Announcing .NET Core 2.2 Preview 3

Richard

October 17th, 2018

Today, we are announcing .NET Core 2.2 Preview 3. We have made more improvements to the overall release that we would love to get your feedback on, either in the comments or at dotnet/core #2004.

ASP.NET Core 2.2 Preview 3 and Entity Framework 2.2 Preview 3 were also released today.

You can see more details of the release in the .NET Core 2.2 Preview 3 release notes. Related instructions, known issues, and workarounds are included in the releases notes. Please report any issues you find in the comments or at dotnet/core #2004.

Please see the .NET Core 2.2 Preview 2 post to learn more about the new features coming with .NET Core 2.2.

Thanks for everyone that contributed to .NET Core 2.2. You’ve helped make .NET Core a better product!

Download .NET Core 2.2

You can download and get started with .NET Core 2.2, on Windows, macOS, and Linux:

Docker images are available at microsoft/dotnet for .NET Core and ASP.NET Core.

.NET Core 2.2 Preview 3 can be used with Visual Studio 15.9 Preview 3 (or later), Visual Studio for Mac and Visual Studio Code.

Platform Support

.NET Core 2.2 is supported on the following operating systems:

Windows Client: 7, 8.1, 10 (1607+)

Windows Server: 2008 R2 SP1+

macOS: 10.12+

RHEL: 6+

Fedora: 27+

Ubuntu: 14.04+

Debian: 8+

SLES: 12+

openSUSE: 42.3+

Alpine: 3.7+

Chip support follows:

x64 on Windows, macOS, and Linux

x86 on Windows

ARM32 on Linux (Ubuntu 18.04+, Debian 9+)

Closing

Please download and test .NET Core 2.2 Preview 3. We’re looking for feedback on the release with the intent of shipping the final version later this year.