ASP.NET vNext is now ASP.NET 5!

You can find details on the new features and bug fixes in beta1 at the corresponding release pages for the following ASP.NET 5 components:

• Caching
• Configuration
• DataCommon.SQLite
• DataCommon
• DataProtection
• DependencyInjection
• Diagnostics
• EntityFramework
• FileSystem
• Hosting
• HttpAbstractions
• Identity
• KestrelHttpServer
• KRuntime
• Logging
• MVC
• Options
• Razor
• Routing
• Security
• SignalR-Server
• StaticFiles
• WebSocketsAbstractions
• WebSockets

Known issues

• Running Kestrel on Windows 8.1 without Visual Studio 2015 installed results in an error "The program can't start because MSVCR120.dll is missing from your computer." This is a temporary issue that will be resolved in a future release. Install Visual Studio 2015 to work around the issue.