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 RC release and try out the bits using the links below...

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 within Visual Studio, under Tools > Extensions...

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 having them this summer! Roslyn Diagnostic Analyzer...

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 tools in general here on the .NET blog. You...

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 lot of time and effort into identifying owners...

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 Code Execution ( 3078662 ) This security update...

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# Team We are pleased to tell you about the Visual F# Power Tools ...

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 . It is an exciting release: you can now use...

Update 8/11/2015: We released an updated version of RyuJIT today, which resolves this advisory . The update was released as Microsoft Security Bulletin MS15-092 and is available on Windows Update or via direct download as KB3086251 . The update resolves...

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 Platform (UWP) apps. The set of networking APIs...

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 dd8252eb8d20 in our repo . For an overview of the new...

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 started is to install the free Visual Studio 2015...

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 team when all of this awesomeness happens! However...

Since going open source, Roslyn has had 45 and Visual F# has had 29 unique code contributors external to Microsoft. To celebrate and appreciate our first contributors, we sent them each a small gift in the mail: a mug with the classic “cup of tea”...

Mads and Dustin showed off these stylish little numbers at BUILD and ever since we've been getting pinged by community members wanting to know where they can get their very own so they too can show their passion for their favorite programming language...

The .NET team released two security bulletins today as part of the monthly "Update Tuesday" cycle. Microsoft Security Bulletin MS15-044 - Critical , Vulnerability in .NET Framework Could Allow Remote Code Execution ( 3057110 ) This security update...

The .NET Framework 4.6 is the latest version of the .NET Framework. The .NET Framework 4.6 exposes new APIs that you can use in your app or library. You can also use it to run existing apps. Using Visual Studio 2015 You can target the .NET Framework...

Today marks the release of Visual Studio 2015 RC, which includes the latest updates to the Visual F# 4.0 language and tools. Download the RC here , and review the VS release notes here . Back in November , we described the F# 4.0 features that were...

Updated (July 2015) : See Announcing .NET Framework 4.6 to read about the final version of the .NET Framework 4.6. At the Build conference today, Scott Guthrie announced the .NET Framework 4.6 RC and Visual Studio 2015 RC. He also announced important...

The .NET team released a security bulletin today as part of the monthly “patch Tuesday” cycle. Microsoft Security Bulletin MS15-041 - Important , Vulnerability in .NET Framework Could Allow Information Disclosure ( 3048010 ) This update...

This post is written by Kasey Uhlenhuth a Program Manager on the Managed Languages Team. "I am looking for someone to share in an adventure." — Gandalf, The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien On April 3, 2014, Anders Hejlsberg set us...

It's been over seven years since the Prism project started, led by the patterns & practices team. It was originally known as the Composite Application Library . Last year, we celebrated our 5th official release of Prism . The two major focuses of...

Today we are pleased to announce that MSBuild is now available on GitHub and we are contributing it to the .NET Foundation ! The Microsoft Build Engine (MSBuild) is a platform for building applications. By invoking msbuild.exe on your project or solution...

dotnetConf is a free, 2 day virtual event co-organized by the .NET community and Microsoft, and it’s this Wednesday! As you can guess by its name, it’s dedicated to your favorite development platform, .NET. Grab a comfortable chair, a pot of your favorite...

It has been a couple weeks since we last reported on the .NET Core open source project . It's been a very fun time, watching more people get involved in the project and to see progress on a daily basis. It's amazing watching my GitHub news feed. I have...