Announcing .NET 11

This year's release makes building modern applications faster, more productive, and has improvements across C# 15, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, and Windows development. With hundreds of runtime optimizations, more responsive SDK tooling, and less overhead in everyday commands, you can spend less time waiting and more time creating. Build richer web and cross-platform applications, take advantage of new C# language features, and explore AI-powered development with improved tools and agentic capabilities.

Explore .NET 11 with the product teams and community at .NET Conf 2026. The conference includes product team sessions on November 10 and 11, followed by two days of community sessions. Watch the Day 1 livestream, including the keynote, or browse the conference session playlist. - Announcing .NET 11Watch on YouTube Some of the changes we're most excited for you to try: The what's new in .NET 11 overview links to the full details.

Here are the changes behind those headlines and how to start using them. C# 15 is the default language version for projects targeting .NET 11.

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