.NET 5 Preview 7 is now available and is ready for evaluation. Here’s what’s new in this release:

• Blazor WebAssembly apps now target .NET 5
• Updated debugging requirements for Blazor WebAssembly
• Blazor accessibility improvements
• Blazor performance improvements
• Certificate authentication performance improvements
• Sending HTTP/2 PING frames
• Support for additional endpoints types in the Kestrel sockets transport
• Custom header decoding in Kestrel
• Other minor improvements 

.NET Core 3 will be supported in Visual Studio 2019, Visual Studio for Mac and Visual Studio Code. Visual Studio 2019 Preview 2 was released last week and has support for C# 8. The Visual Studio Code C# Extension (in pre-release channel) was also just updated to support C# 8. 

Summary of Notable New Features in 15.9

• You can now import and export an installation configuration file that specifies which workloads and components should be installed with an instance of Visual Studio.
• We have improved the debugging experience for NuGet packages using the new symbol package format (.snupkg).
• Step back in debugger is now available in C++ for Enterprise customers.
• C++ IntelliSense now responds to changes in the remote environment for both CMake and MSBuild projects targeting Linux.
• We have made updates to UWP Desktop Bridge framework packages and added support for ARM64 C++ Native Desktop scenarios.
• We added support for the range-v3 library with the MSVC 15.9 compiler.
• We fixed several bugs in the F# compiler and F# tools.
• Language service support for new TypeScript features for semantic file renaming and project references.
• Improved Node.js development by updating Vue.js templates and adding support for unit testing using the Jest framework.
• We added SharePoint 2019 project templates, so you can migrate existing SharePoint 2013 and 2016 projects to SharePoint 2019.
• Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin now supports Xcode 10.
• We made improvements to the Xamarin.Android build performance.
• We have added and improved features for Universal Windows Platform developers, including ARM64 support, the latest preview SDK, better debugging of Desktop Bridge applications, and XAML Designer improvements.
• Substantial improvements were made to the experience of using authenticated package feeds.
• There is now support for lock file to enable repeatable restore for PackageReference based projects.
• We have added support for the new license format for NuGet packages.
• We have introduced NuGet client policies in Visual Studio which enables you to lock down environments such that only trusted packages can be installed.
• We made the use of .NET Core within Visual Studio more predictable.

Top Issues Fixed in 15.9

• No way to change "Find All References" background color.
• "Visual C++ Resource Editor Package" load failed.
• VS2017 v15.8 Build does not start if XAML files are not manually saved first.
• Installation failed - manifest signature verification failed.
• Update 15.8.6 breaks Installer Projects.
• Scrolling up with the arrow key causes Visual Studio to page up.
• After updating to 15.8.1, data tip does not show when debugging.
• System.InvalidProgramException: Common Language Runtime detected an invalid program..
• Solution Explorer does not remain pinned after closing Visual Studio.
• Navigation bar in editor has trouble handling long method names. 

This extension is optimized for developers who wants to develop ASP.NET Core 2 and Entity Framework Core 2. These code snippets contains C#, MSBuild, Razor and 

Top Issues Fixed in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.6.0

• When New Git experience feature flag is enabled, a message will appear in Team Explorer guiding users to the new Git tool window.
• Fix for intermittent UI delay while closing VS when WinForms .NET Core designer is in open state.
• Fixed issues creating projects using type providers, throwing missing method exception at runtime.
• Fixed project creation for .NET framework projects.
• New find in files experience respects options in Tools-Options-Find and Replace pane.
• Fixed a bug where Git repository does not change when closing a Folder and opening a Solution.
• Fixed bug when building iOS app using full debug symbols.
• Added back browing of Mac Distribution provisioning profiles and certificates from Windows.
• Fixed a bug causing Visual Studio 2019 to stop responding when working with Xamarin projects on certain scenarios.
• Added keyboard shortcut for "Copy with Headers" option in SQL Script Results Grid
• SSDT users will now be able to set and view sensitivity properties for all version above SQL Server 2008
• Improve Connection Properties dialog for accessibility users.
• Fixed occasional crashes when using Tested By Code Lens indicator.
• Ensure auto population of text in Find in files is as per legacy behavior.
• Ensure left arrow key behavior in find in files is correct.
• An issue blocking C++ users of the C++20 Ranges library from using algorithms. 

• InvalidOperationException Writing is not allowed after writer was completed
• ICE on valid code after upgrading to 16.2.0
• CPU Usage Tool context menu does not navigate
• Wrong assembly when result of conversion operator is converted to reference to base class.
• DockerUpdateComposeVsGeneratedFiles throws "Value cannot be null" ("Parameter name: path1") after updating to Visual Studio 16.3
• CPU Usage Tool contect menu does not navigate.
• InvalidOperationException Writing is not allowed after writer was completed.
• Publish doesn't work in Visual Studio 16.3.1.
• This fixes an issue with the Snapshot Debugger where customers are using MSA accounts.
• Fixed an issue where customers trying to install Microsoft.Visualstuio.Shell.15.0 NuGet package received a warning message of Framework not found.
• Fixes MSVC compiler bug involving implicit conversion from a lambda to function pointer.
• Fixed issue with Visual Studio crashing due to null reference exception.
• A fix is made to address a compiler interal error when the code has a out-of-line definition of a static data member of a nested class inside a partial specialization. 

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