Today, we are excited to announce the fourth preview release of .NET 11! This release includes improvements across the .NET Runtime, SDK, libraries, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, C#, Entity Framework Core, and more. Check out the linked release notes below and get started today.<\/p>\n
This release contains the following improvements.<\/p>\n
dotnet watch<\/code> adds device selection for .NET MAUI and mobile projects<\/a><\/li>\n- Fish shell completions match Bash, Zsh, and PowerShell<\/a><\/li>\n
dotnet reference<\/code> and similar commands fall back to the current directory<\/a><\/li>\n- OpenTelemetry replaces Application Insights for CLI telemetry<\/a><\/li>\n
- See all SDK updates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
C#<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n- Clearer diagnostic for misplaced
#!<\/code> shebang directives<\/a><\/li>\n- Opt-in compilation cache for the VBCSCompiler build server<\/a><\/li>\n
- See all C# updates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\ud83c\udf10 ASP.NET Core<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n- HTTP QUERY in generated OpenAPI documents<\/a><\/li>\n
SupplyParameterFromTempData<\/code> for Blazor<\/a><\/li>\n- Server-initiated Blazor Server circuit pause<\/a><\/li>\n
- MCP Server template ships with the .NET SDK<\/a><\/li>\n
- See all ASP.NET Core updates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\ud83d\udcf1 .NET MAUI<\/strong><\/h2>\n\ndotnet watch<\/code> for Android<\/a><\/li>\ndotnet watch<\/code> for iOS<\/a><\/li>\n- See all .NET MAUI updates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\ud83c\udf81 Entity Framework Core<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n- Approximate vector search for SQL Server 2025<\/a><\/li>\n
- JSON mapping is fully integrated into the relational model<\/a><\/li>\n
- Temporal period properties can map to CLR properties<\/a><\/li>\n
dotnet ef<\/code> reads defaults from dotnet-ef.json<\/code><\/a><\/li>\n- See all EF Core updates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\ud83d\ude80 Get started<\/h2>\n
To get started with .NET 11, install the .NET 11 SDK<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you’re on Windows using Visual Studio, we recommend installing the latest Visual Studio 2026 Insiders<\/a>. You can also use Visual Studio Code and the C# Dev Kit<\/a> extension with .NET 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Find out about the new features in .NET 11 Preview 4 across the .NET runtime, SDK, libraries, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, C#, Entity Framework Core, and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11288,"featured_media":60119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[685,7233,7509,756,859],"tags":[7893,7744],"class_list":["post-60098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dotnet","category-maui","category-aspnetcore","category-csharp","category-entity-framework","tag-dotnet-11","tag-featured-preview"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"
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