A later release is available: .NET Core 2.0.3
.NET Core 2.0.0 and SDK 2.0.0 are available for download and testing.
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The .NET Core SDK 2.0.0 includes .NET Core 2.0.0 Runtime so downloading the runtime packages separately is not needed when installing the SDK. After installing the .NET Core SDK 2.0.0, the following command will show that you’re running version 2.0.0 of the tools.
dotnet --version
A number of improvements and additions to .NET Core 2.0 by an incredible array of folks. You can see details for other areas of the release in the .NET Blog and have a look at .NET Core 2.0.0 Known Issues document as there are a few things to be aware of before installing.
Your feedback is important and appreciated. We’ve created dotnet/core #812 for your questions and comments.
Deployment of .NET Core 2.0 support on Azure AppServices is in process. Because AppServices is a high availability service, the deployment is carefully staged across regions over a period of time. Availability will roll out as follows:
An incredible number of APIs have been added to NETStandard2. See Announcing NET Standard 2.0 for details.
We have an exciting addition to the supported platform line-up with SUSE. Debian and Fedora have released updates recently which are also supported in 2.0.
.NET 2.0 has been tested on macOS High Sierra to ensure compatibility. Please start an conversation in dotnet/core #812 if issues are encountered.
The .NET Core Docker images have been updated for this release. Look for the 2.0.0 images.
We received much feedback that our names and versions were confusing and generally messy. Great discussions were had with contributors to craft a plan which is implemented in Preview 2. You can see the conversation and details in dotnet/designs/issues/2 and dotnet/core-setup/issues/1599.
Because the Runtime Package Store contains crossgen’ed files for a specific release, the hosting bundles will now install side-by-side. This will allow for previous applications to retain the performance benefits while applications targeting new Core versions will at the same time make use of the updated Store.
.NET Core 2.0 is being released as a ‘current’ release. See the .NET Core support document for details on release types. We have also posted OS Lifecycle Support Policy detailing OS version policies.
The WCF release page has details on fixes from the WCF team.
Please see the ASP.NET Core release notes and ASP.NET Core for highlights on work from ASP.NET Core, MVC, Entity Framework Core and others.