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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.

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Building an AI-Powered Conference App with .NET's Composable AI Stack

Luis Quintanilla

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.

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

VSTest is Removing its Newtonsoft.Json Dependency

McKenna Barlow

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.

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Governing MCP tool calls in .NET with the Agent Governance Toolkit

Jack Batzner

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Blazor Community Standup: Blazor virtualization gets flexible

Blazor Community Standup: Blazor virtualization gets flexible

Join us to explore upcoming virtualization improvements in .NET 11 for Blazor, including support for variable‑height items in the Virtualize component and new APIs for controlling scroll position.

On .NET Live - Make your first NuGet library with .NET 10 and AI

Make your first NuGet library with .NET 10 and AI

Wei Lin is here to show us how to use .NET 10 single-file scripting capabilities, GitHub, and Copilot to develop the first open-source and free Office-to-PDF conversion library on NuGet.

.NET Data Community Standup: Lightweight Framework to Automate EF Components

.NET Data Community Standup: Lightweight Framework to Automate EF Components

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