Various .NET Core repos have switched their master branches to "5.0", and will use 3.x branches for 3.0 and 3.1 projects. This is very similar to how we approached 2.x and 3.0 projects. As context, master branches produced 3.0 builds for the entire period of the 2.2 project. 

These are the customer-reported issues addressed in 15.7.1:

• This release includes a fix that reduces memory usage and GC pressure during solution load.

Microsoft Security Advisory for .NET Core Denial Of Service Vulnerability

CVE-2018-0765

Microsoft is releasing this security advisory to provide information about a vulnerability in .NET Core and .NET native version 2.0. This advisory also provides guidance on what developers can do to update their applications to remove this vulnerability.

Microsoft is aware of a denial of service vulnerability that exists when .NET Framework and .NET Core improperly process XML documents. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause a denial of service against a .NET Framework, .NET Core, or .NET native application.

The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how .NET Framework, .NET Core, and .NET native applications handle XML document processing.

If your application is an ASP.NET Core application, developers are also advised to update to ASP.NET Core 2.0.8. 

PowerShell 7.3 is built on top of .NET 7 and as a non-LTS (Long Term Support) release will be supported for 18 months. PowerShell 7.2 is still the current LTS (3-year supported) release of PowerShell. 

Here’s a summary of what’s new in this preview release:

• Improved ASP.NET Core debugging experience
• Servers & middleware
  • IHttpSysRequestTimingFeature
  • SNI hostname in ITlsHandshakeFeature
  • IExceptionHandler
• Blazor
  • New Blazor Web App project template
  • Blazor router integration with endpoint routing
  • Enable interactivity for individual components with Blazor Server
  • Improved packaging of Webcil files
  • Blazor Content Security Policy (CSP) compatibility
• API authoring
  • Support for generic attributes
• SignalR
  • SignalR seamless reconnect
• Native AOT
  • Support for AsParameters and automatic metadata generation in compile-timed generated minimal APIs
• Authentication and authorization
  • Authentication updates in ASP.NET Core SPA templates
  • New analyzer for recommended AuthorizationBuilder usage
   

Entity Framework Core 2.0 introduces global query filters that can be applied to entities when a model is created. It makes it easier to build multi-tenant applications and support soft deleting of entities. This blog post gives a deeper overview of how to use global query filters in real-life applications and how to apply global query filters to domain entities automatically. 

The IBM Swift Sandbox is an interactive website that lets you write Swift code and execute it in a server environment – on top of Linux! Each sandbox runs on IBM Cloud in a Docker container. In addition, both the latest versions of Swift and its standard library are available for you to use. 

Today we’re announcing the release of our new learning website called Microsoft Learn – the best place to start learning Microsoft technologies.  

C♯ is C++ with more safety features so that ordinary civilians can use it. It looks kind of silly but it has most of the same power so long as you stay near gas pumps and auto shops and the comforts of civilization. A well-known heavily muscular intimidator keeps touting it. 

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