Announcing .NET 8 RC2

.NET 8 RC2 is now available. This is our last release candidate. This release includes new NuGet package READMEs for .NET packages, simple CLI-based project evaluation for MSBuild, publishing containers to tar.gz archives, and Tensor Primitives for .NET.

The dates for .NET Conf 2023 have been announced! Join us November 14-16, 2023 to celebrate the .NET 8 release!

Download .NET 8 RC2 for Linux, macOS, and Windows.

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

IMPORTANT .NET SDK 8.0.100-rc.2 must be used with Visual Studio 17.8 Preview 3 due to a dependency error with Razor tooling. See this SDK Announcement for more details.

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There are several exciting posts you should check out as well:

• ASP.NET Core Updates in .NET 8 RC2
• .NET MAUI Updates in .NET 8 RC2
• Visual Studio 2022 17.8 Preview 3
• Entity Framework Updates in .NET 8 RC2
• What’s New in .NET 8 describes all the new features in .NET 8. For a broader view of the platform, read Why .NET?.

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Announcing .NET 8 RC2 - .NET Blog

.NET 8 RC2 is now available with new NuGet package READMEs for .NET packages, simple CLI-based project evaluation for MSBuild, publishing containers to tar.gz archives, and Tensor Primitives for .NET.

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