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Microsoft sweeps up after breaking .NET with December security updates

XPS doc display issues fixed – until the next patch, at least

Patches01 Feb 2023 | 3

A month on, network improvements come to .NET 7

Enhancements around HTTP, QUIC, and WebSocket are on the list

Software13 Dec 2022 | 2

.NET open source is 'heavily under-funded' says AWS

RE:INVENT Amazon web arm investing in Microsoft's platform to help customers escape Windows

Software01 Dec 2022 | 25

Sandworm gang launches Monster ransomware attacks on Ukraine

The RansomBoggs campaign is the Russia-linked group’s latest assault on the smaller country

Security29 Nov 2022 | 15

Microsoft's grand unified theory of .NET advances a little

More support for multiple platforms, Arm architecture, and the cloud in release 7

Software10 Nov 2022 | 11

Microsoft ships non-Surface PC: a cheap Arm box for devs

Windows Dev Kit 2023 packs Qualcomm's AI toys and an all-Arm environment for Windows coding

Personal Tech25 Oct 2022 | 21

Attention Microsoft-oriented Linux devs: .NET 6 is on Ubuntu 22.04

Linux distro announces the availability of Microsoft tooling on Jammy Jellyfish

Devops17 Aug 2022 | 16

Microsoft unveils native Arm64 support in the .NET Framework

Older operating systems excluded from the 4.8.1 release party

Applications10 Aug 2022 |

.NET 5 and Windows 10 20H2 drop out of support

Fire the update engines if you haven't already

Software11 May 2022 | 5

RAD Basic – the Visual Basic 7 that never was – releases third alpha

Spend your weekend wallowing in the good old days

Software06 May 2022 | 71

Microsoft releases first preview of .NET 7

Windows giant promises 20 more years on 20th anniversary of the tech

Software21 Feb 2022 | 13

20 years of .NET: Reflecting on Microsoft's not-Java

Interviews In which it is revealed that Silverlight lives on ... as .NET Core

Software15 Feb 2022 | 103

Replaced several times but still live and kicking: Windows Forms updated for .NET 6.0

High DPI continues to be a challenge in ancient desktop framework

Software22 Nov 2021 | 26

Red Hat 8.5 released with SQL Server and .NET 6 ... this is Linux, right?

Containerised Podman and OpenJDK 17 also highlights of minor release

OSes11 Nov 2021 | 19

.NET 6 LTS and VS 2022: Major releases spoilt by continuing concern about Microsoft's commitment to open source

Both bring new features and better performance

Software08 Nov 2021 | 8

Microsoft under fire again from open-source .NET devs: Hot Reload feature pulled for sake of Visual Studio sales

Updated Windows giant has a funny way of 'loving' Free software

Software22 Oct 2021 | 40

Microsoft .NET updates include C and C++ code in Blazor WebAssembly, release date for Visual Studio 2022

Just don't mention WPF

Software13 Oct 2021 | 21

Faster .NET? Monster post by Microsoft software engineer shows serious improvements

Essential reading for developers in search of performance and efficiency

Software18 Aug 2021 | 36

Microsoft emits last preview of .NET 6 and C# 10, but is C# becoming as complex as C++?

Plus: Visual Studio rolls out preview 3 of 2022 version

Software12 Aug 2021 | 44

Microsoft flips request to port Visual Studio Tools for Office to .NET Core from 'Sure, we'll take a look' to 'No'

Basically, it doesn't work

Software07 Jun 2021 | 19

Microsoft previews Hot Reload for .NET developers, sets date for .NET 6

Build Faster Entity Framework, complete C++ 20 support in Visual Studio, but complications remain

Software27 May 2021 | 3

Microsoft has gone to great lengths to push its tech, but survey suggests many devs slipped through the .NET

Among the findings, WPF remains most-used desktop framework despite years of promotion for UWP

Software06 May 2021 | 30

Unity devs warned of breaking changes ahead in video game engine as team gets to grips with mutating face of .NET

Support has fallen behind and fixing it is a challenge

Software13 Apr 2021 | 11

Microsoft's 0.5 release of Project Reunion dev kit has production support – just don't be touching UWP

Team is 'SUPER EXCITED' but will devs welcome another Windows-only, incompatible framework?

Software30 Mar 2021 | 9

Cross-platform Windows Presentation Framework, anyone? The short answer: yes. Unpacking Avalonia

Interview Developers liked WPF but Microsoft neglected it. Avalonia is a possible solution

Software30 Mar 2021 | 14

AWS acknowledges that deploying to its cloud is too hard for .NET developers – so here is a tool to automate it

Ugh, it's so opinionated, sometimes in an arbitrary way

Off-Prem18 Mar 2021 | 2

.NET 6 preview 2: Microsoft confirms no visual designer for WinUI 3.0 at launch

Developers adopting latest and greatest will have to tangle with XAML

Software15 Mar 2021 | 10

Upgrade from .NET Framework to .NET 5 can be hard. New official tool may help... slightly

Ignite 'This tool is not supported in any way. Nobody will be on the hook for fixing any issues with it'

Applications04 Mar 2021 | 7

Microsoft pulls the sheets off first .NET 6 preview and... it's still a mess. Native Apple Silicon support, though

Unified? Kind of, but now there are two .NET runtimes in the official SDK

Software18 Feb 2021 | 18

Plans for Entity Framework Core 6.0 revealed as Microsoft admits it is unlikely to match Dapper for performance

Redmond wants to improve key database library, but then why not just use Dapper?

Software19 Jan 2021 | 14

Last stop before MAUI: Xamarin Forms 5.0 released for cross-platform mobile, new features, new bugs

Microsoft's cross-platform .NET tools get a refresh, but with a relatively short life before newer tools sweep it away

Software11 Jan 2021 | 13

Another piece comes to .NET Core: Microsoft will keep the runtime patched automatically

Only on Windows of course, and only for certain types of deployment

Software07 Dec 2020 | 15

The evolution of C#: Lead designer describes modernization journey, breaks it down about getting func-y

Interview As C# 9.0 is released, a look back at functional programming adoption, what the language is for, and what was a mistake

Software11 Nov 2020 | 28

Noooooo, my theme-aware splash screen! Windows 10 Dev Channel sheds features as Microsoft jumps branches

In Brief Also: HoloLens 2 Dev Edition out, .NET 5 prepares debut, and PowerToys Mute gets experimental

Software03 Nov 2020 |

Devs strung up about .NET 5.0 string changes that may break working code are told: It's not a bug, it's a feature

'I'm just not excited at the prospect of a new crop of unknown unknowns'

Software29 Oct 2020 | 55

Need to build a Big Data app but can't be bothered to learn Python or Scala? Good news: .NET for Apache Spark is here

Stay safe and warm in your C# cocoon

Software28 Oct 2020 | 3

Developer survey: C# losing ground to JavaScript, PHP and Java for cloud apps, still big in gaming

Plus: What puts off developers from adopting cloud? Price

Devops21 Oct 2020 | 69

AWS open sources porting assistant for .NET: Early days for 'a broad problem'

Microsoft says no need to move but gap between .NET Framework and .NET Core is growing

SaaS21 Oct 2020 | 3

Microsoft would love to hear about 'critical bugs' in .NET 5.0 ahead of the 'unified' platform's November launch

Dare ye use RC2 in production?

Devops15 Oct 2020 |

You won't need .NET Standard... except when you do need it: Microsoft sets out latest in ever-changing story

The arrival of .NET 5.0 brings yet another twist

Software16 Sep 2020 | 28

Feeling saucy? Microsoft would like you to use .NET 5.0 'go live' release in production to track down 'critical bugs'

Plus: Updates rolled to ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework Core, and more

Software15 Sep 2020 | 7

Not Half bad: Microsoft back to 16 bits with new storage-saving type in .NET 5

For when precision isn't so important

Storage01 Sep 2020 | 14

First effort to unify sprawling .NET estate nearly done with 5.0 set for November release

But long-term support won't arrive until 6.0 towards end of 2021

Software27 Aug 2020 | 13

Oh, you shouldn't have: Microsoft whips up website for devs that makes it easier to moan about Windows issues

Just be careful it's not 'out of scope'

Software29 Jul 2020 | 3

Feeling unInspired? We can't help much with that, but there is a new .NET 5 preview and an Azure DevOps roadmap

One more to go until Satya Claus delivers the first RC, children!

Devops22 Jul 2020 | 5

.NET Core: Still a Microsoft platform thing despite more than five years open source

Comment Making .NET cross-platform was a radical step but not enough for broad appeal

Software09 Jul 2020 | 150

Microsoft has a cure for data nuked by fat fingers if you're not afraid of the command line

In brief Plus: Windows Forms on Arm64 in .NET 5, Live Events to live on

Software29 Jun 2020 | 58

Microsoft Web Live Preview: Hot reload for ASP.NET web applications

New time-saving extension works only with old .NET Framework, for now

Software16 Jun 2020 | 2

Are you having a hard time following what Microsoft is trying to do with .NET 5.0? You're not the only one

'Even as the release blog writer, I find this difficult'

Software12 Jun 2020 | 18

Microsoft decrees that all high-school IT teachers were wrong: Double spaces now flagged as typos in Word

Roundup Also: new .NET previews, 365 rebrando-tanks roll on, and more

Software27 Apr 2020 | 236

Microsoft boffin inadvertently highlights .NET image woes by running C# on Windows 3.11

Old? Windows-only? Community struggles with '40-year-old male' problem

Software22 Jan 2020 | 138

Microsoft slathers Visual Studio 2019 with extra Docker love, triggers Hot Reload in Preview 2

.NET Core 3.0 Preview 8 – ready for production if you're feeling lucky?

Software14 Aug 2019 | 2

Microsoft throws lifeline to .NET orphans in the brave new Core world

It is acronym Monday as WCF and WF get OSS projects

Devops10 Jun 2019 | 21

Tangled in .NET: Will 5.0 really unify Microsoft's development stack?

Interview .NET Framework? Mono? Xamarin? .NET Core? Blazor? Java interop?

Software16 May 2019 | 40

My Lambda Custom Runtimes bring all the .NET Core to the yard, and they're like... where is this headline going?

Updated Good news for all AWS subscribers – whoa, not so fast, Visual Studioers

SaaS20 Mar 2019 | 7

.NET Core 3 Preview 3 takes a bow, but best not hold your breath for the final release

Faint hopes of a Visual Studio 2019 treat dashed on the rocks of 'late 2019'

Software07 Mar 2019 | 17