If you're on Windows using Visual Studio, we recommend installing the latest Visual Studio 2022 preview. .NET 9 is now can be installed directly through the Visual Studio installer starting with Visual Studio 2022 17.12 Preview 1.
You can also use Visual Studio Code and the C# Dev Kit extension with .NET 9.
We are pleased to announce the release of .NET 9 Preview 7. Follow the main announcement and discussion at dotnet/core.
Browse the release notes for a full list of improvements in this release:
Get started
To get started with .NET 9, install the .NET 9 SDK.
If you're on Windows using Visual Studio, we recommend installing the latest Visual Studio 2022 preview. .NET 9 is now can be installed directly through the Visual Studio installer starting with Visual Studio 2022 17.12 Preview 1.
You can also use Visual Studio Code and the C# Dev Kit extension with .NET 9.
See .NET 9 Preview 7 Installer & Binaries for all downloads.
Team Announcements & Discussions
Discuss this release with the product teams on GitHub through the announcements for this release.
Stay up-to-date with .NET 9
You can stay up-to-date with all the features of .NET 9 with:
For .NET 9 previews we are utilizing GitHub Discussions to make announcements. For more information read our discussion.
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