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Announcing SignalR (alpha) for ASP.NET Core 2.0

September 14, 2017 Sep 14, 2017 09/14/17
Glenn Condron [MSFT]
NOTE: This is a post about the Alpha version of SignalR which has since been replaced with a new preview: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/webdev/2018/02/27/asp-net-core-2-1-0-preview1-getting-started-with-signalr/ Today we are glad to announce an alpha release of SignalR for ASP.NET Core 2.0. This is the first official preview release of a ...

.NET Framework 4.7.1 ASP.NET and Configuration features

September 13, 2017 Sep 13, 2017 09/13/17
Preeti Krishna - MSFT
This post describes the new ASP.NET, Configuration and System.Messaging features and improvements in the .NET Framework 4.7.1. More information on the build these features are available in and how to get the Developer Pack is covered in the Welcome to the .NET Framework 4.7.1 Early Access blog post. Configuration builders Configuration ...

.NET Framework September 2017 Security and Quality Rollup

September 12, 2017 Sep 12, 2017 09/12/17
Rich Lander [MSFT]
Last Updated: 2017.09.21. Today, we are releasing the September 2017 Security and Quality Rollup and Security Only Update. This update applies to Windows 7 and later client versions and Windows Server 2008 and later server versions. This update has known issues. Please see them at the bottom of the update. Security This release contains the...

Welcome to the New Blog Template for ASP.NET Developers

September 8, 2017 Sep 8, 2017 09/8/17
Mads Kristensen
By Juliet Daniel, Lucas Isaza, and Uma Lakshminarayan Have you always wanted to build a blog or other web application but haven't had the time or educational resources to learn? With our blog template, available in our GitHub repo, you can create your web application fast and effortlessly, and even learn to master the new Razor Pages ...

Getting Started with Windows Containers

September 7, 2017 Sep 7, 2017 09/7/17
Alina Popa
Containers provide a way of running an application in a controlled environment, isolated from other applications running on the machine, and from the underlying infrastructure. They are a cost-effective way of abstracting away the machine, ensuring that the application runs in the same conditions, from development, to test, to production. ...

The week in .NET – Let’s Encrypt Web App Renewer, Seattle CodeCamp 2017

August 29, 2017 Aug 29, 2017 08/29/17
Bertrand Le Roy
Previous posts: Open-source project of the week: Let's Encrypt Azure Web App Renewer There's a growing consensus that all web sites should transition now to be encrypted with HTTPS. This comes at a cost, and with the friction associated with acquiring and renewing certificates. The problem of cost is now addressed by Let's Encrypt, but ...

UWP & .NET Standard 2.0: A preview is now available!

August 25, 2017 Aug 25, 2017 08/25/17
Immo Landwerth
Today, we released the first Preview of Visual Studio 2017 version 15.4. This includes an update to the UWP tooling that supports .NET Standard 2.0. In this post, I'll outline what this means for UWP development with .NET. Prerequisites In order to use .NET Standard 2.0 in UWP, you need to target Fall Creators Update (FCU) as the minimum ...

Mobile Apps with Xamarin.Forms: Architecture and Patterns guidance

August 25, 2017 Aug 25, 2017 08/25/17
Cesar De la Torre
(image) As part of the series of posts announced at this initial blog post (.NET Application Architecture Guidance) that explores each of the architecture areas currently covered by our team, this current blog post focuses on "Mobile Apps with Xamarin.Forms: Architecture and Patterns guidance". Just as a reminder, the four introductory ...

ASP.NET Core 2.0 Features

August 25, 2017 Aug 25, 2017 08/25/17
Glenn Condron [MSFT]
Last week we announced the release of ASP.NET Core 2.0 and described some top new features, including Razor Pages, new and updated templates, and Application Insights integration. In this blog post we are going to dig into more details of features in 2.0. This list is not exhaustive or in any particular order, but highlights a number of ...