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The dotnet/efcore repository published v10.0.13 on 2026-10-13. The release notes list changes including: [release/9.0] Update dependencies from dotnet/arcade by @dotnet-maestro[bot] (#38853); [release/10.0] Source code updates from dotnet/dotnet by @dotnet-maestro[bot] (#38859).
The dotnet/efcore repository published v8.0.32 on 2026-10-13. The release notes list changes including: [release/8.0] Update dependencies from dotnet/arcade by @dotnet-maestro[bot] (#38889); [release/8.0] Update branding to 8.0.32 by @vseanreesermsft (#38894).
The dotnet/efcore repository published v9.0.21 on 2026-10-13. The release notes list changes including: Merging internal commits for release/8.0 by @dotnet-bot (#38782); [release/9.0] Update dependencies from dotnet/arcade by @dotnet-maestro[bot] (#38814).
.NET Blog published “A faster, lighter C# Dev Kit” by Drew Noakes on 2026-10-06. Here is what it covers and why it matters for C# Language developers.
.NET Blog published “Announcing .NET 11 Release Candidate 2” by .NET Team on 2026-10-13. Here is what it covers and why it matters for ASP.NET Core developers.
The dotnet/aspire repository published v13.6.1 on 2026-10-07. The release notes list changes including: 📊 Dashboard CPU usage could increase during long-running metric ingestion — Metric retention repeatedly scanned retained history on every insertion, causing…; 📈 The Metrics tree could not be scrolled —….
Azure SQL Dev Corner published “Canada’s 2026 time zone updates: guidance for Microsoft SQL” by Umachandar Jayachandran (UC) on 2026-10-15. Here is what it covers and why it matters for SQL Server & Data developers.
Azure SDK Blog published “Connect Azure Functions to more services with managed connectors” by Lily Ma on 2026-10-05. Here is what it covers and why it matters for Azure developers.
Azure SQL Dev Corner published “Data API builder 2.1.5: JSON and Vector Data Type Support, and More” by Carlos Robles, Aniruddh Munde, Matt Hyon on 2026-10-02. Here is what it covers and why it matters for SQL Server & Data developers.
Azure SQL Dev Corner published “DiskANN Vector Index and Vector Search Are Now Generally Available in Azure SQL” by Pooja Kamath on 2026-09-29. Here is what it covers and why it matters for SQL Server & Data developers.
.NET Announcements published “.NET 11 Release Candidate 2” by jongalloway on 2026-10-13. Here is what it covers and why it matters for C# Language developers.
.NET Blog published “.NET and .NET Framework October 2026 servicing releases updates” by Rahul Bhandari (MSFT), Tara Overfield on 2026-10-12. Here is what it covers and why it matters for .NET Releases developers.