As of April 1, 2020 Log4Net is a dormant project of Apache Logging Services. The dormant status means the project has been classified as inactive since it has had no recent development activity and there are no active volunteers to perform code reviews, commit code, or perform releases. Although it is possible volunteers might choose to participate in the future, it is best to assume there will be not future development or releases. 

https://github.com/apache/logging-log4net 

Starting with the 2021.2 releases of our .NET productivity tools, including ReSharper and Rider (on Windows), we will require .NET Framework 4.7.2 or newer installed on your machine. Earlier versions of our .NET tools will continue to work on .NET Framework 4.6.1. 

With the latest release of ASP.NET Core, developers are wondering what the next step is for their web apps and how to convert it over to the new ASP.NET Core.

SQL Server 2022 Release Candidate 0 is now available 

Today we’re very happy to announce that the second preview of the next minor release of ASP.NET Core and .NET Core is now available for you to try out. This second preview includes many refinements based on feedback we received from the first preview we released back in February. 

These are the customer-reported issues addressed in 15.9.5:

• VSX1000: No enough information has been provided to MSBuild in order to establish a connection to a Remote Server.
• Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable for ARM64 is not available via visualstudio.com.
• VC Runtime Redistributable Update for VS 15.9 deletes Registry Key. This fix may have an increased chance of requiring a reboot of the machine in order to install an updated VC++ Redistributable package.
• Incorrect codegen in managed c++ with List to List assignment.
• Can't connect to mac build host after Visual Studio 15.9.4 update.
• Resource directories missed in incremental builds with AndroidAarLibrary items.
• Lots of external assembly references - JNI ERROR (app bug): local reference table overflow (max=512).
• The Unity Editor has been updated to 2018.3. For more information, please visit the Unity website.
• SSDT: We enabled SQL projects to build schemas that have non-clustered columnstore indexes on an indexed views.
• SSDT: We fixed a significant performance issue in the schema compare tool when generating a script.
• SSDT: We fixed the schema drift detection logic in the schema compare tool which forced a new comparison to reenable scripting and publishing actions.

Security Advisory Notices

• A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio when the C++ compiler improperly handles specific combinations of C++ constructs. 

Today we are thrilled to announce the release of OpenSilver 1.0
As Silverlight is reaching end of support, OpenSilver is now powerful enough to run complex line-of-business applications of all sizes. 

Today, at Microsoft and Docker, Inc. we are making the Docker command line interface available on Windows starting with the Docker 1.6 release.

After almost two years, the wait is nearly over. The API has been frozen, and the countdown to Deno 1.0, officially scheduled for release on May 13, has begun. 

Today, we are launching .NET Live TV, your one stop shop for all .NET and Visual Studio live streams across Twitch and YouTube. We are always looking for new ways to bring great content to the developer community and innovate in ways to interact with you in real-time. Live streaming gives us the opportunity to deliver more content where everyone can ask questions and interact with the product teams.