💻Microsoft Drops .NET 11 RC2 With Go-Live License
RC2 is now go-live, but no new C# features
TL;DR
Microsoft's .NET 11 Release Candidate 2 is now go-live for production use, supported in Visual Studio 2026 Insiders and Visual Studio Code with C# Dev Kit. No new C# language features, but plenty of updates across libraries, runtime, SDK, and more.
Microsoft has dropped .NET 11 Release Candidate 2 with a go-live license for production use, making it a must-try for .NET developers. This release includes updates across libraries, runtime, SDK, NuGet, F#, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, and Windows Forms. Despite the extensive updates, there are no new C# language features, but the release does bring improvements like faster wildcard matching in MSBuild and new F# preview features. If you're running .NET in production, this is a big deal for reliability and performance improvements.
Key Points
RC2 is go-live for production use, supported in Visual Studio 2026 Insiders and C# Dev Kit in Visual Studio Code
Updates across libraries, runtime, SDK, NuGet, F#, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, and Windows Forms
No new C# language features, but CborReader can now read payloads in chunks using isFinalBlock and SlideData
F# gains preview features like return and await intrinsics for custom computation-expression builders
MSBuild gains faster wildcard matching during project evaluation, improving build times
Why It Matters
If you're running .NET in production, RC2's go-live license and reliability improvements are a must. Faster wildcard matching in MSBuild can cut build times, while new F# features offer more flexibility for custom computation-expression builders. But remember, no new C# language features this time around.
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