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Improved Source Generators and Code Fixers Arrive in .NET Community Toolkit 8.2.1!
We're happy to announce the official launch of the .NET Community Toolkit 8.2.1 release, featuring lots of QoL improvements, bug fixes and optimizations to the source generators, new code fixers, and more!
Improvements to the Caching Abstraction in ASP.NET Core
We are updating caching in ASP.NET Core to be more intuitive and reliable
Improved F# hints in Visual Studio
We're introducing new F# hints and enhancing existing ones.
.NET Framework 4.8.1 is available on Windows Update and Catalog
Note: This post was updated on 6/27/2023 to account for this day's release on Windows Update and Microsoft Update Catalog. Today, the .NET Framework 4.8.1 is available on Windows Update and Microsoft Update Catalog for supported versions of Windows. With today's release, the .NET Framework 4.8.1 is now rolling out gradually to customers seeking the latest content on Windows Update. .NET Framework 4.8.1 is available for the following versions of Windows and distribution channels: Note: Customers using Windows Server Updates Services (WSUS), or any other update management tools can imp...
Get ready for fsharpConf 2023!
Join us on June 26, 2023, for the live stream of the fourth annual fsharpConf. This free virtual event, supported by the F# Software Foundation, will showcase world-class F# experts from across the globe.
Introducing the New T4 Command-Line Tool for .NET
Learn about the new T4 text template utility built with .NET 6
Microsoft Forms Service’s Journey to .NET 6
Microsoft Forms is an Office product with 130M monthly active users, recently we migrated our services to .NET 6, and we have seen 100%-200% increase in CPU efficiency.
.NET Framework June 2023 Security and Quality Rollup
June 2023 Security and Quality Rollup Updates for .NET Framework
Announcing .NET MAUI in .NET 8 Preview 5
.NET MAUI makes its way to .NET 8 Preview 5 and is full of new quality improvements for developers across the entire framework. In addition, we are introducing NuGet packages even greater flexibility going forward.