I just published the May article on System.IO.Compression. Every so often, it looks like Microsoft adds new stuff to this library.

I have other articles on this blog related to compression libraries offered by the Framework. For instance, I have published one in August 2008 and another one in February 2007.

Lately (meaning .Net framework 4.5!), they have added kind of an extra layer to ease the use of compression from your projects.

You can read this article from http://emoreau.com/Entries/Articles/2017/05/SystemIOCompression.aspx.