NET 11 Release Candidate 2 is available with improvements across libraries, runtime, SDK, MSBuild, NuGet, F#, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, and Windows Forms.

Welcome to our combined .NET servicing updates for October 2026. Let’s get into the latest release of .NET and .NET Framework. Here’s a quick overview of what’s new in our servicing releases: .NET has ...

Installing two anti-malware programs on the same system is like hiring two different security companies to patrol your building. If they don’t know about each other, each is going to think the other ...

Today we are highlighting improvements across a few key open-source projects many of you already use, as well as updates to Windows ML. To empower developers, we must support the broad range of tools ...

Developers love the Aspire dashboard for collecting and visualizing telemetry from their apps. Structured logs help explain what happened, traces show how a request moved between services, and metrics ...

Copilot UX components, rich, interactive experiences rendered directly in Microsoft 365 Copilot, are on track for general availability in October 2026, for all customers worldwide. A few months ago, ...

Today we are highlighting improvements across a few key open-source projects many of you already use, as well as updates to Windows ML. To empower developers, we must support the broad range of tools ...

Debugging rarely starts with a clear answer. An app crashes, a service hangs, a driver fails, or a kernel dump offers few clues. Whether you’re working with a live target, crash dump, or Time Travel ...

We announced the public preview of Copilot Code Review for Azure Repos in late August. Since then, we have continued to make improvements, fix bugs, and add new features. We wanted to share an update ...

We’ve all experienced this, the desktop application is hanging, the window is greyed out, and we’re just waiting for it to start to respond. Or we’re on a website and are sure that it was going to ...

Agents break the traditional request-and-response paradigm. They are long-running, stream tokens as they work, delegate to subagents, and invoke tools mid-response. Without a shared protocol, each ...

At CppCon 2026, we shared how Visual Studio is evolving to help you work more effectively with large C++ codebases, improve build and runtime performance, adopt the latest language features, and ...