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Announcing .NET 11 Release Candidate 2
.NET 11 Release Candidate 2 is available with improvements across libraries, runtime, SDK, MSBuild, NuGet, F#, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, and Windows Forms.
.NET and .NET Framework October 2026 servicing releases updates
A recap of the latest servicing updates for .NET and .NET Framework for October 2026.
Durable Task in the Real World: What Problems Does It Actually Solve?
Five practical examples of when durable execution makes sense, when it does not, and what it means for AI agents.
A faster, lighter C# Dev Kit
C# Dev Kit has been rebuilt to open solutions in about a second and run on a fraction of the memory, and this post walks through what changed for you.
UWP and WinUI 3 apps: UI testing with MSTest
Learn how to test UWP and WinUI 3 apps with MSTest and Microsoft.Testing.Platform across packaged, unpackaged, and AppContainer hosts.
Build Agentic UI with the new Blazor AI components
Build Agentic UI with the new Blazor AI components for streamed content, tools, approvals, shared state, and generative experiences.
AG-UI Protocol now has a first-class .NET SDK
The new AG-UI .NET SDK enables .NET services to expose and consume interoperable agent endpoints using Microsoft.Extensions.AI.
Microsoft is updating its author-signing certificate starting September 23, 2026
Starting September 23, 2026, Microsoft is updating the author-signing certificate used for NuGet packages. Customers using trusted signer policies or certificate fingerprint verification should add the new certificate as soon as possible.
Creating a memory dump in C#
Learn how to create a memory dump in C# to capture the state of your application for debugging purposes.