start experimenting with new features like:

• Native AOT
• Default GC regions
• ASP.NET Core startup time improvements 

Announcing .NET 7 Preview 2 - The New, 'New' Experience - .NET Blog 

.NET 7 Preview 1 includes annotations to APIs to support nullability, ongoing JIT compiler optimizations, new APIs, and support for more hot reload scenarios. 

ReSharper 2021.3.2 and Rider 2021.3.2 Bug Fixes Are Here | The .NET Tools Blog 

Windows 10, version 21H2 is now available through Windows Server Update Services 

We are happy to release .NET 6 Release Candidate 1. It is the first of two “go live” release candidate releases that are supported in production.  

SQL Server 2016 SP3: Last Service Pack for SQL Server 

Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 4.0 Preview 1 has been released. This release contains improvements and updates to the Microsoft.Data.SqlClient data provider for SQL Server. 

It is the last preview before we enter the (two) Release Candidate (RC) period.