.NET 11 Preview 7

> This issue is a locked mirror of dotnet/core/discussions/10480. See that thread for discussion.

We are pleased to announce the release of .NET 11 Preview 7. Follow the main announcement and [blog announcement](https://aka.ms/dotnet/11/preview7).

Browse the release notes for a full list of improvements in this release:

- [.NET MAUI](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/11.0/preview/preview7/dotnetmaui.md)
- [ASP.NET Core](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/11.0/preview/preview7/aspnetcore.md)
- [C#](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/11.0/preview/preview7/csharp.md)
- [F#](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/11.0/preview/preview7/fsharp.md)
- [Container images](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/11.0/preview/preview7/containers.md)
- [EF Core & Data](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/11.0/preview/preview7/efcore.md)
- [Libraries](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/11.0/preview/preview7/libraries.md)
- [MSBuild](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/11.0/preview/preview7/msbuild.md)
- [NuGet](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/11.0/preview/preview7/nuget.md)
- [Runtime](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/11.0/preview/preview7/runtime.md)
- [SDK](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/11.0/preview/preview7/sdk.md)
- [Windows Forms](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/11.0/preview/preview7/winforms.md)

## Get started

To get started with .NET 11, [install the .NET 11 SDK](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/11.0).

If you're on Windows using Visual Studio, we recommend installing the latest [Visual Studio 2026 Insiders](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/insiders/). You can also use Visual Studio Code and the [C# Dev Kit](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-dotnettools.csdevkit) extension with .NET 11.

This issue is a locked mirror of dotnet/core/discussions/10480, so start with that discussion and the linked .NET 11 Preview 7 announcement. Review the preview7 release-note files listed in the issue for context; no contribution or completion criteria are specified here.

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