Microsoft has released .NET 5.0.0 Preview 4

.NET 5.0.0 Preview 4 - May 19, 2020

.NET 5.0.0 Preview 4 is available for download and usage in your environment. This release includes .NET 5.0.0 Preview 4 and .NET SDK 5.0.100 Preview 4.

• Downloads
• .NET 5.0 Preview 4 Blog
• ASP.NET Core Blog
• EF Core Blog
• Changes in this release
• Known issues
• Visual Studio Compatibility

The .NET SDK 5.0.100 Preview 4 includes .NET 5.0.0 preview Runtime so downloading the runtime packages separately is not needed when installing the SDK. After installing the .NET SDK 5.0.100 preview, the following command will show that you're running version 5.0.100-preview.4.20258.7 of the tools.

dotnet --version

Your feedback is important and appreciated. We've created an issue at  dotnet/core #4706 for your questions and comments.

Downloads

SDK Installer1SDK Binaries1Runtime InstallerRuntime BinariesASP.NET Core Runtime

Windows	x86 |  x64	x86 |  x64 |  ARM	x86 |  x64	x86 |  x64 |  ARM	x86 |  x64 |  ARM | Hosting Bundle2
macOS	x64	x64	x64	x64	x641
Linux	Snap and Package Manager	x64 |  ARM |  ARM64 |  x64 Alpine	-	x64 |  ARM |  ARM64 |  x64 Alpine	x641 |  ARM1 |  ARM641 |  x64 Alpine1
Checksums	SDK	-	Runtime	-	-

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.

Visual Studio Compatibility

Visual Studio compatibility: .NET 5 Preview 4 requires Visual Studio 2019 16.6 to take full advantage of all its features. .NET 5 Preview 4 won't work properly in earlier versions of Visual Studio. Visit  Visual Studio Preview to learn about VS previews.

Docker Images

The  .NET Core Docker images have been updated for this release. Details on our Docker versioning and how to work with the images can be seen in  "Staying up-to-date with .NET Container Images".

The following repos have been updated

• microsoft/dotnet
• microsoft/dotnet-samples

Notable Changes in 5.0.0 Preview 4

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

• Runtime:  bugs |  features
• ASP.NET Core:  bugs |  features
• EntityFramework Core:  bugs |  features
• .NET SDK  bugs