• Automatic ANSI .rc file conversion to UTF8 !!!! (not wanted !!!!)
• Fixed an inaccurate error message when developers try publishing .NET Core 3.0 apps to Azure.
• Stability improvement in msbuild/dotnet restore when plugins are used to restore against authenticated feeds.

In a Visual Studio Live! conference keynote Tuesday a couple of Microsoft program managers were on hand to discuss what's going on with .NET today and tomorrow, clearly signaling that .NET Core is the future of the ecosystem and that programmers should use it for all new development projects.  

• Updated to NET 5.0 preview8 (PR: omnisharp-roslyn#1916)
• Update build tool versions for NET 5 RC1 (PR: omnisharp-roslyn#1926)
• Update Roslyn to 3.8.0-3.20451.2 (PR: omnisharp-roslyn#1927) 

Database collations

The default collation for a database can now be specified in the EF model.
This will flow through to generated migrations to set the collation when the database is created.
For example:

 modelBuilder.UseCollation("German_PhoneBook_CI_AS");

This article introduces you to the in-browser document database known as IndexedDB. With IndexedDB you can create, read, update, and delete large sets of records in much the same way you are accustomed to doing with server-side databases. To experiment with a working version of the code presented in this article, please go to , and the full source code is available via the GitHub repository found at .

• Fixed: Android SDK not found after upgrade to 16.2
• Fixed: VS won't start after update with message tht setup is complete.
• Fixed an issue resulting in an installer verification or manifest verification fail when user is updating through the setup UI.
• Fixed an issue that caused Visual Studio to crash or stop responding during shutdown.
• Fixed a timing-related issue while saving changed Xamarin.Android project properties or building the project that resulted in the product to stop responding.
• Fixed an issue with Visual Studio crashing when C# users typed above a namespace.
• Fixed an issue preventing SSIS packages from successfully running in some circumstances after reloading a solution. 

up to 17.9% less memory required for .NET 5 FlexGrid row auto sizing.
rid painting is up to 1.3 times faster for .NET 5 than for .NET Framework 4.5.2.
fit the data in all columns up to 1.7 times faster for .NET 5.
 

I’ve decided to make a series of at least 8 free weekly-based webinars about in-depth implementation details of the .NET GC and… 

Using ASP.NET 5 Tag Helpers and the Bing Translator API - See more at: http://weblogs.asp.net/ricardoperes/using-asp-net-5-tag-helpers#sthash.xgKTEUPl.dpuf 

The Windows Subsystem for Linux in the Microsoft Store is now generally available on Windows 10 and 11