.NET - what's new?

Welcome to what's new in .NET and .NET docs. Use this page to navigate to different articles that cover new features for a variety of areas.

.NET 9 release updates

What's new

• .NET 9
• ASP.NET Core 9.0
• .NET MAUI 9
• EF Core 9

.NET 8 release updates

What's new

• .NET 8
• ASP.NET Core 8.0
• .NET MAUI 8
• EF Core 8
• Windows Forms (.NET 8)
• WPF (.NET 8)

Latest documentation updates

What's new

• October 2024
• September 2024
• August 2024

Language updates

What's new

• What's new in C# 12
• What's new in F# 8
• What's new for Visual Basic

Contribute to docs

Overview

• .NET docs repository
• Project structure and labels for issues and pull requests
• .NET Foundation

Concept

• Microsoft docs contributor guide
• .NET docs contributor guide

.NET developers

Download

• Download the .NET SDK

sample

• .NET samples browser

Get Started

• .NET on Q&A
• .NET tech community forums

What's new

• Community

Release notes

What's new

• .NET
• ASP.NET Core 8.0
• Visual Studio 2022
• Visual Studio Code