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Announcing .NET Core 3.0 Release Candidate 1

Rich Lander [MSFT]September 16, 2019Sep 16, 201909/16/19

Today, we're announcing .NET Core 3.0 Release Candidate 1. Just like with Preview 9, we've focused on polishing .NET Core 3.0 for a final release. We are now getting very, very close. We intend to release the final version on September 23 at .NET Conf. Download .NET Core 3.0 RC1 on Windows, macOS, and Linux, available now. Details:

Finalization implementation details

maoniSeptember 16, 2019Sep 16, 201909/16/19

Years ago I wrote a document on making finalization scanning concurrent. At the time there was an internal team that was using finalization as a way to resurrect objects and putting them back in their cache. While we’ve always advised to folks that finalization was for releasing native resources I couldn’t fault this team for using it the

.NET Core September 2019 Updates – 2.1.13 and 2.2.7

Lee CowardSeptember 10, 2019Sep 10, 201909/10/19

Today, we are releasing the .NET Core September 2019 Update. These updates contain security and reliability fixes. See the individual release notes for details on updated packages. NOTE: If you are a Visual Studio user, there are MSBuild version requirements so use only the .NET Core SDK supported for each Visual Studio version. Information

Join us for .NET Conf 2019, Sept 23-25

Beth Massi - MicrosoftSeptember 3, 2019Sep 3, 201909/3/19

.NET Conf is back again this year and will be live streaming to a device near you September 23-25 on www.dotnetconf.net! .NET Conf is a FREE, 3 day virtual developer event co-organized by the .NET community and Microsoft. This year .NET Core 3.0 will launch at .NET Conf 2019! Come celebrate and learn about the new release. You won't want to mi

How the .NET Team uses Azure Pipelines to produce Docker Images

Matt ThalmanAugust 28, 2019Aug 28, 201908/28/19

Producing Docker images for .NET might not seem like that big of a deal.  Once you’ve got a Dockerfile defined, just run "docker build" and "docker push" and you’re done, right?  Then just rinse and repeat when new versions of .NET are released and that should be all that’s needed.  Well, it’s not quite that simple.�

Visual Studio Tips and Tricks: Increasing your Productivity for .NET

Mika DumontAugust 22, 2019Aug 22, 201908/22/19

The .NET team is constantly thinking of new ways to make developers more productive. We've been working hard over the past year to take the feedback you've sent us and turn it into tools that you want! In this post I’ll cover some of the latest productivity features available in Visual Studio 2019 Preview. Code Fixes and Refactorings Co

.NET Framework 4.8 is available on Windows Update, WSUS and MU Catalog

Namrata KarnamAugust 13, 2019Aug 13, 201908/13/19

01/14/2020: This post has been updated with information about the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 for Windows Updates released on January 14, 2020 via Windows Update/WSUS/Catalog to include the servicing fixes since the .NET Framework 4.8 August 2019 Windows Update. Apart from the servicing fixes, there is no change in the .NET Framework 4.8 prod