It’s my favorite time of year — time to put the .NET hat on — because it’s time for .NETConf 2025. Looking back, it’s interesting to see how the focus of the conference has evolved year over year and what that tells us about the…

For years, the .NET open-source ecosystem has struggled with sustainability. Unlike other communities such as Node.js, many .NET developers rely on NuGet packages but have limited mechanisms for directly supporting maintainers. However, there are clear opportunities for improvement — and Microsoft is uniquely positioned to…

Microsoft Copilot Studio allows users to create intelligent agents that can interact through various channels such as Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Slack, or Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat. This guide walks you through the process of creating, publishing, and deploying an agent specifically within Microsoft 365 Copilot…

C# 14 is almost here, and it’s packed with new features that promise to make your code cleaner, safer, and more expressive. After testing it out, I’ve picked my five favorite features—though I’m not entirely sold on one of them. Let’s dive in. 1. Null-Conditional…

It’s the highest-ever vulnerability score in .NET’s history — a staggering 9.9. The issue has been open for a week now, and the developer community is buzzing with concern. Let’s take a closer look at what’s happening, why everyone is talking about it, and what…

The List Management feature in Microsoft Copilot Studio is designed to help you work with data objects — retrieving, modifying, and synchronizing them with external sources. What Is List Management List management involves handling collections of data (objects). For example, imagine you have a dataset…

Today we’re going to explore Microsoft’s .NET AI Template, which was released back in March. This template includes two project types — AI Chat Web App and Local MCP Server Console App. In this walkthrough, we’ll focus on the AI Chat Web App, install the…

Microsoft introduced one of the most exciting features in .NET — the new dotnet run app command. It’s part of .NET 10, and it completely changes the way we write and run C# code. No longer do you need to set up a full project…

Today, we’re diving into something brand new and really exciting for all .NET developers — the Microsoft Agent Framework. This preview release takes AI and .NET development to the next level. In this tutorial, we’ll build a translator that converts English text into French and…