First .NET Port Award
Recently, we shared quite a bit how we make progress on our open source journey (Roslyn's First Year of Open Source and .NET Core Open Source Update). We all feel highly privileged to be on the .NET...
View ArticleAnnouncing .NET Framework 4.6
We're excited to announce the RTM releases of .NET Framework 4.6 and Visual Studio 2015 today. You can read about the new features or leave that for later and try them out now. The quickest way to get...
View ArticleAnnouncing the RTM of Visual F# 4.0
We are pleased to announce that Visual Studio 2015, and along with it Visual F# 4.0, hit RTM today! Visit the downloads page to install the release build. The F# components in VS 2015 map to commit...
View Article.NET Networking APIs for UWP Apps
This post was written by Sidharth Nabar, Program Manager on the Windows networking team.At Build 2015, we announced that .NET Core 5 is the new version of .NET for developers writing Universal Windows...
View ArticleRyuJIT Bug Advisory in the .NET Framework 4.6
A code generation (AKA "codegen") issue in RyuJIT in the .NET Framework 4.6 has been discovered that affects a calling pattern called Tail Call Optimization. The RyuJIT team has fixed the issue and has...
View ArticleUniversal Windows apps in .NET
This post was written by Lucian Wischik, a Program Manager on the Managed Languages team.We just released the Universal Windows app development tools for writing Windows 10 apps in Visual Studio 2015....
View Article[Guest post] Visual F# Power Tools: community-led tooling for F# in Visual...
This is a guest post by Anh-Dung Phan and Vasily Kirichenko, F# community developers and contributors to the superb Visual F# Power Tools extension for Visual Studio. – Visual F# TeamWe are pleased to...
View ArticleAugust 2015 .NET Security Updates
The .NET team released two security bulletins today as part of the monthly "Update Tuesday" cycle. Microsoft Security Bulletin MS15-080 - Critical, Vulnerability in .NET Framework Could Allow Remote...
View ArticleThe future of Unity
This post was written by Christopher Bennage (@bennage), a member of the Microsoft patterns & practices team.A few months ago, we announced that we were handing Prism over to new owners. We put a...
View ArticleMSBuild is going cross-platform with .NET Core!
We have some exciting new developments to share – an update on our open source development, our ongoing cross-platform work, and more.Going forward, we will post everything around MSBuild and build...
View ArticleOur Summer Internship on the .NET Team
This post was written by Microsoft Explorer interns Daniel King, Zoë Petard, and Jessica Petty and highlights their project & experiences this summer working on the .NET Roslyn team. We loved...
View ArticleWhat's new for .NET and UWP in Win10 Tools 1.1
This post was written by Lucian Wischik, Program Manager on the Managed Languages team.Last week we updated the Visual Studio tools for Universal Windows Apps. The easiest way to get the update is...
View ArticleAnnouncing .NET Framework 4.6.1 RC
We are pleased to announce the release of .NET Framework 4.6.1 RC today. This release includes ~150 fixes and some new features. You can read about the new fixes and features that are included in the...
View ArticleEntity Framework 7 RC1 Available
Today we are making Entity Framework 7 RC1 available. EF7 will be the next major release of Entity Framework and is currently in pre-release. When to use EF7As discussed in our EF7 – v1 or v7 post, EF7...
View ArticleAnnouncing .NET Core and ASP.NET 5 RC
Today, we are announcing .NET Core and ASP.NET 5 Release Candidate, supported on Windows, OS X and Linux. This release is "Go Live", meaning you can deploy apps into production and call Microsoft...
View ArticleWhat’s New in Visual Studio Update 1 for .NET Managed Languages
Hold on to your hats, cowboys and cowgirls! A lot of exciting things are coming out of the .NET Managed Languages team for Visual Studio 2015 Update 1. Read on to learn more about new IDE features,...
View Article.NET Framework 4.6.1 is now available!
Today we are announcing the availability of .NET Framework 4.6.1. You can download this release now..NET Framework 4.6.1 (Web Installer; Offline Installer).NET Framework 4.6.1 Developer PackHere is a...
View ArticleThe Week in .NET - 12/1/2015
This is our first "The Week in .NET" post. Our objective in writing this is to provide more regular updates about what the team and core contributors have been working on, and to give a community...
View Article[Guest Post] Announcing F# Support in Visual Studio Code with Ionide
This is a guest post by Krzysztof Cieślak, an F# community developer and contributor to the Ionide project including its Visual Studio Code extension. To learn more about F# and engage with the...
View ArticleThe week in .NET - 12/08/2015
Welcome to the second "The Week in .NET" post. It was great to see how well the first post was received. Thanks to all who sent messages of encouragement and contributions to this week's post. If you...
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