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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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Building an AI-Powered Conference App with .NET’s Composable AI Stack
Learn how we built ConferencePulse, an AI-powered conference assistant, using .NET's composable AI stack including Microsoft.Extensions.AI, DataIngestion, VectorData, Model Context Protocol, and Microsoft Agent Framework.
VSTest is Removing its Newtonsoft.Json Dependency
VSTest is removing its Newtonsoft.Json dependency in .NET 11 and Visual Studio 18.8. Here's who is affected and how to fix it.
Governing MCP tool calls in .NET with the Agent Governance Toolkit
Learn how to govern MCP tool calls in .NET with the Agent Governance Toolkit—policy-based access control, security scanning, and response sanitization to reduce risk in AI agent systems.
Welcome to SkiaSharp 4.0 Preview 1
SkiaSharp 4.0 Preview 1 is here. Learn all about the new features and how Uno Platform has stepped up as a co-maintainer.
High-Performance Distributed Caching with .NET and Postgres on Azure
Adding caching to your application architecture can significantly improve key performance metrics, cut latency, and reduce load across downstream systems. In this walkthrough, we highlight the latest caching best practices and incorporate these design patterns into a reusable .NET application that you can reference when adding new capabilities to your application stack.
Combining API versioning with OpenAPI in .NET 10 applications
Learn how to implement API versioning in your .NET 10 applications using OpenAPI for better API management and documentation.
What’s new for .NET in Ubuntu 26.04
Ubuntu 26.04 (Resolute Raccoon) ships today with .NET 10. Here's how to install .NET 10 from the archive, use the new -resolute container tags, build Native AOT apps, and install .NET 8 and 9 from the dotnet-backports PPA.
.NET 10.0.7 Out-of-Band Security Update
We are releasing .NET 10.0.7 as an out-of-band security update to address CVE-2026-40372.
Writing Node.js addons with .NET Native AOT
The C# Dev Kit team replaced C++ Node.js addons with C# and Native AOT, removing a dependency on Python. This post walks through building a Node.js native addon entirely in C# using N-API, LibraryImport, and UnmanagedCallersOnly.
