivering the feature to the hosted service and ...

Azure.Source – Volume 56

November 6, 2018 Nov 6, 2018 11/6/18

Shikha Kaul

Live data local testing is now available for public preview in Azure Stream Analytics Visual Studio tools, which enables you to test jobs locally from the IDE using live event streams from Azure Event Hub, IoT Hub, and Blob Storage. The new local testing runtime can read live streaming data from the cloud or from a local static file. It works ...

Announcing Windows Community Toolkit v5.0

November 6, 2018 Nov 6, 2018 11/6/18

Shikha Kaul

I’m excited to announce the next major update of the Windows Community Toolkit, version 5.0. This update introduces the new WindowsXamlHost control built on top of the new XAML Islands APIs to simplify adding built-in or custom UWP control to a WPF or Windows Forms desktop application. Alongside, this version introduces new WinForms and WPF ...