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Join the .NET & C# Teams at Microsoft Build 2025
The countdown to Microsoft Build 2025 is on! Join us May 19-22 either in-person in Seattle or online and explore an exciting lineup of .NET and C# content, incl...
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Announcing dotnet run app.cs – A simpler way to start with C# and .NET 10
We are super excited to introduce a new feature that was released as part of .NET 10 Preview 4 that makes getting started with C# easier than ever. You can now run a C# file directly using . This means you no longer need to create a project file or scaffold a whole application to run a quick script, test a snippet, or experiment with an idea. It's simple, intuitive, and designed to streamline the C# development experience, especially for those just getting started. What is ? Until now, executing C# code using the CLI required a project structure that included a file. With this new capability, which we call fi...
Circuit Breaker Policy Fine-tuning Best Practice
Summary of some best practice and insights about circuit breaker resilience policy fine-tuning.
AI and Vector Data Extensions are now Generally Available (GA)
We’re excited to announce that these extensions are now generally available, providing developers with a robust foundation to build scalable, maintainable, and interoperable AI-powered applications.
.NET Aspire 9.3 is here and enhanced with GitHub Copilot!
.NET Aspire 9.3 is the biggest release of .NET Aspire yet, with the introduction of GitHub Copilot directly into the .NET Aspire Dashboard, updates for integrations, app model enhancements, and more.
Accelerate Your .NET Upgrades with GitHub Copilot
Upgrade your .NET apps with confidence! Introducing our newest AI-powered upgrade experience, GitHub Copilot app modernization - Upgrade for .NET.
Evaluating content safety in your .NET AI applications
Announcing content safety evaluations and other imporvements in the Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation libraries.
.NET and .NET Framework May 2025 servicing releases updates
A recap of the latest servicing updates for .NET and .NET Framework for May 2025.
.NET 10 Preview 4 is now available!
Find out about the new features in .NET 10 Preview 4 across the .NET runtime, SDK, libraries, ASP.NET Core, Blazor, C#, .NET MAUI, and more!
C# 14 – Exploring extension members
C# 14 introduces extension members. See how the `extension` syntax offers flexibility for extension authors and continuity for developers using extensions