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Jul 16, 2026
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Announcing .NET Modernization for Beginners

Pablo Lopes

A free, open-source, hands-on course that walks you through modernizing a real legacy ASP.NET application all the way to .NET 10 using the GitHub Copilot modernization agent, step by step.

Jul 14, 2026
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.NET and .NET Framework July 2026 servicing releases updates

Rahul,
Tara

A recap of the latest servicing updates for .NET and .NET Framework for July 2026.

Jul 14, 2026
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CoreCLR Progress and the Mono Timeline for .NET MAUI

David Ortinau

CoreCLR is now the only runtime for .NET MAUI mobile apps in .NET 11 Preview 6. Here is where we are, and why we need you to test today.

Jul 14, 2026
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.NET 11 Preview 6 is now available!

.NET Team

Find out about the new features in .NET 11 Preview 6 across runtime, SDK, libraries, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, C#, Entity Framework Core, F#, and container images.

Jul 9, 2026
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Modernize .NET applications in the GitHub Copilot app

Mika Dumont

Modernize .NET applications in the GitHub Copilot app. Follow your upgrade from assessment through execution in an interactive upgrade canvas.

Jun 30, 2026
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MCP Beyond the Chat Window: Build Diagnostics in CI

Jan,
Yuliia

A practical tour of the Model Context Protocol tools for .NET build diagnostics - the full Binlog MCP toolset, how those tools run inside a GitHub Actions workflow, and what the evaluation data says about the efficiency gains.

Jun 29, 2026
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.NET 8 and .NET 9 will reach End of Support on November 10, 2026

Rahul Bhandari (MSFT)

.NET 8 and .NET 9 will both reach end of support on November 10, 2026. Learn what this means and how to upgrade to .NET 10 (LTS).

Jun 29, 2026
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SkiaSharp 4.0 is here: announcing the first stable release

Matthew Leibowitz

SkiaSharp 4.148.0 is the first stable release of SkiaSharp v4. Learn what is new, why you should be excited, and join the SkiaSharp live event on June 30.

Jun 29, 2026
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Packaging and Package Identity for .NET apps with WinApp CLI on Windows

Zachary Teutsch

Use the WinApp CLI to add identity to and package .NET desktop applications, enabling deeper integration to Windows and easier distribution.