July 2021 .NET Updates

The following .NET updates were released in July 2021. This issue will be updated if there are any additional releases during the month.

.NET

* [.NET July 2021 Updates – 5.0.8 and 3.1.17](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/net-july-2021/)
* .NET 5.0.8 and .NET SDK 5.0.302 and .NET SDK 5.0.205 ([Release Notes](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/master/release-notes/5.0/5.0.8/5.0.8.md) | [Download](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/5.0))
* .NET Core 3.1.17 and .NET SDK 3.1.411. and NET SDK 3.1.117 ([Release Notes](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/master/release-notes/3.1/3.1.17/3.1.17.md) | [Download](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core/3.1))

.NET Framework

* [July 2021 Security and Quality Rollup](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/net-framework-july-2021-security-and-quality-rollup/)
* [July 2021 Cumulative Update Preview](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/net-framework-july-2021-cumulative-update-preview/)

.NET Support Policies

Microsoft support policies are defined in the following documents:

* [Microsoft .NET Support Policy](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/platform/support/policy/)
* [.NET Core OS Lifecycle Policy](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/master/os-lifecycle-policy.md)