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Announcing .NET Core 3.0 Preview 5

May 9, 2019 May 9, 2019 05/9/19

Shikha Kaul

Today, we are announcing .NET Core 3.0 Preview 5. It includes a new Json serializer, support for publishing single file executables, an update to runtime roll-forward, and changes in the BCL. If you missed it, check out the improvements we released in .NET Core 3.0 Preview 4, from last month...

Introducing .NET 5

May 9, 2019 May 9, 2019 05/9/19

Shikha Kaul

Today, we’re announcing that the next release after .NET Core 3.0 will be .NET 5. This will be the next big release in the .NET family...

Improvements to Visual Studio App Center Distribution

May 9, 2019 May 9, 2019 05/9/19

Shikha Kaul

Here at Visual Studio App Center, we try to incorporate customer obsession in our day to day. Earlier this year we started an effort for widespread customer outreach to understand our users and guide product prioritization. The effort helped us gain a lot of insight and helped our prioritization last quarter. However, as we continue to grow, ...

Azure DevOps Labs now includes Azure DevOps Server 2019 VM and labs

May 9, 2019 May 9, 2019 05/9/19

Shikha Kaul

Today, I am excited to announce the availability of Azure DevOps Server 2019 Virtual Machine and the corresponding self-paced labs on Azure DevOps Labs...

Intelligent Productivity and Collaboration, from Anywhere

May 6, 2019 May 6, 2019 05/6/19

Shikha Kaul

Developers today are encountering an overwhelming amount of complexity due to the growing emphasis on time-to-market, and a broader variety of technologies being used than ever before (e.g. polyglot apps, microservices). Additionally, teams are becoming more geographically distributed, which increases the need for efficient collaboration in ...

Azure DevOps Roadmap update for 2019 Q2

May 2, 2019 May 2, 2019 05/2/19

Shikha Kaul

Last week we published an update to the Features Timeline. The features listed below link to the public roadmap project where you can find more details about each item. Here are a few highlights on some of the features for Q2...

Shrinking Your Android App Size

April 30, 2019 Apr 30, 2019 04/30/19

Shikha Kaul

Mobile devices are limited in many ways. Whether it’s how much of a charge your battery can hold, the amount of storage you have left, or the speed of your internet connection to view more cat gifs. We need to keep this into consideration for our users to give them the absolute best mobile experience...

Announcing Entity Framework Core 3.0 Preview 4

April 25, 2019 Apr 25, 2019 04/25/19

Shikha Kaul

Today, we are making the fourth preview of Entity Framework Core 3.0 available on NuGet, alongside .NET Core 3.0 Preview 4 and ASP.NET Core 3.0 Preview 4. We encourage you to install this preview to test the new functionality and assess the impact of the included breaking changes...

Announcing .NET Core 3 Preview 4

April 25, 2019 Apr 25, 2019 04/25/19

Shikha Kaul

Today, we are announcing .NET Core 3.0 Preview 4. It includes a chart control for Windows Forms, HTTP/2 support, GC updates to use less memory, support for CPU limits with Docker, the addition of PowerShell in .NET Core SDK Docker container images, and other improvements. If you missed it, check out the improvements we released in .NET Core 3....