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Nico Vermeir

@nicovermeir.bsky.social
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Cloud Solution Architect @ Microsoft, public speaker, board member of Visug, Techorama crew member, #xamlstyler maintainer, biker, guitarist, brewer, karateka

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Alvin Ashcraft @alvinashcraft.com · 25/09/2026
What’s new in Microsoft Agent Framework: Interactive experiences, memory, and resilient execution buff.ly/je45s9e #agentframework #ai #dotnet #python #agents #maf #softwaredev
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What’s new in Microsoft Agent Framework: Interactive experiences, memory, and resilient execution | Microsoft Agent Framework
An agent that answers a question is a starting point. An agent that completes useful work needs more: an interface users can interact with, memory beyond
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ErikEJ @erikej.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
AG-UI Protocol now has a first-class .NET SDK
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The new AG-UI .NET SDK enables .NET services to expose and consume interoperable agent endpoints using Microsoft.Extensions.AI.
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Visual Studio User Group @visug.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🔐 Let’s talk authentication! Join us September 29 in Essen for our next #VISUG meetup with Wesley Cabus and Maarten Balliauw. Two talks on ASP.NET Core Authentication and Passkeys, plus food & drinks. And yes, it’s free! 🍕🥤 #VISUG #ASPNETCore #DotNet #Community
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ASP.NET Core Authentication Explained + Going Passwordless: A Practical Guide to Passkeys in ASP.NET Core — VISUG
Tuesday, 29 September 2026 • 18:00 • ODS Belgium B.V., Peepolderlaan 23, 2910 Essen
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Nico Vermeir @nicovermeir.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
My first course on #Dometrain is officially live! The course is a guide into building reliable, production‑ready AI agents using the MS Agent Framework. I explain core concepts, tools, workflows, ... If you want to explore the course, you can find it on Dometrain. dometrain.com/course/getti...
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Getting Started: Microsoft Agent Framework in .NET - Dometrain
Learn how to use the Microsoft Agent Framework to build AI agents in .NET, from your first agent to tools, workflows, and observability.
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Matt Ellis @citizenmatt.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
We released new versions of ReSharper this week! Improved out of process support for Visual Studio and debugging inside VS Code and compatible editors. Yes, that's a whole C# environment of navigation, editing, inspections, refactorings, testing and now debugging in VS Code and friends! 🚨
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Martin Mazur @mazur.ai · 04/06/2026
What a great end to @ndcconferences.com Copenhagen. ”Remember, you can do whatever you want forever!” - @rendle.dev
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Nico Vermeir @nicovermeir.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
If anyone is shopping for me, I wear a size Surface Ultra #msbuild
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 02/06/2026
All the Windows developer announcements today: blogs.windows.com/windowsdevel...
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Build 2026: Furthering Windows as the trusted platform for development
Build is one of our favorite moments each year - a chance to connect with the global developer community and share what we’ve been building. Over the past year, we have connected with many developers...
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Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Coreutils for Windows. Sudo was just the beginning. learn.microsoft.com/windows/core...
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Coreutils for Windows overview
A set of UNIX-style core utilities for Windows that lets developers run the same commands and scripts they already use on Linux, macOS, and WSL.
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Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Dev Configs - set up your Windows development environment in a jiffy. learn.microsoft.com/windows/dev-...
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Dev Configs for Windows
Get from a fresh Windows install to a ready-to-code environment in minutes with declarative WinGet Configuration files for toolchains, OS settings, and shells.
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Visual Studio @visualstudio.com · 29/05/2026
Happening next week: Microsoft Build 2026 Livestreaming June 2–3, 2026 Go deep on real code, real systems, and real workflows with the teams building and scaling AI. Hands-on sessions. No fluff. The keynote kicks off at 9:30AM. Set your reminder now: buff.ly/QKg1tO8
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June 2-3, 2026 Livestream
Keynote kickoff: 9:30AM PT.
Two Days. Ands-on sessions. No fluff.
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Nico Vermeir @nicovermeir.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Should anyone be in the very specific case of: - owning an insta360 link or link2 - and a pc with ARM cpu You'll have run into the issue of the insta360 wanting to install on ARM You can copy the install folder from an x64 based machine and paste it on your Windows on ARM installation.
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.NET @dot.net · 27/05/2026
🛑 Upgrading .NET? Don’t start with code. Copilot’s agent assesses first — scans the solution, maps deps, and writes an editable Markdown plan ⚙️ eShop sample: 10 projects, 24 NuGets (5 incompatible), 52 API behavior changes 🤯 👉 Blog: buff.ly/zFyAqkW
Developer working at a workstation
text reads: Apps on Azure Blog
3 MIN READ
Don’t Start Your Application Upgrade by Changing Code
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Gerald Versluis @jfversluis.dev · 11/05/2026
A WPF backend for .NET MAUI landed in maui-labs. Full alternative to WinUI. 22+ controls, Shell, Blazor WebView, CollectionView. Three commands to try it. github.com/dotnet/maui-labs/tree/main/platforms/Windows.WPF
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Rik Hepworth @rikhepworth.com · 12/05/2026
@techorama.bsky.social never disappoints!
The entrance to Techorama Medieval edition, with straw-covered roads and merchant stalls. Large banners hang from the ceiling, each with a different motif of a medieval robot
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Sarah Young @sarahyo.com · 01/05/2026
Happy Agent 365 GA day to those who celebrate! You might have seen me at AI Tour or RSAC or somewhere talking about how awesome it is, so go forth and use A365 to manage and secure your agents. It was also the wrap up of the FY26 AI Tour this week so we had one last on-stage squad picture.
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Kayla Cinnamon ☕️ @kaylacinnamon.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Proud to have worked on redesigning Run 🫶 We prioritized performance while also maintaining a modern design 💙 devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/...
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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 21/04/2026
.NET has an out of band update today to fix CVE-2026-40372, an Elevation of Privilege, which, in some cases, could allow an attacker to forge authentication tickets, or decode authentication tickets or other protected data. github.com/dotnet/annou...
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Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2026-40372 – ASP.NET Core Elevation of Privilege · Issue #395 · dotnet/announcements
Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2026-40372 – ASP.NET Core Elevation of Privilege Executive Summary: A bug in Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection 10.0.0-10.0.6 NuGet packages can give an attacker th...
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Gerald Versluis @jfversluis.dev · 23/04/2026
GitHub CLI v2.90.0 shipped gh skill. A package manager for agent skills. Search, install, pin, update. Works with Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex. Like npm but for AI workflow instructions. github.blog/changelog/2026-04-16-manage-agent-skills-with-github-cli/
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Visual Studio User Group @visug.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
This is your reminder that you wanted to register… but didn’t (yet) 😏 📅 April 28 📌 Talent-IT, Houtdok-Noordkaai 12, Antwerp 🎟️ Fix it here 👉
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We Rolled Out GitHub Copilot… How Do We Prove It Helps? and AI Security: The S in MCP stands for Security — VISUG
Tuesday, 28 April 2026 • 18:00 • Talent-IT, Houtdok-Noordkaai 12, 2030 Antwerpen
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Alvin Ashcraft @alvinashcraft.com · 17/04/2026
Claude Opus 4.7 is available on Microsoft Foundry buff.ly/Qm4LIHz #foundry #opus47 #aimodels #azure #cloud #claude #anthropic
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Claude Opus 4.7 is available on Microsoft Foundry | Microsoft Community Hub
Anthropic continues to push the frontier of AI for real-world, production work with its new model Claude Opus 4.7.  Opus 4.7 is Anthropic’s...
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ErikEJ @erikej.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
.NET 11 Preview 3 is now available!
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Find out about the new features in .NET 11 Preview 3 across the .NET runtime, SDK, libraries, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, C#, Entity Framework Core, container images, and more!
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Dylan Beattie @dylanbeatt.ie · 15/04/2026
I have to say, that's quite the wall of names for something that's been out less than a week. It's encouraging to see so many people showing their support for what we're trying to do here. Want to join us? Head over to usewhatworks.org and sign the manifesto.
A screenshot of the list of signatories from the usewhatworks.org home page:

Chris 'Woody' Woodruff, Fractional Architect
Dylan Beattie, Software Development Consultant at Ursatile
Steve 'Ardalis' Smith, Software Architect
Adam Wright, Software Engineer
Todd H. Gardner, CEO and Founder at TrackJS
Lotte Pitcher, Developer Relations at Umbraco
Abdul Rahman, Software Architect
Pete Buckney 
Sebastian Nilsson, Renaissance Engineer
Chase Aucoin, CTO at Highwater Labs
Adele Carpenter, Software Engineer
Glenn F. Henriksen, CTO at Justify
Chris Ayers, Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft
Nico Vermeir, Cloud Solution Architect
Stacy Cashmore, Tech Explorer DevOps
Hannes Lowette, Principal Consultant at Axxes
Mattias Karlsson, Partner & Sr. Architect at WCOMAB
Tom Grobbe, Software Engineer
Arthur Doler, Senior Software Engineer
Udi Dahan 
Poornima Nayar, Software Engineer
Martijn Vriesman
Ted Neward
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Scott Hanselman 🌮 @scott.hanselman.com · 14/04/2026
Mac has that cool feature where you click the desktop and all the apps get out of the way, you can drag stuff, and then click back and they'll restore. I made that for Windows. Please test www.tinytooltown.com/tools/peekde...
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PeekDesktop — Tiny Tool Town 🏘️
Click your Windows desktop wallpaper to peek at it - just like macOS Sonoma.
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
If you're looking for stupid-delightful open source tools (and games) make sure you check out @scott.hanselman.com's Tiny Tool Town! You'll never know what you find! www.tinytooltown.com
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Tiny Tool Town 🏘️
A delightful showcase for free, fun & open source tiny tools. Stupid-delightful software made with love.
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Alvin Ashcraft @alvinashcraft.com · 13/04/2026
Microsoft Agent Framework for .NET v1.1.0 Release | GitHub github.com/microsoft/ag... #dotnet #ai #agentframework #agents #csharp
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Release dotnet-1.1.0 · microsoft/agent-framework
Changes: 3e864cd .NET: Update version to 1.1.0 (#5204) 14d2ab3 Standardize file skills terminology on 'directory' (#5205) e5f7b9c .NET: Support reflection for discovery of resources and scripts in...
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Richard Hay @winobs.com · 10/04/2026
I think these are excellent changes to the #WindowsInsider Program. blogs.windows.com/windows-insi...
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Improving your Windows Insider experience
Hello Windows Insiders, Last month, Pavan shared our commitment to improving Windows quality, with a focus on performance, reliability and craft, i
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ᒪᗩᑎᑕE @lance.boston · 09/04/2026
Microsoft Build session catalog is live! build.microsoft.com/en-US/sessions #build2026 #msbuild
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Avalonia UI @avaloniaui.net · 08/04/2026
You may have missed this in the Avalonia 12.0 launch... Our VS Code extension is now completely free. No account needed. No usage restrictions. Download. Install. Develop. avaloniaui.net/vscode/
Avalonia UI VSCode extension on a blue background, highlighting features like free usage and no account requirements for coding.
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Visual Studio User Group @visug.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
While you were hunting for eggs, the Easter Bunny dropped something for developers too 🐰💻 📅 April 28th: 2 inspiring sessions, 1 community, 0 excuses! As always: free, fun, and full of learning. 🎟️ Save your seat 👉 www.visug.be/events/2026-... #Visug #DotNet #Community
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We Rolled Out GitHub Copilot… How Do We Prove It Helps? and AI Security: The S in MCP stands for Security — VISUG
Tuesday, 28 April 2026 • 18:00 • Talent-IT, Houtdok-Noordkaai 12, 2030 Antwerpen
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Nico Vermeir @nicovermeir.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The Microsoft Agent Framework just got a stable release on NuGet! Get Version 1.0.0 from here: www.nuget.org/packages/Mic... Get started here: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/agent-...
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Microsoft.Agents.AI 1.0.0
Provides Microsoft Agent Framework core functionality.
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Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Windows SDK overview Learn about the Windows SDK, benefits it provides to developers, what is ready for developers now, and how to give feedback. learn.microsoft.com/windows/apps/wi… #WindowsDev #MicrosoftLearn [Posted by Doc Bot]
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Aspire 💫 @aspire.dev · 31/03/2026
New post from @james.newtonking.com - See how Aspire 13.2 brings powerful new dashboard features for exporting and importing telemetry, querying telemetry via API, and improved GenAI telemetry visualization. devblogs.microsoft.com/aspire/aspir... #AspireDev #OpenTelemetry
Aspire dashboard with traces
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maddy montaquila @maddy.fm · 28/03/2026
ok ok last fun thing of the week - we updated the @aspire.dev roadmap for you all 🫡 13.3 where u at??? github.com/microsoft/as...
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☎️ Aspire Roadmap - Q1 2026 Update (March 2026) · microsoft aspire · Discussion #15662
Aspire Roadmap - Q1 2026 Update (March 2026) ☎️ It's been a few months since our end of year update, and we've finally shipped Aspire 13.2 (March 2026) — our biggest ever release!!! Here's an updat...
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Nico Vermeir @nicovermeir.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Getting some serious FOMO from seeing posts of all my friends who are at @mvpaward.bsky.social Summit. Summit is the most valuable part of the MVP program, it has created so many friendships, stories and memories. Have fun at the mothership friends! #mvpbuzz
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Aspire 💫 @aspire.dev · 23/03/2026
The #AspireConf 2026 Keynote is starting NOW 💫 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PT Join us LIVE: youtu.be/6j61K9Sna2M Follow the conversation: #AspireDev #AspireConf
Aspire Conf Keynote starts now!
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Visual Studio @visualstudio.com · 17/03/2026
GitHub Copilot Dev Days is here. Hands‑on workshops. Real workflows. Live demos. Training across Copilot CLI, Cloud Agent, VS Code, Visual Studio, and more — led by GitHub Stars, MVPs, and community experts. Find an event or host one → buff.ly/H2clvCN
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GitHub Copilot Dev Days. Join or host an event near you
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Alvin Ashcraft @alvinashcraft.com · 13/03/2026
Modernize .NET Anywhere with GitHub Copilot buff.ly/I3WtX7W #dotnet #modernization #githubcopilot #ai #csharp #agents #vscode #copilotcli #visualstudio
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Modernize .NET Anywhere with GitHub Copilot - .NET Blog
See how the modernize-dotnet agent helps you assess apps, create upgrade plans, and modernize .NET projects from Visual Studio, VS Code, GitHub Copilot CLI, and GitHub.
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Emmz 💻🎸🎤🏳️‍⚧️ @rendle.dev · 13/03/2026
Also on my Twitch if that's more your speed: www.twitch.tv/justRendle
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justRendle - Twitch
Teaching C# and .NET 5, and experimenting with .NET 6 previews.
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Emmz 💻🎸🎤🏳️‍⚧️ @rendle.dev · 13/03/2026
New livestream/podcast thing I'm trying, chatting to people who are doing interesting things in interesting ways. For the first trial episode the wonderful @bendechr.ai has volunteered as tribute: we'll be talking about agentic workflows and interactions at 5pm UTC. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aotv...
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Rendlevous 0.1: Talking Agent Workflows with Ben Dechrai
YouTube video by rendle
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Dylan Beattie @dylanbeatt.ie · 11/03/2026
Less than two weeks until "From Keyboard to Keynote". Join me on Zoom for two afternoons of live online training - tips on choosing topics, CFPs, timing, effective rehearsal, creating slides, video, live demos, and more. Last few tickets on sale now, only £295 www.eventbrite.com/e/from-keybo...
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From Keyboard To Keynote: Crafting Great Technical Talks
A live online workshop led by Dylan Beattie, all about how to create, rehearse, and deliver great technical presentations.
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Isaac Levin @isaacrlevin.com · 09/03/2026
Discover Microsoft Foundry: the end-to-end platform for developing, governing, and scaling AI solutions. #Azure #AI #MicrosoftFoundry isaacl.dev/g2f
Embed Card for https://isaacl.dev/g2f
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Visual Studio Code @vscode.dev · 09/03/2026
Learn more about how the Figma MCP server can now generate design layers from VS Code: github.blog/changelog/20...
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Figma MCP server can now generate design layers from VS Code - GitHub Changelog
GitHub Copilot users can now connect to the Figma MCP server to both pull design context into code and send rendered UI to Figma as editable frames. Together, these capabilities…
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Kayla Cinnamon ☕️ @kaylacinnamon.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
The registration site for Microsoft Build is now live and it uses Cascadia Code EVERYWHERE ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 (Cascadia Code is the new font we built for Windows Terminal ✨) build.microsoft.com/home
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Microsoft Build, June 2-3, 2026 / San Francisco and online
Go deep on real code and real systems with the teams building and scaling AI at Microsoft Build, June 2–3, 2026, in San Francisco and online.
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Microsoft Developer @developer.microsoft.com · 03/03/2026
Now Shipping: Microsoft Build Two days of real code, real systems, and real workflows for developers building and scaling AI. June 2–3, 2026 / San Francisco Registration is now open: msft.it/63324QemVQ
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Duende Software @duendesoftware.com · 02/03/2026
Tomorrow! Join our livestream on March 3rd. Stop relying on manual checks. We’re showing you how to automate your security testing to ensure your API only accepts your trusted tokens. 🔗 March 3rd. Be there: duende.link/lsjwt26b #OAuth2 #JWT #DotNet
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Livestream: Are your access tokens really secure?
Are your APIs vulnerable? Explore JWT pitfalls, learn to prevent exploits, and compare JWTs vs. opaque tokens in this expert-led session.
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Dylan Beattie @dylanbeatt.ie · 27/02/2026
Wait... CSS Can Do That?
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Aspire 💫 @aspire.dev · 17/02/2026
📣 It's happening! 📣 Come meet the new Aspire at #AspireConf on March 23. Join our livestream at 9am PT for a packed day of sessions for all developers, no matter your skill, language, or stack. Save the date: aspire.dev/aspireconf?c... #Python #TypeScript #JavaScript #dotnet #AI #AspireDev
Aspire Conf Save the Date poster - March 23, 9:00 PST. Learn how Aspire can transform the way you build and deploy your distributed apps and agents. Free, livestream event on YouTube & Twitch
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Alvin Ashcraft @alvinashcraft.com · 20/02/2026
Migrate your Semantic Kernel and AutoGen projects to Microsoft Agent Framework Release Candidate buff.ly/o1CmeNo #agentframework #dotnet #python #autogen #semantickernel #foundry #ai #agents
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Migrate your Semantic Kernel and AutoGen projects to Microsoft Agent Framework Release Candidate | Semantic Kernel
Microsoft Agent Framework has reached Release Candidate for .NET and Python. The API surface is stable, v1.0 features are complete, and now’s the time to migrate from Semantic Kernel and share…
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.NET @dot.net · 19/02/2026
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Aspire 💫 (@aspire.dev)
📣 It's happening! 📣 Come meet the new Aspire at #AspireConf on March 23. Join our livestream at 9am PT for a packed day of sessions for all developers, no matter your skill, language, or stack.…
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