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Microsoft Previews dotnetup: Toolchain Manager for .NET SDKs and Runtimes
Microsoft has released a public preview of dotnetup, a cross-platform toolchain manager that installs and updates .NET SDKs and runtimes in the user’s own directory without admin rights. It tracks channels such as latest, lts, preview, and daily, reads global.json, and removes unused installs. Commands may still change before general availability.
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.NET 11 Release Candidate 2: Go-Live License and Updates across Libraries, F#, MAUI, and WinForms
Microsoft has released .NET 11 Release Candidate 2 under a go-live license, supported in Visual Studio 2026 Insiders. The release adds incremental CBOR reading, experimental post-quantum cryptography APIs, file-based app directive improvements, NuGet package cooldowns, F# runtime async building blocks, a C# UI option for .NET MAUI, and refined Windows Forms visual styles.
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Aspire 13.6 Adds Persistent Dashboard Telemetry and First-Party Java and Rust Hosting
Microsoft has released Aspire 13.6. The dashboard now stores telemetry in SQLite and keeps up to ten completed runs per application. The release adds prerelease hosting packages for Java and Rust, portable volume paths, and new CLI options. Breaking changes include automatic TLS for local MongoDB resources and a new default Cosmos DB emulator image.
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Microsoft Releases .NET 11 RC1 with Go-Live Support, C# 15 and F# 11 as Default Language Versions
Last week, Microsoft has released .NET 11 Release Candidate 1, the first release candidate of the cycle, shipping with a go-live support license for production use. The release makes C# 15 and F# 11 the default language versions, extends dotnet test to mobile and desktop targets, finalizes the SignalR authentication refresh APIs, and improves Android build times in .NET MAUI.
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.NET 11 Preview 7 Brings Updates across C#, ASP.NET Core, EF Core, and Windows Forms
Last week Microsoft released .NET 11 Preview 7, with updates across C#, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, Entity Framework Core, Windows Forms, and F#. C# adds labeled break and continue. ASP.NET Core brings Blazor circuit pausing, CacheView, and built-in validation localization. Windows Forms gains an opt-in modern rendering pipeline, and EF Core adds Half type support on SQLite.
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Microsoft Releases .NET 11 Preview 6 with Language and Framework Updates
Microsoft has released .NET 11 Preview 6, with updates across C#, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, and Entity Framework Core. C# adds extension indexers and built-in union support types. ASP.NET Core brings async validation, automatic CSRF protection, and OpenAPI 3.2 by default. MAUI extends CollectionView to Windows, and EF Core adds FULL OUTER JOIN translation.
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.NET 11 Preview 5: Brings File-Based App Improvements, New C# Features, and a Blazor Validation Wave
Microsoft has released the fifth preview of .NET 11, with updates across the SDK, C#, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, and EF Core. Highlights include file-based app improvements, new C# closed classes and unions, a Blazor validation wave, a large MAUI reliability rollup, and SQL Server 2022 as the default EF Core compatibility level.
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Microsoft Releases Aspire 13.3 with Major Deployment and Frontend Updates
Microsoft has released Aspire 13.3, introducing a new aspire destroy command for tearing down deployments across Azure, Kubernetes, and Compose. The release adds native Kubernetes deployment in preview, first-class JavaScript publishing for Next.js and Vite, browser log capture, and a default-enabled container tunnel, alongside several breaking changes developers should review.
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Microsoft Releases .NET 11 Preview 3 with Updates across Runtime, SDK, MAUI, and ASP.NET Core
Microsoft has released .NET 11 Preview 3, the third preview of its upcoming Standard Term Support version due in November 2026. The update spans the runtime, SDK, libraries, ASP.NET Core, EF Core, and .NET MAUI, with Runtime Async leaving the preview-feature gate, new JIT optimizations, Zstandard compression in ASP.NET Core, and expanded MAUI Map controls.
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.NET Aspire 13.2 Released with Expanded CLI, TypeScript AppHost Preview, and Dashboard Improvements
Aspire 13.2 brings expanded CLI with detached mode and process management, TypeScript AppHost support in preview, dashboard telemetry export and import, stable Docker Compose publishing, Microsoft Foundry integration, Azure Virtual Network support, and a major VS Code extension update. The release also includes several breaking changes to configuration files and resource commands.
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.NET 11 Preview 2 Brings Performance Gains, Improved Mapping, and Native OpenTelemetry Support
Microsoft has released the second preview of .NET 11, featuring native OpenTelemetry tracing for ASP.NET Core, major Map control improvements and faster bindings in .NET MAUI, Blazor TempData support, a new Web Worker project template, and performance improvements across the runtime, SDK, and libraries.
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Uno Platform 6.5 Released with AI Agent Support, Unicode Text, and Studio Improvements
Uno Platform 6.5 introduces Antigravity AI agent support, allowing agents to verify app behavior at runtime. Hot Design now launches by default with a redesigned toolbar and new scope selector. The release also adds Unicode TextBox support for non-Latin scripts, improves WebView2 on WebAssembly, and resolves over 450 community issues across all supported platforms.
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Microsoft Launches MCP C# SDK v1.0, Bringing Full Support for Latest Protocol Specification
Microsoft has released version 1.0 of the official MCP C# SDK, bringing full support for the 2025-11-25 MCP Specification. The release introduces enhanced authorization flows, icon support for tools and resources, incremental scope consent, URL mode elicitation, tool calling in sampling, and improved handling of long-running HTTP requests.
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ASP.NET Core in .NET 11 Preview 1 Brings New Blazor Components, Improved Navigation, and WebAssembly
Microsoft has released ASP.NET Core in .NET 11 Preview 1, introducing new Blazor components like EnvironmentBoundary, Label, and DisplayName, along with relative URI navigation, QuickGrid row click events, IHostedService support in WebAssembly, environment variable configuration, OpenAPI binary file response schemas, and automatic dev certificate trust in WSL.
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.NET 11 Preview 1 Arrives with Runtime Async, Zstandard Support, and C# 15 Features
NET 11 Preview 1 is released, featuring Runtime Async as the headline change, moving async method handling from the compiler into the runtime itself. The preview also brings CoreCLR WebAssembly work, native Zstandard compression, C# 15 collection expression arguments, and MAUI improvements. Community reaction has been mixed, with praise for async changes but debate over language complexity.