Microsoft Releases .NET 11 Preview 3 with Updates Across Runtime, SDK, MAUI, and ASP.NET Core (opens in new tab)

Microsoft has released .NET 11 Preview 3, the third preview of its upcoming Standard Term Support version due in November 2026. The update spans the runtime, SDK, libraries, ASP.NET Core, EF Core, and .NET MAUI, with Runtime Async leaving the preview-feature gate, new JIT optimizations, Zstandard compression in ASP.NET Core, and expanded MAUI Map controls. By Almir Vuk