Microsoft Previews dotnetup: Toolchain Manager for .NET SDKs and Runtimes

Almir Vuk — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:15:00 GMT

Microsoft has released a public preview of dotnetup, a cross-platform toolchain manager that installs and updates .NET SDKs and runtimes in the user’s own directory without admin rights. It tracks channels such as latest, lts, preview, and daily, reads global.json, and removes unused installs. Commands may still change before general availability.

By Almir Vuk

.NET 11 Release Candidate 2: Go-Live License and Updates across Libraries, F#, MAUI, and WinForms

Almir Vuk — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT

Microsoft has released .NET 11 Release Candidate 2 under a go-live license, supported in Visual Studio 2026 Insiders. The release adds incremental CBOR reading, experimental post-quantum cryptography APIs, file-based app directive improvements, NuGet package cooldowns, F# runtime async building blocks, a C# UI option for .NET MAUI, and refined Windows Forms visual styles.

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InfoQ - .NET 11

Microsoft Previews dotnetup: Toolchain Manager for .NET SDKs and Runtimes

.NET 11 Release Candidate 2: Go-Live License and Updates across Libraries, F#, MAUI, and WinForms