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Portable Class Library (PCL) now available on all platforms
This post announces a standalone release of the .NET portable class library reference assemblies that can be used on any operating system. It was written by Rich Lander, a Program Manager on the .NET...
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NuGet is a .NET framework release vehicle
This post describes how the .NET team uses NuGet and how discoverability and serviceability have improved in the .NET Framework 4.5.1. It was written by Alok Shriram, a Program Manager on the .NET Core...
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.NET Framework 4.5.1 RTM => start coding
Today, we’re announcing the availability of the .NET Framework 4.5.1 and Visual Studio 2013 (Soma’s blog). You can download these releases, now:.NET Framework 4.5.1Visual Studio 2013 (SDKs and...
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PCL and .NET NuGet Libraries are now enabled for Xamarin
Earlier today, Soma announced a collaboration between Microsoft and Xamarin. As you probably know, Xamarin’s Visual Studio extension enables developers to use VS and .NET to extend the reach of their...
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RyuJIT .NET JIT compiler CTP1 FAQ
This post shares more details about our new .NET 64-bit Just-In-Time (JIT) compiler. It was written by Kevin Frei, Development Lead for the CLR JIT team.RyuJIT received a great response with its...
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Opening Files from SkyDrive using .NET
Since Windows 8 I fell in love with SkyDrive and use it all the time now. Windows 8.1 has improved this a lot by introducing a new concept that requires some changes to the way you interact with files....
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Microsoft.Diagnostics.Tracing.EventSource is now RC on NuGet.org
We are announcing the RC of the EventSource NuGet package, which enables fast app tracing to the Windows Event Log, including in production. This post was written by Cosmin Radu, a software developer...
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The .NET Framework 4.5.1 is available on Windows Update and WSUS
We are happy to announce that the .NET Framework 4.5.1 and its language packs are now available via Windows Update (WU) and WSUS. You can learn more about the release from the What's new in the .NET...
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.NET 4.5.1 Supports Microsoft Security Updates for .NET NuGet Libraries
This post describes .NET NuGet library servicing support in the .NET Framework 4.5.1. It was written by Alok Shriram, a Program Manager on the .NET Core Framework Team.In the .NET Framework 4.5.1, we...
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Microsoft.Diagnostics.Tracing.EventSource is now stable
We are announcing the RTM of the EventSource NuGet package, which enables fast app tracing to the Windows Event Log, including in production. This post was written by Cosmin Radu, a software developer...
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Explore the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.1 in MSDN Magazine
The February 2014 edition of MSDN magazine includes a great overview of the .NET Framework 4.5.1, written by Gaye Oncul Kok, a Program Manager on the .NET team. The article is a great way to learn...
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February 2014 .NET Updates
As part of our continued effort to bring greater transparency for our customers we are going to start posting here whenever we ship any security fixes for the .NET Framework, this is the first such...
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A new look for .NET Reference Source
This post was written by Alok Shriram, Program Manager on the .NET Framework team. He will show you a significantly improved experience around .NET Reference Source.Today I'm very excited to announce...
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RyuJIT CTP2: Getting Ready for Prime-time
This post announces an updated preview of the .NET team’s new 64-bit Just-In-Time (JIT) compiler. It was written by Mani Ramaswamy, Program Manager for the .NET Dynamic Code Execution Team.The...
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Upcoming .NET NuGet Releases
This post was written by Richard Lander, a Program Manager on the .NET Core Framework team.We recently concluded a planning exercise for the next few months of work. From this exercise, we’d like to...
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Available Now: Preview of Project “Orleans” – Cloud Services at Scale
This post was written by Niklas Gustafsson, Principal Program Manager on the Cloud Platform Tooling TeamToday, at Build 2014, we are announcing the preview release of a cloud programming model under...
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Announcing .NET Native Preview
This post was written by Subramanian Ramaswamy and Andrew Pardoe, Senior Program Managers on the .NET Native team.We’re thrilled to announce the first release of .NET Native. Windows Store apps start...
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The Next Generation of .NET
At Build 2014 this week, we announced the next generation of .NET. The next generation will focus and deliver on two main themes: Core Innovation and cross-device apps. These themes are a direct result...
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The JIT finally proposed. JIT and SIMD are getting married.
Processor speed no longer follows Moore’s law. So in order to optimize the performance of your applications, it’s increasingly important to embrace parallelization. Or, as Herb Sutter phrased it, the...
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How your feedback is shaping .NET
Eight months ago we asked you to provide feedbackon the features you want us to ship. And you didn’t disappoint! Since then, we’ve seen hundreds of Tweets, blog posts and user voice votes. It’s great...
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