Here’s what’s new in this preview release:

• .NET Hot Reload updates for dotnet watch
• ASP.NET Core SPA templates updated to Angular 11 and React 17
• Use Razor syntax in SVG foreignObject elements
• Specify null for Action and RenderFragment component parameters
• Reduced Blazor WebAssembly download size with runtime relinking
• Configurable buffer threshold before writing to disk in Json.NET output formatter
• Subcategories for better filtering of Kestrel logs
• Faster get and set for HTTP headers
• Configurable unconsumed incoming buffer size for IIS 

This is the first release of a 64-bit Visual Studio and we’d love for you to download it, try it out, and join us in shaping the next major release of Visual Studio with your feedback. 

We are delighted to release .NET 6 Preview 4. We’re now about half-way through the .NET 6 release. 

Ohai there, LineageOS 18.1 

Today, the Entity Framework Core team announces the second preview release of EF Core 6.0. This release includes changes to handling the synchronization context when SaveChangesAsync is called, smoother integration with System.Linq.Async, updates to string concatenation and improvements to free text search. 

Cisco has addressed a maximum severity vulnerability in its Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Multi-Site Orchestrator (MSO) that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication on vulnerable devices. 

Today, the Entity Framework Core team announces the first preview release of EF Core 6.0. This release includes new attributes, built-in functions, and database-specific improvements to SQLite and SQL Server capabilities. 

Add TypeScript 4.x as peerDependency to react-scripts 

SQL Tools December release recap - SQL Server Blog 

The 18.7 release is the third major release of SSMS in 2020 and expands on our commitment to providing quality tooling for database administration. Key changes include:

• Fix for Database diagrams add table dialog.
• Installation of Azure Data Studio.
• Extended Events script with wait type name.