we will look at some of the approaches that you can take to make optimized and better performing ASP.NET web sites. Some of these principles can also be applied to websites created in a technology other than ASP.NET.

These are the issues addressed in 15.9.14:

• Fixed a bug causing Visual Studio 2017 crashes when switching branches.
• Fixed a bug causing internal compiler error (fbtctree.cpp', line 5540) during code analysis.
• Fixed a performance regression in memcpy/memset for Ryzen processors.
• Updated Service Fabric tooling to support the 6.5 Service Fabric release.
• Enabled screen reader to announce TeamExplorer's notifications properly on .NET 4.8.
• VS2017 15.8 Internal compiler error ('msc1.cpp', line 1518): Conflict between preprocessor and #import.
• ICE in PREfast 19.16.27023.1 (15.9 RTW).

Security Advisory Notices

• Visual Studio Extension Auto Update Vulnerability
• Visual Studio WorkFlowMarkUpDeserializerRCE Vulernability
• ASP.NET Core Spoofing Vulnerability 

These are the issues addressed in 15.9.15:

• Updated signing of VC Redist packages to enable continued deployment on Windows XP. This fix may have an increased chance of requiring a reboot of the machine in order to install an updated VC++ Redistributable package.
• Fixed in issue where GoToDefinition does not work for JavaScript in script blocks of cshtml files.
• Calling pmr monotonic_buffer_resource release will corrupt memory.
• Fix for HRESULT E_FAIL build error in some C++ projects when upgrading to 15.9.13

Security Advisory Notices

• Git for Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability 

 C:\>dotnet --version
1.0.0-preview2-1-003177

{
  "projects": [ "src", "test" ],
  "sdk": {
    "version": "1.0.0-preview2-1-003177"
  }
}

 Can not find runtime target for framework '.NETCoreApp,Version=v1.0' compatible with one of the target runtimes: 'win10-x64, win81-x64, win8-x64, win7-x64'.
The project does not list one of 'win10-x64, win81-x64, win8-x64, win7-x64' in the 'runtimes' section.

"frameworks": {
    "netcoreapp1.1": {
        "dependencies": {
            "Microsoft.NETCore.App": {
                "type": "platform",
                "version": "1.1.0"
            }
        },
        "imports": [
            "dnxcore50",
            "portable-net45+win8"
        ]
    }
},

 PM> Update-Package

{
    "dependencies": {
        "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics": "1.1.0",
        "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.EntityFrameworkCore": "1.1.0",
        "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Extensions": "1.1.0",
        "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc": "1.1.0",
        "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core": "1.1.0",
        "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers": "1.1.0",
        "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Runtime": "1.1.0",
        "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Tools": {
            "version": "1.1.0-preview4-final",
            "type": "build"
        },
        "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration": "1.1.0",
        "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel": "1.1.0",
        "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Session": "1.1.0",
        "Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices": "1.0.0-beta-000019",
        "Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles": "1.1.0",
        "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore": "1.1.0",
        "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.InMemory": "1.1.0",
        "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools.DotNet": {
            "version": "1.1.0-preview4-final",
            "type": "build"
        },
        "Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Binder": "1.1.0",
        "Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json": "1.1.0",
        "Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console": "1.1.0",
        "Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Debug": "1.1.0",
        "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Tools": {
            "version": "1.1.0-preview4-final",
            "type": "build"
        },
        "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGenerators.Mvc": {
            "version": "1.1.0-preview4-final",
            "type": "build"
        }
    },
 
    "tools": {
        "BundlerMinifier.Core": "2.2.301",
        "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Tools": "1.1.0-preview4-final",
        "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Tools": {
            "version": "1.1.0-preview4-final",
            "imports": [
                "portable-net45+win8"
            ]
        },
        "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools.DotNet": {
            "version": "1.1.0-preview4-final",
            "imports": [
                "portable-net45+win8"
            ]
        },
        "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration.Tools": "1.1.0-preview4-final"
    },
 
    "frameworks": {
        "netcoreapp1.1": {
            "dependencies": {
                "Microsoft.NETCore.App": {
                    "type": "platform",
                    "version": "1.1.0"
                }
            },
            "imports": [
                "dnxcore50",
                "portable-net45+win8"
            ]
        }
    },
 
    "buildOptions": {
        "emitEntryPoint": true,
        "preserveCompilationContext": true
    },
 
    "runtimeOptions": {
        "configProperties": {
            "System.GC.Server": true
        }
    },
 
    "publishOptions": {
        "include": [
            "wwwroot",
            "Features",
            "appsettings.json",
            "web.config"
        ]
    },
 
    "configurations": {
        "Release": {
            "buildOptions": {
                "optimize": true,
                "platform": "anycpu"
            }
        }
    },
 
    "scripts": {
        "precompile": [
            "dotnet bundle"
        ],
        "prepublish": [
            //"bower install"
        ],
        "postpublish": [ "dotnet publish-iis --publish-folder %publish:OutputPath% --framework %publish:FullTargetFramework%" ]
    }
}

{
    "version": "1.0.0-*",
 
    "testRunner": "mstest",
    "dependencies": {
        "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore": "1.1.0",
        "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.InMemory": "1.1.0",
        "NETStandard.Library": "1.6.1",
        "dotnet-test-mstest": "1.1.2-preview",
        "MSTest.TestFramework": "1.0.6-preview"
    },
 
    "frameworks": {
        "netcoreapp1.1": {
            "dependencies": {
                "Microsoft.NETCore.App": {
                    "type": "platform",
                    "version": "1.1.0"
                }
            },
            "imports": [
                "dnxcore50",
                "portable-net45+win8"
            ]
        }
    }
}

Announcing the DotNetCompilerPlatform 1.0.2 release 

ASP.NET Core and Blazor futures Q&A | DIS201H

#MSBuild

Join us for a discussion on the future of web development with the ASP.NET Core team. Get the team's perspective first-hand on the roadmap for ASP.NET Core and Blazor in .NET 8 and get all of your burning questions answered. We discuss Blazor, Native AOT, cloud native development, and anything else that you want to ask us about. 

Retirement of MCSA, MCSD, MCSE certifications and related exams extended

We know many of you are working toward completing your Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA), Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD), or Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) certification(s). We realize that the current environment could potentially hamper your ability to finish your certification before the original retirement date of June 30, 2020. To address this issue, we are extending the retirement date for these specific certifications to January 31, 2021 to give you more time to complete the exams and earn your certification. 

Bootstrap Icons v1.7.0 is here with 120 new and updated icons, taking us over 1,500 total icons for the project! It’s the largest update since the initial release, so keep reading to see what’s new.