.NET 8.0.0 Preview 5 - June 13, 2023

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The .NET 8.0.0 Preview 5 and .NET SDK 8.0.100-preview.5.23303.2 releases are available for download. The latest 8.0 release is always listed at .NET 8.0 Releases.

What's new in .NET 8 Preview 5

.NET 8 is the next major release of .NET following .NET 7.0. You can see some of the new features available with .NET 8 Preview 5 at dotnet/core #8436.

See the .NET and ASP.NET Core blogs for additional details. Here is list of some of the additions and updates we're excited to bring in Preview 4.

Downloads

SDK InstallerSDK BinariesRuntime InstallerRuntime BinariesASP.NET Core RuntimeWindows Desktop Runtime
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  1. Includes the .NET Runtime and ASP.NET Core Runtime
  2. For hosting stand-alone apps on Windows Servers. Includes the ASP.NET Core Module for IIS and can be installed separately on servers without installing .NET Runtime.

The .NET SDK includes a matching updated .NET Runtime. Downloading the Runtime or ASP.NET Core packages is not needed when installing the SDK.

You can check your .NET SDK version by running the following command. The example version shown is for this release.

$ dotnet --version
8.0.100-preview.5.23303.2

.NET Multi-Platform App UI (MAUI) Workload Downloads

After installing the .NET SDK, you can install .NET MAUI using the dotnet workload install command:

dotnet workload install maui

The following workloads are also available to install individually:

dotnet workload install android
dotnet workload install ios
dotnet workload install maccatalyst
dotnet workload install macos
dotnet workload install tvos

Docker Images

The .NET Docker images have been updated for this release. The .NET Docker samples show various ways to use .NET and Docker together. You can use the following command to try running the latest .NET 8.0 release in containers:

docker run --rm mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/samples

The following repos have been updated.

Visual Studio Compatibility

You need Visual Studio 17.7 latest preview to use .NET 8.0 on Windows. Visual Studio for Mac is currently not supported for .NET 8.0 Preview releases.

Feedback

Your feedback is important and appreciated. We've created an issue at dotnet/core #8540 for your questions and comments.