The .NET Insider

Your Monthly Dive into .NET Updates.

Catch Up on Microsoft Build 2025: Essential Sessions for .NET Developers - .NET Blog

A curated list of must-watch Microsoft Build 2025 sessions for .NET devs, covering AI, MAUI, Cloud-native apps, Visual Studio updates, and more.

—By .NET Team

Emit logs on-demand with log buffering - .NET Blog

Introduces log buffering for .NET apps, allowing logs to be stored temporarily and emitted only when a condition (like an exception) is met—ideal for keeping logs clean.

—By Evgenii Fedorov

.NET 10 Preview 5 is now available! - .NET Blog

The latest .NET 10 preview brings more stability, performance improvements, and new APIs for developers to test and provide feedback on ahead of the full release.

—By .NET Team

.NET and .NET Framework June 2025 servicing releases updates - .NET Blog

Security and quality updates for multiple .NET versions including critical fixes and updated runtime packages.

—By Tara Overfield | Victor Israel-Bolarinwa

Multimodal Voice Intelligence with .NET MAUI - .NET Blog

Learn how to build smart, voice-aware apps using .NET MAUI and integrate them with Azure services for speech recognition and multimodal interaction.

—By David Ortinau

Improve Your Productivity with New GitHub Copilot Features for .NET! - .NET Blog

Tips and examples to use GitHub Copilot effectively within .NET workflows—from writing boilerplate code to debugging.

—By Leslie Richardson

Use C# 14 extensions to simplify enum Parsing - Gérald Barré

Leverage upcoming C# 14 extensions to make enum parsing easier, safer, and cleaner.

—BY Gérald Barré

Using the new AI template to create a chatbot about a website

Learn how to build a website-aware chatbot using the new .NET AI template and minimal configuration.

—By Andrew Lock

Using Pattern Matching in C# for Performance Optimization - Gérald Barré

Improve performance in your C# apps by replacing conditional logic with efficient pattern matching constructs.

—By Gérald Barré

Converting a docker-compose file to .NET Aspire

Migrate existing docker-compose setups to .NET Aspire with clear, hands-on steps.

—By Andrew Lock

Swagger UI alternatives in ASP.NET Core

Explore open-source and commercial alternatives to Swagger/OpenAPI for documenting and testing .NET APIs.

—By Nikola Knezevic

How to Create and Convert PDF Documents in ASP.NET Core

A practical guide to generating and converting PDFs in ASP.NET Core using free and commercial libraries.

—By Anton Martyniuk

The .NET Insider – Issue 12

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