Evaluating .NET 11 Adoption Before Release
Microsoft plans to release .NET 11 on November 10, 2026. As of August 23, 2026, .NET 11 Preview 7, released on August 11, is the latest build. Microsoft continues to refine the runtime, SDK, C# 15, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, Entity Framework Core, and the rest of the product family. Features and behavior may still change before the final release. Microsoft’s .NET 11 Preview 7 announcement This article examines .NET 11 across five areas: the support cycle, hardware baseline, runtime and developer tooling, C# 15, and application frameworks. The focus is on changes that affect migration rather than the number of new features. ...