Welcome to .NET 9! We’re at the beginning of another annual release cycle, following the successful launch of .NET 8 a few months back. Our most important focus areas for .NET 9 are cloud-native and intelligent app development. Significant investments in performance, productivity, and security are expected, as well as advancements across the platform. .NET 9 will include paved paths to popular production infrastructure and services, such as running in Kubernetes and using managed database and caching services like Redis. Native AOT and application trimming will continue to be developed as key tools to optimize production apps. Were delivering .NET 9 Preview 1 today and welcome your feedback on all the new features.
