.NET Blog

Tune into the C# Certification Training Series

September 22, 2023 Sep 22, 2023 09/22/23

Katie Savage

We are hosting six office hour training streams for the new C# Certification training content.

What’s new in Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio 2022?

September 14, 2023 Sep 14, 2023 09/14/23

Ayca Bas

Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio 2022 version 17.7 is packed with the new exciting capabilities for .NET developers.

Performance Improvements in .NET 8

September 13, 2023 Sep 13, 2023 09/13/23

Stephen Toub - MSFT

.NET 7 was super fast, .NET 8 is faster. Take an in-depth tour through over 500 pull requests that make that a reality.

WPF File Dialog Improvements in .NET 8

September 8, 2023 Sep 8, 2023 09/8/23

Dipesh Kumar

Announing OpenFolderDialog control and other file dialog properties in WPF in .NET 8.

Announcing the New Foundational C# Certification with freeCodeCamp

August 28, 2023 Aug 28, 2023 08/28/23

Katie Savage

The Foundational C# Certification with freeCodeCamp is now available! The certification is free, globally available, and includes a full training course.

New C# 12 preview features

July 11, 2023 Jul 11, 2023 07/11/23

Kathleen Dollard

.NET 8 Preview 6 adds three new features for C# 12: interceptors, inline arrays, and enhancements to the nameof expression.

Announcing .NET 8 Preview 6

July 11, 2023 Jul 11, 2023 07/11/23

Justin Yoo

We're thrilled to announce .NET 8 Preview 6 which is packed with plenty of library updates, a new WASM mode, more source generators, constant performance improvements, and NativeAOT support on iOS.

Improved Source Generators and Code Fixers Arrive in .NET Community Toolkit 8.2.1!

July 6, 2023 Jul 6, 2023 07/6/23

Sergio Pedri

We're happy to announce the official launch of the .NET Community Toolkit 8.2.1 release, featuring lots of QoL improvements, bug fixes and optimizations to the source generators, new code fixers, and more!

Microsoft Forms Service’s Journey to .NET 6

June 20, 2023 Jun 20, 2023 06/20/23

Ray Yao

Microsoft Forms is an Office product with 130M monthly active users, recently we migrated our services to .NET 6, and we have seen 100%-200% increase in CPU efficiency.

Announcing .NET 8 Preview 5

June 13, 2023 Jun 13, 2023 06/13/23

Jiachen Jiang

We're thrilled to announce .NET 8 Preview 5, featuring enhanced Metrics APIs, SourceLink integration, default Dynamic PGO, and Alpine ASP.NET Docker Composite Images.