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Announcing .NET 10
Announcing the release of .NET 10, the most productive, modern, secure, intelligent, and performant release of .NET yet. With updates across ASP.NET Core, C# 14...
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Microsoft.Testing.Platform Now Fully Supported in Azure DevOps
Azure DevOps enhanced support for Microsoft.Testing.Platform, from running tests to publishing results!
How to Build iOS Widgets with .NET MAUI
Build professional iOS widgets with .NET MAUI, from static displays to interactive widgets.
.NET and .NET Framework December 2025 servicing releases updates
A recap of the latest servicing updates for .NET and .NET Framework for December 2025.
Implementing Cross-Platform In-App Billing in .NET MAUI Applications
Learn how to implement in-app purchases in your .NET MAUI apps with our new cross-platform billing sample for Android, iOS, Mac Catalyst, and Windows.
Microsoft Learn MCP Server Elevates Development
Explore how the Learn MCP server enhances the developer experience with Copilot, showcase practical examples, and provide straightforward integration instructions for Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, the Copilot Command Line Interface, and the Copilot Coding Agent
.NET 10 Networking Improvements
Introducing new networking features in .NET 10 including HTTP space, WebSockets, security and more!
.NET Conf 2025 Recap – Celebrating .NET 10, Visual Studio 2026, AI, Community, & More
.NET Conf 2025 is over, but you can catch up with all the announcements and fun with video recordings, slides, demos, and more.
Introducing Data Ingestion Building Blocks (Preview)
Announcing the preview of open, modular data ingestion building blocks in .NET, empowering developers to build scalable AI pipelines with seamless integration, extensibility, and easy getting started experiences across the .NET ecosystem.
.NET Day on Agentic Modernization Coming Soon
Join us live on December 9 to explore the newest, most practical ways to modernize your .NET apps with Azure, AI, and powerful agentic tooling.
Reinventing how .NET Builds and Ships (Again)
An exploration of how .NET evolved from a distributed build system to Unified Build, dramatically reducing complexity and build times while improving flexibility and predictability for shipping .NET releases.
Supercharge Your Test Coverage with GitHub Copilot Testing for .NET
Boost your testing workflow with GitHub Copilot testing for .NET, available now in Visual Studio. Automatically generate, build, and run high-quality unit tests for files, projects, or entire solutions.
A step-by-step guide to modernizing .NET applications with GitHub Copilot agent mode
Learn how Visual Studio 2026 and GitHub Copilot app modernization upgrade .NET versions and frameworks, fix build issues, and migrate apps to Azure with less manual effort
Post-Quantum Cryptography in .NET
What we've added for PQC, and how we got there.
Introducing C# 14
Learn what features are in C# 14, which ships as part of .NET 10.
Introducing F# 10
Learn about new F# 10 language features, performance upgrades, and tooling improvements shipping with .NET 10.
Announcing .NET 10
Announcing the release of .NET 10, the most productive, modern, secure, intelligent, and performant release of .NET yet. With updates across ASP.NET Core, C# 14, .NET MAUI, Aspire, and so much more.
.NET and .NET Framework November 2025 servicing releases updates
A recap of the latest servicing updates for .NET and .NET Framework for November 2025.
How Copilot Studio uses .NET and WebAssembly for performance and innovation
Learn how Microsoft Copilot Studio uses .NET to provide a consistent AI agent execution across platforms, including on the web via WebAssembly.
Get Ready for .NET Conf 2025!
The biggest .NET event of the year is just one week away! Join us November 11-13 for .NET 10 and Visual Studio 2026, plus a Student Zone on November 14th.
Introducing Custom Agents for .NET Developers: C# Expert & WinForms Expert
Introducing C# Expert and WinForms Expert: experimental custom agents that help .NET developers write better code with GitHub Copilot.
Announcing Sponsorship on NuGet.org
Announcing Sponsorship on NuGet.org - An easy way to recognize package maintainers and grow the NuGet community stronger!
Upgrading to Microsoft Agent Framework in Your .NET AI Chat App
Step-by-step review on how to upgrade your .NET AI chat app to Microsoft Agent Framework for better architecture, tool integration, and intelligent reasoning.
.NET and .NET Framework October 2025 servicing releases updates
A recap of the latest servicing updates for .NET and .NET Framework for October 2025.
Announcing .NET 10 Release Candidate 2
.NET 10 Release Candidate 2 focuses on final quality, reliability, and stabilization across the runtime, SDK, libraries, ASP.NET Core, Blazor, .NET MAUI, and more.
Announcing the .NET Security Group
Learn how to join the .NET Security Group for early access to CVE information and help deliver security patches to your .NET distribution simultaneously with Microsoft.
Preparing for the .NET 10 GC (DATAS)
Learn how DATAS in .NET 10 adapts heap size, what changes to expect versus previous Server Garbage Collection (GC) behavior, and how to decide whether to tune or disable it.
Developer and AI Code Reviewer: Reviewing AI-Generated Code in .NET
Learn how to effectively review AI-generated .NET code with practical strategies for maintaining quality, enforcing standards, and boosting team productivity through thoughtful code review practices.