# .NET 6.0.306 - November 08, 2022

The .NET 6.0.306 release is available for download. This SDK includes the previously released .NET 6.0.11 Runtime and is in support of Visual Studio 17.3 GA release. The latest 6.0 release is always listed at [.NET 6.0 Releases](../README.md).

## Downloads

|           | SDK Installer<sup>1</sup>                        | SDK Binaries<sup>1</sup>                 | Runtime Installer                                        | Runtime Binaries                                 | ASP.NET Core Runtime           |Windows Desktop Runtime          |
| --------- | :------------------------------------------:     | :----------------------:                 | :---------------------------:                            | :-------------------------:                      | :-----------------:            | :-----------------:            |
| Windows   | [x86][dotnet-sdk-win-x86.exe] \| [x64][dotnet-sdk-win-x64.exe] \| [Arm64][dotnet-sdk-win-arm64.exe] | [x86][dotnet-sdk-win-x86.zip] \| [x64][dotnet-sdk-win-x64.zip] \|  [Arm64][dotnet-sdk-win-arm64.zip] | [x86][dotnet-runtime-win-x86.exe] \| [x64][dotnet-runtime-win-x64.exe] \| [Arm64][dotnet-runtime-win-arm64.exe] | [x86][dotnet-runtime-win-x86.zip] \| [x64][dotnet-runtime-win-x64.zip] \| [Arm64][dotnet-runtime-win-arm64.zip] | [x86][aspnetcore-runtime-win-x86.exe] \| [x64][aspnetcore-runtime-win-x64.exe] \|<br/> [Hosting Bundle][dotnet-hosting-win.exe]<sup>2</sup> | [x86][windowsdesktop-runtime-win-x86.exe] \| [x64][windowsdesktop-runtime-win-x64.exe] \| [Arm64][windowsdesktop-runtime-win-arm64.exe] |
| macOS     | [x64][dotnet-sdk-osx-x64.pkg] \| [ARM64][dotnet-sdk-osx-arm64.pkg] | [x64][dotnet-sdk-osx-x64.tar.gz] \| [ARM64][dotnet-sdk-osx-arm64.tar.gz]  | [x64][dotnet-runtime-osx-x64.pkg] \| [ARM64][dotnet-runtime-osx-arm64.pkg] | [x64][dotnet-runtime-osx-x64.tar.gz] \| [ARM64][dotnet-runtime-osx-arm64.tar.gz]| [x64][aspnetcore-runtime-osx-x64.tar.gz] \| [ARM64][aspnetcore-runtime-osx-arm64.tar.gz] | - |<sup>1</sup>
| Linux     |  [Snap and Package Manager](../install-linux.md)  | [x64][dotnet-sdk-linux-x64.tar.gz] \| [Arm][dotnet-sdk-linux-arm.tar.gz]  \| [Arm64][dotnet-sdk-linux-arm64.tar.gz] \| [Arm32 Alpine][dotnet-sdk-linux-musl-arm.tar.gz]  \| [x64 Alpine][dotnet-sdk-linux-musl-x64.tar.gz] | [Packages (x64)][linux-packages] | [x64][dotnet-runtime-linux-x64.tar.gz] \| [Arm][dotnet-runtime-linux-arm.tar.gz] \| [Arm64][dotnet-runtime-linux-arm64.tar.gz] \| [Arm32 Alpine][dotnet-runtime-linux-musl-arm.tar.gz] \| [Arm64 Alpine][dotnet-runtime-linux-musl-arm64.tar.gz] \| [x64 Alpine][dotnet-runtime-linux-musl-x64.tar.gz]  | [x64][aspnetcore-runtime-linux-x64.tar.gz]<sup>1</sup>  \| [Arm][aspnetcore-runtime-linux-arm.tar.gz]<sup>1</sup> \| [Arm64][aspnetcore-runtime-linux-arm64.tar.gz]<sup>1</sup> \| [x64 Alpine][aspnetcore-runtime-linux-musl-x64.tar.gz] | - | <sup>1</sup> |
|  | [Checksums][checksums-sdk]                             | [Checksums][checksums-sdk]                                      | [Checksums][checksums-runtime]                             | [Checksums][checksums-runtime]  | [Checksums][checksums-runtime]  | [Checksums][checksums-runtime]


1. Includes the .NET Runtime and ASP.NET Core Runtime
2. For hosting stand-alone apps on Windows Servers. Includes the ASP.NET Core Module for IIS and can be installed separately on servers without installing .NET Runtime.


The .NET SDK includes a matching updated .NET Runtime. Downloading the Runtime or ASP.NET Core packages is not needed when installing the SDK.

You can check your .NET SDK version by running the following command. The example version shown is for this release.

```console
$ dotnet --version
6.0.306
```
Visit [.NET Documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/) to learn about .NET, for building many different types of applications.


## Visual Studio Compatibility

You need [Visual Studio 17.2](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com) or later to use .NET 6.0 on Windows. On macOS, you need the latest version of [Visual Studio for Mac](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/mac/). The [C# extension](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/dotnet) for [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/) supports .NET 6.0 and C# 10.0.


[blob-runtime]: https://dotnetcli.blob.core.windows.net/dotnet/Runtime/
[blob-sdk]: https://dotnetcli.blob.core.windows.net/dotnet/Sdk/
[release-notes]: 6.0.306.md

[checksums-runtime]: https://dotnetcli.blob.core.windows.net/dotnet/checksums/6.0.11-sha.txt
[checksums-sdk]: https://dotnetcli.blob.core.windows.net/dotnet/checksums/6.0.11-sha.txt

[linux-install]: https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/install/linux

[dotnet-blog]:  https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/november-2022-updates/
[aspnet-blog]: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-asp-net-core-in-net-6/
[maui-blog]: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/update-on-dotnet-maui/

[linux-packages]: ../install-linux.md


[//]: # ( Runtime 6.0.11)
[dotnet-runtime-linux-arm.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/e208f394-bcb6-4ea9-8865-9fa2ed065d0a/5214d4e078744bbb3eea12c259b1d8cd/dotnet-runtime-6.0.11-linux-arm.tar.gz
[dotnet-runtime-linux-arm64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/b02be36b-8470-4b81-8254-1f957ce8f397/fd6aa0da17fc51c1b57b2d96aa792c1a/dotnet-runtime-6.0.11-linux-arm64.tar.gz
[dotnet-runtime-linux-musl-arm.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/d83b1773-36fb-49b2-a174-d58ae71ca6a7/1710ad32b6c06ac29d32ba1c4232316d/dotnet-runtime-6.0.11-linux-musl-arm.tar.gz
[dotnet-runtime-linux-musl-arm64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/376cf0f2-7ae0-41c5-96b2-5bc9e525b340/18a5bf90b171aa0b84f30674981e86f2/dotnet-runtime-6.0.11-linux-musl-arm64.tar.gz
[dotnet-runtime-linux-musl-x64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/acc2d4e9-6ee9-4d2a-a61d-0ed4fd64237a/6624c2043683bbb9a3af470634d22ce7/dotnet-runtime-6.0.11-linux-musl-x64.tar.gz
[dotnet-runtime-linux-x64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/367108bb-8782-4f0b-839d-c98191b7729a/94185f91ef33890816a5846a374b74b7/dotnet-runtime-6.0.11-linux-x64.tar.gz
[dotnet-runtime-osx-arm64.pkg]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/340274ea-9cf6-47e6-9fb5-920675a5d701/8c0acf90a29b1a7d2ce662ce66228a14/dotnet-runtime-6.0.11-osx-arm64.pkg
[dotnet-runtime-osx-arm64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/6fde4997-8628-4666-8281-6aef1322cda3/f9ead70f42ef845bbc5c17d53b174931/dotnet-runtime-6.0.11-osx-arm64.tar.gz
[dotnet-runtime-osx-x64.pkg]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/3acbb93d-3983-4a98-9295-0c7045cec479/1b33b6742a6bf35fd46bd88a6d56f2ee/dotnet-runtime-6.0.11-osx-x64.pkg
[dotnet-runtime-osx-x64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/c9bd7b7d-8dbd-4486-b3a6-d3bd29e9efc1/4b2debd5a8aa0812cbe19cc6cae26066/dotnet-runtime-6.0.11-osx-x64.tar.gz
[dotnet-runtime-win-arm64.exe]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/3c7b353f-a4e7-4592-9535-0077ef420e7e/334ab6dadc68e53db13d53ebdf112ba3/dotnet-runtime-6.0.11-win-arm64.exe
[dotnet-runtime-win-arm64.zip]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/566af894-00df-406a-80c1-ef41e51ae695/f402b81c3bfbb91d76587a75480e85b6/dotnet-runtime-6.0.11-win-arm64.zip
[dotnet-runtime-win-x64.exe]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/8cf88855-ed09-4002-95db-8bb0f0eff051/f9006645511830bd3b840be132423768/dotnet-runtime-6.0.11-win-x64.exe
[dotnet-runtime-win-x64.zip]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/b7ca200f-345c-4ad8-8a27-6d724aaf9c65/108b558841a28ffe45bacd2570a30c02/dotnet-runtime-6.0.11-win-x64.zip
[dotnet-runtime-win-x86.exe]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/719bfd7c-bce2-4e73-937c-cbd7a7ace3cb/d4f570d461711d22e277f1e3487ea9c2/dotnet-runtime-6.0.11-win-x86.exe
[dotnet-runtime-win-x86.zip]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/be0f3c66-a6b8-47eb-85fe-1085bd5bbcbc/8b095919bea25340fbddc43ed0eefef5/dotnet-runtime-6.0.11-win-x86.zip

[//]: # ( WindowsDesktop 6.0.11)
[windowsdesktop-runtime-win-arm64.exe]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/70d9846e-7bae-496c-829d-dabfda93cddd/be9e28ef860bfc7f8f36db4af4ac7692/windowsdesktop-runtime-6.0.11-win-arm64.exe
[windowsdesktop-runtime-win-arm64.zip]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/71c160b2-8d92-4ecd-89bc-eb1822abbb73/8593a31d4e1c60873e94a618227502fb/windowsdesktop-runtime-6.0.11-win-arm64.zip
[windowsdesktop-runtime-win-x64.exe]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/0192a249-3ec8-4374-a827-e186dd58d55d/cec046575f3eb2247a10ba3d50f5cf6c/windowsdesktop-runtime-6.0.11-win-x64.exe
[windowsdesktop-runtime-win-x64.zip]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/b272a567-e03f-432a-8263-7672e9a41c5d/d4b547aaa09b72fe1e2ed081d59c33b5/windowsdesktop-runtime-6.0.11-win-x64.zip
[windowsdesktop-runtime-win-x86.exe]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/2a392287-fd51-4ee8-9c15-a672ab9bc55d/03d4784b3a543a0fb9ce5677ed13a9a3/windowsdesktop-runtime-6.0.11-win-x86.exe
[windowsdesktop-runtime-win-x86.zip]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/a08358ae-373f-40c4-88c9-732a7da52bc4/0e0bf1005fea65d0d7026306ffc539bd/windowsdesktop-runtime-6.0.11-win-x86.zip

[//]: # ( ASP 6.0.11)
[aspnetcore-runtime-linux-arm.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/4072393d-3350-41d2-98e2-dc46fd930fae/6f09e1d7685fbbc01f6d84b1140e1b49/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.11-linux-arm.tar.gz
[aspnetcore-runtime-linux-arm64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/e25f7ff2-9932-41dd-b549-5b4409b5a727/d00786aeabad50cd661e959a576f8777/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.11-linux-arm64.tar.gz
[aspnetcore-runtime-linux-musl-arm.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/c955c105-704f-423e-9f55-e51957c901f6/3f0361570417e8d32659993a4ff638ba/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.11-linux-musl-arm.tar.gz
[aspnetcore-runtime-linux-musl-arm64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/d6505deb-44ce-4593-89e7-4460042ef675/3e4dcd3221be077cb71e459ed6e89362/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.11-linux-musl-arm64.tar.gz
[aspnetcore-runtime-linux-musl-x64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/957274ab-b5ad-495b-947a-0db38e641e84/d089c36fa5c8d2aa76c7e7abc45f5e29/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.11-linux-musl-x64.tar.gz
[aspnetcore-runtime-linux-x64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/0a17a9f6-7705-4b47-aead-c0b582cad317/158b62e5183281e416994d56ce81bc0c/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.11-linux-x64.tar.gz
[aspnetcore-runtime-osx-arm64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/4bb8e524-4a1c-403b-adef-362e13b22fcf/6304e6772640e07412ccfb9a0a5ec58a/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.11-osx-arm64.tar.gz
[aspnetcore-runtime-osx-x64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/16a48ca7-a75f-48bf-a513-ce5721debde1/b55c60cfbac77c576fb0161a4d4ad8af/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.11-osx-x64.tar.gz
[aspnetcore-runtime-win-arm64.zip]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/efa86583-806b-44e7-9ade-45b0ea845b86/fe160dc809fbcbbace542198f1b29ea0/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.11-win-arm64.zip
[aspnetcore-runtime-win-x64.exe]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/e874914f-d43d-4b61-8479-f6a5536e44b1/7043adfe896aa9f980ce23e884aae37d/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.11-win-x64.exe
[aspnetcore-runtime-win-x64.zip]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/05dbe2dd-429c-4e4a-8080-9fe3027cd31b/76461b8691ada05d098efd15933bcbbd/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.11-win-x64.zip
[aspnetcore-runtime-win-x86.exe]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/94504599-143a-4d53-b518-74aee0ebecca/dac4a7b1f7bdc7b4e8441d6befa4941a/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.11-win-x86.exe
[aspnetcore-runtime-win-x86.zip]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/cba21318-714e-4390-a4e7-10ae69a280b2/e8cb7203c321951c0acfbef160ad23d4/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.11-win-x86.zip
[dotnet-hosting-win.exe]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/db07eed5-297a-45b8-bea2-1e93c623a88c/6e5a8d3432e6213f071be3751ae53a08/dotnet-hosting-6.0.11-win.exe

[//]: # ( SDK 6.0.306)
[dotnet-sdk-linux-arm.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/a752d876-ddea-41a9-b8c6-5326b48791e3/ade6f4c1672c5357f140c44bba1b9acd/dotnet-sdk-6.0.306-linux-arm.tar.gz
[dotnet-sdk-linux-arm64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/fb258146-ac1b-480d-99b2-fecb7a607705/66e827540def06412bf11da9e6accb61/dotnet-sdk-6.0.306-linux-arm64.tar.gz
[dotnet-sdk-linux-musl-arm.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/c18eddd3-c8a3-4f57-b6e0-a9dc7ae86035/fb263dcb5d9286a93b50718321c48789/dotnet-sdk-6.0.306-linux-musl-arm.tar.gz
[dotnet-sdk-linux-musl-arm64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/0a4ca1b1-83cf-4369-88f3-b660834f3368/2e1e92099dccbe2ef9b50c60ad1bd8e5/dotnet-sdk-6.0.306-linux-musl-arm64.tar.gz
[dotnet-sdk-linux-musl-x64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/1a04e962-8fff-4a59-9689-897df87e4415/31f8f718f0a58dbc6e9bc7f262f344a2/dotnet-sdk-6.0.306-linux-musl-x64.tar.gz
[dotnet-sdk-linux-x64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/4154c61f-5389-4b77-bc64-28caad83c994/a39138c90c80e6d5c94d5c3f28baff88/dotnet-sdk-6.0.306-linux-x64.tar.gz
[dotnet-sdk-osx-arm64.pkg]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/18b71c84-cc00-4a8d-b146-93e1be66389d/fd0971a4dbf1a8e904ec648fc161503e/dotnet-sdk-6.0.306-osx-arm64.pkg
[dotnet-sdk-osx-arm64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/d076f164-9078-4752-8a34-57142a1741cd/5b623ddcf6be874165f903f7f995f3db/dotnet-sdk-6.0.306-osx-arm64.tar.gz
[dotnet-sdk-osx-x64.pkg]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/54efc886-978f-41e0-823e-fc8a01048a97/49b5314c2295b19af21649f6dfcece92/dotnet-sdk-6.0.306-osx-x64.pkg
[dotnet-sdk-osx-x64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/15e07645-acbc-47d4-8a31-689bb61e6df3/1d8070c102422cedea24ace2717b125b/dotnet-sdk-6.0.306-osx-x64.tar.gz
[dotnet-sdk-win-arm64.exe]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/c9a6fbf9-3ddd-48d8-a406-afe42e121f49/e1cce96cc5314816113854a7d6c9b173/dotnet-sdk-6.0.306-win-arm64.exe
[dotnet-sdk-win-arm64.zip]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/a2bfb136-267d-4356-8cf6-f20d4e144d45/5863fdccb15e6b74b1163bd41292c884/dotnet-sdk-6.0.306-win-arm64.zip
[dotnet-sdk-win-x64.exe]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/ab4ddfd5-a29b-478e-a3ab-2258a5cca878/c433211318f1d9f4517cc1af5328f1b7/dotnet-sdk-6.0.306-win-x64.exe
[dotnet-sdk-win-x64.zip]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/2550a430-8306-4bd3-931b-e33a033dd348/d53dd029ac4edc3fd5b0bd4525862198/dotnet-sdk-6.0.306-win-x64.zip
[dotnet-sdk-win-x86.exe]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/8c03a886-9aac-47a8-85ef-b2dcc1403ea2/5b2d13f30ec5f537f63426a2bbdbc45d/dotnet-sdk-6.0.306-win-x86.exe
[dotnet-sdk-win-x86.zip]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/970e485b-e3a0-4703-850e-cdde5ad8e606/2be96307fa76b32f8d177ec63170cffb/dotnet-sdk-6.0.306-win-x86.zip
