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Windows Copilot Runtime Aids AI Application Development Updated: April 1, 2025 The Copilot Runtime is a new Windows client OS component that facilitates development of AI-enabled...more .NET 5 to Unify .NET Offerings in 2020 Updated: August 20, 2024 .NET 5, planned for 2020, will merge current .NET offerings into one runtime and API...more Windows Copilot Runtime Architecture Updated: July 30, 2024 Illustration shows Directions’ interpretation of the interaction of components included in the Copilot Runtime. .NET 8.0 Brings Long-Term Support Updated: February 19, 2024 .NET 8.0, generally available, is a good choice for applications requiring longer stability periods because...more .NET 8.0 Arriving with Long-Term Support Updated: September 11, 2023 .NET 8.0, in preview, is a good choice for applications requiring longer stability periods because...more .NET 6.0 Brings Long Term Support Updated: September 4, 2023 The .NET 6.0 cross-platform software development framework became generally available in Nov. 2021. It is...more .NET 7.0 Arrives as Short-Term Release Updated: September 4, 2023 .NET 7.0 will only be supported until May 2024, so .NET 6.0 or the upcoming...more Lessons from Microsoft’s Internal .NET Upgrade Updated: May 31, 2023 Microsoft’s discussions of internal application upgrades from the .NET Framework to .NET could help customers...more Windows App SDK 1.2 Available Updated: May 31, 2023 The Windows App SDK may help developers build new applications for Windows 11 and upgrade...more Windows: The Best Dev Box? Updated: May 31, 2023 Windows could be the best choice as a development environment because it can be used...more Windows App SDK Mostly for New Apps Updated: May 31, 2023 The Windows App SDK allows developers to build Windows applications with the latest UI elements....more Visual Studio and .NET Framework Roadmap Update Updated: October 3, 2021 New versions of Microsoft’s application runtime and developer tools, the .NET Framework and Visual Studio,...more Tool Migrates .NET Framework Code to .NET 5.0 Updated: May 17, 2021 The .NET Upgrade Assistant can help organizations migrate .NET Framework code to .NET 5.0, which...more Previews of Java Distributions Available Updated: April 19, 2021 Previews of Microsoft distributions of the Java platform became available in Apr. 2021. .NET Unification Continues with .NET 5.0 Updated: January 3, 2021 .NET 5.0, now generally available, is the successor to .NET Core and the latest step...more Visual Basic Won’t Evolve; C#, F# Updated Updated: December 14, 2020 Visual Basic is essentially deprecated but is supported with .NET 5.0. Organizations with Visual Basic...more