What's new in the AWS SDK for .NET - AWS SDK for .NET

What's new in the AWS SDK for .NET

See the product page at https://aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-net/ for high-level information about new developments related to the AWS SDK for .NET.

The following is what's new in the AWS SDK for .NET.

November 15, 2024: Preview 4 release for version 4

This is prerelease documentation for a feature in preview release. It is subject to change.

Version 4 of the AWS SDK for .NET is an evolutionary change that will modernize the SDK as well as resolve technical debt and address customer feedback that requires breaking changes. Preview 4 of version 4 has been released. For more information about this preview and to try it out, see the blog post Preview 4 of AWS SDK for .NET V4 and the V4 Development Tracker issue in GitHub.

September 13, 2024: Preview release for observability

This is prerelease documentation for a feature in preview release. It is subject to change.

Observability is the extent to which a system's current state can be inferred from the data it emits. Observability has been added to the AWS SDK for .NET, including an implementation of a telemetry provider.

August 16, 2024: Preview 1 release for version 4

This is prerelease documentation for a feature in preview release. It is subject to change.

The AWS SDK for .NET Version 4 is an evolutionary change that will modernize the SDK as well as resolve technical debt and address customer feedback that requires breaking changes. Version 4 have been released as a first preview. For more information about this preview and to try it out, see the blog post Preview 1 of AWS SDK for .NET V4 and the V4 Development Tracker issue in GitHub.

March 28, 2024: Prerelease of the AWS Message Processing Framework for .NET

This is prerelease documentation for a feature in preview release. It is subject to change.

The AWS Message Processing Framework for .NET is an AWS-native framework that simplifies the development of .NET message-processing applications that use AWS services such as Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS), and Amazon EventBridge.

February 23, 2024: Added support for .NET 8

Support for .NET 8 was added to the AWS SDK for .NET. Use the latest NuGet packages or the assemblies that support .NET 8 and later. You can find additional information about this support, including support for Lambda in the blog post .NET 8 Support on AWS.

February 18, 2024: Upcoming changes to .NET Framework support

Starting August 15th, 2024, the AWS SDK for .NET will end support for .NET Framework 3.5 and will change the minimum .NET Framework version to 4.7.2. For more information, see the blog post Important changes coming for .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.5 targets of the AWS SDK for .NET.

2023-07-17: The AWS Lambda Annotations framework has been released for general availability

The AWS Lambda Annotations framework makes the experience of writing Lambda functions in C# feel more natural for .NET developers by using C# source generator technology. It is now generally available.

2023-07-15: The Distributed Cache Provider for DynamoDB has been released in preview

This is prerelease documentation for a feature in preview release. It is subject to change.

The Distributed Cache Provider library enables Amazon DynamoDB to be used as the storage for ASP.NET Core's distributed cache framework. For more information, see the blog post Introducing the AWS .NET Distributed Cache Provider for DynamoDB (Preview) and the GitHub repository.

2022-07-13: The AWS Deploy Tool has been released

The AWS Deploy Tool has been released. This tool is an interactive tooling for the .NET CLI and the AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio that helps deploy .NET applications with minimum AWS knowledge, and with the fewest clicks or commands. For more information, see Deploy applications to AWS.

2020-08-24: Version 3.5 of the SDK has been released

  • Standardized the .NET experience by transitioning support for all non-Framework variations of the SDK to .NET Standard 2.0. See Migrating to version 3.5 for more information.

  • Added paginators to many service clients, which make pagination of API results more convenient. For more information, see Paginators.