Microsoft has reminded customers that multiple .NET Framework versions signed using the insecure Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA-1) will reach their end of life this month. The .NET Framework is a free ...

In context: The .NET Framework technology has been part of the Windows platform since the NT 4.0/XP era, providing developers with an integrated environment (class library, language interoperability, ...

.NET Framework is a managed execution environment for Windows that allows software developers to create a software application in one programming language and be assured that the app will be able to ...

Forward-looking: Earlier editions of the .NET Framework were designed to provide a development platform for Windows-exclusive applications. Today, the technology supports all major computer and mobile ...

The .NET framework allows cross-platform development on Windows and Mac, and Microsoft released version 8 for both in November. Here's what that means to developers. In the late 1990s, Microsoft began ...

.NET 7 brings interoperability and a better code base to better serve enterprises. The shift to building on what was originally called .NET Core has brought big changes to .NET. Not only is it now ...

Microsoft .NET 6 marks a new era of developing performant, modern-day applications for web, cloud, desktop, and mobile devices. Microsoft .NET 6 is the culmination of the .NET unification that started ...

10 years ago today, Microsoft promised to build “the next generation Internet.” The occasion was Forum 2000, where Microsoft’s Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer announced.NET, now one of the most popular ...

Microsoft this week promised one less reboot with Windows 11 version 22H2 client feature updates because of a coming change to how .NET Framework updates will be delivered. With a coming improvement, ...

For years now, Microsoft has been updating its old, Windows-only, proprietary .NET Framework even as it has advanced the new open source, cross-platform .NET Core order of frameworks, which have ...

Microsoft's first .NET 11 release candidate is supported for production use as the platform moves toward its Nov. 10 launch.