What's new in .NET 5 | Microsoft Docs
docs.microsoft.com › core › whats-newDec 09, 2021 · .NET 5 is the next major release of .NET Core following 3.1. We named this new release .NET 5 instead of .NET Core 4 for two reasons: We skipped version numbers 4.x to avoid confusion with .NET Framework 4.x. We dropped "Core" from the name to emphasize that this is the main implementation of .NET going forward. .NET
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.NET 5.0 Update - support.microsoft.com
support.microsoft.com › en-us › topicLess. .NET 5.0 has been refreshed with the latest update as of July 13, 2021. This update contains reliability and other non-security fixes. See the release notes for details on updated packages. .NET 5.0 servicing updates are upgrades. The latest servicing update for 5.0 will remove the previous 5.0 update upon successful installation.