Announcing .NET 8 Preview 4

We’re excited to share all the new features and improvements in .NET 8 Preview 4! This release is a follow-up to the Preview 3 release. You’ll continue to see many more features show up with these monthly releases. .NET 6 and 7 users will want to follow this release closely since we have focused on making it a straightforward upgrade path.

You can download .NET 8 Preview 4 for Linux, macOS, and Windows.

• Installers and binaries
• Container images
• Release notes
• Known issues
• GitHub issue tracker

Microsoft Build 2023 is coming! The .NET team will be hosting a number of sessions, from technical deep dives to Q&As with team. Join the .NET Team at Microsoft Build 2023!

Check out what’s new in ASP.NET Core and EF Core in the Preview 4 release. Stay current with what’s new and coming in What’s New in .NET 8. It will be kept updated throughout the release.

Lastly, .NET 8 has been tested with 17.7 Preview 1. We recommend that you use the preview channel builds if you want to try .NET 8 with the Visual Studio family of products. Visual Studio for Mac support for .NET 8 isn’t yet available. If you’re sticking to the stable channel, go check out the latest features and improvements with the Visual Studio 17.6 release.

Now, let’s take a look at some new .NET 8 features.

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Announcing .NET 8 Preview 4 - .NET Blog

.NET 8 Preview 4 contains many exciting new features for the runtime and libraries, Native AOT improvements, modern build output and simplified paths, NuGet package security auditing, and much more!

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