Microsoft has urged developers still using the long-term support (LTS) release of .NET Core 3.1 to migrate to the latest .NET Core versions until it reaches the end of support (EOS) next month.

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Microsoft’s official announcement mentions that this release is suitable for use in production environments as well. The use of .NET 7.0 on Windows requires the Visual Studio 17.4 latest preview.