.NET agent v8.20.262.0

Improved support for WCF.
- Support for Task-based (TAP) service calls.
- Distributed Tracing and CAT are automatically supported for HTTP-based binding types (such as BasicHTTP, WebHTTP, WSHTTP).
- Non-HTTP binding types (such as NetTCP, MSMQ, Named Pipes) are instrumented, but do not automatically support Distributed Tracing and CAT.
[.NET Core] Adds support for .NET Core 3.1 beginning with preview 1.
Performance Metrics: The .Net Agent collects information about application performance in the following areas.
- Memory and CPU Utilization
- Garbage Collection
- Threadpool Usage and Throughput
Please refer to online documentation for further information.

[.NET Framework] Fix an issue where reading application settings from web.config or app.config could prevent the agent from starting up.
[.NET Framework] Fix an issue where the agent caused an application to deadlock when using a ConfigurationBuilder. This was commonly seen in applications using the AzureKeyVaultConfigBuilder.
Fix an issue introduced in 8.16 where Memory and CPU metrics failed to update.

Follow standard procedures to update the .NET agent.
If you are upgrading from a particularly old agent, review the list of major changes and procedures to upgrade legacy .NET agents.