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Aspire 13.4 is here
Aspire 13.4 is here with TypeScript apphost GA, typed resource commands with results, server-side CLI log and telemetry search, more mature Kubernetes and AKS d...
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Aspire in VS Code: the 13.4 developer loop
Aspire 13.4 brings more of the local development loop into VS Code: AppHost CodeLens actions, live resource state, dashboard shortcuts, typed resource command prompts, TypeScript AppHost support, and multi-language debugging.
Distributed multi-agent systems with Aspire and Microsoft Agent Framework
Learn how Aspire, Microsoft Agent Framework, and Microsoft Foundry model, run, observe, and publish a distributed multi-agent AlpineAI ski resort demo.
Aspire Multi-repo Rollout at Scale with Agentic AI
This is part 2 blog of the windows 365 integration journey with Aspire. This blog focus to show how Windows 365 scaled Aspire adoption with reliability patterns and an agentic AI rollout system across 50+ repos.
Aspire 13.4 is here
Aspire 13.4 is here with TypeScript apphost GA, typed resource commands with results, server-side CLI log and telemetry search, more mature Kubernetes and AKS deployment, and more.
How Azure Chaos Studio ships with hermetic Aspire end-to-end tests
Learn how the Azure Chaos Studio team uses Aspire.Hosting.Testing to run hermetic, per-PR end-to-end tests across four services — with emulators, stubs, and no shared environments.
Your dev loop is full of tribal knowledge
Aspire turns a team's scattered tribal knowledge into an explicit, incrementally-adoptable app model that humans, scripts, and AI agents can all use.
Securing Azure apps with Aspire enterprise networking
Network security has a funny way of showing up late. You start with a web app, an API, storage, and Key Vault. The app works. The demo works. Everyone is happy. Then the production checklist shows up: That is usually the point where the application model and the infrastructure model start drifting apart. The app says "I need storage and Key Vault." The networking template says "I have seven subnets, two private DNS zones, a NAT gateway, a network security group, and a growing collection of comments explaining why nobody should touch any of it." Aspire makes this a lot nicer. The new Azure networking su...
What’s New in Aspire 13.3
Aspire 13.3 is here with the Aspireify skill, command results, browser logs, Kubernetes and AKS deployment, and more.
Aspire 13.2: Bun Support and Container Enhancements
Aspire 13.2 keeps the JavaScript story moving with Bun for Vite, more predictable containers, and small but meaningful fixes across debugging and builds.
Free Your Terminal with Detached Mode in Aspire 13.2
Aspire 13.2 brings detached mode to the CLI. Run your AppHost in the background, free your terminal, and let coding agents start, inspect, and manage your app without blocking.
New Aspire database integrations
Aspire 13.2 brings MongoDB Entity Framework Core and Azure Data Lake Storage integrations, plus quality-of-life improvements to existing database clients.
Running Multiple Instances of an Aspire AppHost Without Port Conflicts
Aspire 13.2 introduces isolated mode, letting you run multiple instances of the same AppHost in parallel without port conflicts. Learn how the --isolated flag solves development and testing workflows.
Agentic development aspirations: build, run, observe — without more Markdown
AI agents can write code but struggle to run and test it. Aspire gives your agent a codified app model to build, run, and observe your whole stack.
Aspire Docs in Your Terminal (and Your AI’s Brain)
Aspire 13.2 ships aspire docs, a CLI for browsing, searching, and reading official aspire.dev docs from your terminal, with the same source of truth available to AI skills and automation.
Aspire 13.2: Dashboard Gets Smarter Export and Telemetry
Aspire 13.2 brings powerful new dashboard features for exporting and importing telemetry, querying telemetry via API, and improved GenAI telemetry visualization.
TypeScript AppHost in Aspire 13.2: same app model, different syntax
Aspire 13.2 enables TypeScript developers to define AppHosts directly in TypeScript, with the same streamlined Aspire application model.
Announcing Aspire 13.2
Aspire 13.2 brings TypeScript AppHost authoring, an agent-native CLI, Foundry integration, and more.
Aspire Conf is Coming! Join us Live on March 23
Save the date and tune in for our free, livestream event on March 23. Discover Aspire and learn how it can transform the way you build and deploy your distributed apps and agents.