You can download 6.0.2 and 5.0.14 versions for Windows, macOS, and Linux, for x86, x64, Arm32, and Arm64.

• Installers and binaries: 6.0.2 | 5.0.14
• Release notes: 6.0.2 | 5.0.14
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• Linux packages: 6.0.2 | 5.0.14
• Release feedback/issue
• Known issues: 6.0 | 5.0  

Today, the Entity Framework Core team announces the first preview release of EF Core 6.0. This release includes new attributes, built-in functions, and database-specific improvements to SQLite and SQL Server capabilities. 

Today we're thrilled to announce the release of ASP.NET Core 2.1.0! This is the latest release of our open-source and cross-platform web framework for .NET and it's now ready for production use. 

Today we are excited to announce the release of Entity Framework (EF) Core 2.1. This is the latest production-ready release of our open-source and cross-platform data access technology. 

RESTful APIs have evolved into a standard. But is your REST API doing what it's intended to? Check out common RESTful end-points and HTTP methods, service validation, and payload. 

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SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 2 is now available 

This is the recommended release for SQL Server 2022, and it includes support for combability level 160.  

Team Explorer support for TLSv1.2

• We have updated the Git and the Git Credential Manager components that ship in Visual Studio.
• The optional Git for Windows component has also been updated.
• This update allows Git to connect to services that have deprecated support for TLSv1 and TLSv1.1 in favor of TLSv1.2.

Issues Fixed in this Release

These are the customer-reported issues addressed in this release:

• Projects targeting .NET Core 2.1 or newer are not supported by Visual Studio 2017 version 15.5.
• Fixed issue where installation of the SDK for .NET Core 2.1 or newer would cause the option to create ASP.NET Core 2.0 Web applications to disappear.