Preparing Your .NET MAUI Apps for Google Play’s 16 KB Page Size Requirement

Announcing Aspire 9.5

Exploring Text-to-Image capabilities in .NET ift.tt/SalCKMZ

Using the new Azure SQL SqlVector type with EF Core and Dapper #sql #dotnet buff.ly/huuA0yh

New Trusted Publishing enhances security on NuGet.org

Did you rely on the SDK style SQL project in Visual Studio 2022 (with the Microsoft. Build.Sql SDK) and realize this no longer works in VS 2026? Fear not, you can use our community SDK MsBuild.Sdk.SqlProj in all your IDEs! #dotnet #sqlserver #sqlprojects #dacfx #ssdt buff.ly/5N5fLZD

I am planning a new Visual Studio extension for SQL Database Project users - let me know what you think? #sql #sqlserver #ssdt #dacfx

Prompt Files and Instructions Files Explained

Format your SQL code in SQL Server Management Studio 22 with the free SQL Formatter from @madskristensen - I just got a PR approved to enable this (for SSMS) - download from VSIX Gallery #sqlserver #ssms

.NET STS releases supported for 24 months ift.tt/IBh1Wcj

EFCore.NamingConventions - enable flexible column and table naming with EF Core migrations. We have just updated the package for EF Core 10 RC 1 #efcore #dotnet www.nuget.org/packages/EFC...

EFCore.CheckConstraints - enforce some check constraints, including RegEx based, directly on your database schema with EF Core migrations - we have just updated the package for EF Core 10 RC 1 #dotnet #efcore

Application Insights Code Optimizations for .NET Apps

Drop in on a .NET Data Community Standup session replay where we hear about Microsoft.Extensions.VectorData. Tune in. 🎥 https://msft.it/63326SvALC

Today, LIVE at 10AM PT .NET Data Community Standup and the recently released Couchbase provider for #EFCore. In today's standup, we chat with the team about Couchbase, the provider, and challenges fitting Couchbase concepts into EF Core's world. Join us live here ➡️ https://msft.it/63324S7VCM

Ever wonder what your LINQ query is really doing under the hood? 🧐 With EFCore.Visualizer, you can inspect Entity Framework Core query plans right inside Visual Studio—no more jumping between tools. 🔗 msft.it/63325swAN9

New release of SqlQueryStress, with support for the new data json and vector data types in Azure SQL / SQL Server 2025 and update check. Get the latest signed application from buff.ly/3t9xXbw

nuget trusted publishing from GitHub actions is rolling out. No more api keys needed to publish from your release process. learn.microsoft.com/en-us/nuget/...

Performance Improvements in .NET 10 ift.tt/ruE3cwC

Announcing .NET 10 Release Candidate 1

.NET and .NET Framework September 2025 servicing releases updates

Announcing the release of SSMS 22 Preview 1 - New accessible themes - Zoom results grid - Improvements to connection dialog - and much more techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/sqlserv...

Visual Studio 2026 Insiders is here! First look at the next major Visual Studio release - I promise you will be in awe! devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio...

Just published: A new EF Core Power Toools release with support for EF Core 10 reverse engineering of any database or SQL project (and removal of support for EF Core 6) buff.ly/SyWASLk

Mød mig "in person" tirsdag den 16. september kl. 17 til Aarhus .NET User Group møde med emnet: "Database development using modern .NET" - jeg er sikker på du vil få noget ud af det uanset om du er administrator eller udvikler. Ses vi? www.meetup.com/anugdk/event...

Let Copilot Coding Agent handle the busy work

I have just ported the SQL Formatter by @madskristensen to SSMS 21! Format your SQL code based on the SQL ScriptDom formatting engine (and yes, raise your voice to fix it's shortcommings) - download and install from here:

Getting Started with the Aspire CLI

✍️ Blogged: Writing isolated (integration)tests with TestContainers #dotNET #TestContainers timdeschryver.dev/blog/writing...

EFCore.Visualizer – View Entity Framework Core query plan inside Visual Studio

MauiReactor: An MVU Approach for .NET MAUI

Presenting T-SQL Analyzer - live best practices analysis of your SQL scripts in Visual Studio - analyze your SQL CREATE scripts for best practices relating to design, naming and performance as you author them in Visual Studio. #sqlserver #dacfx #visualstudio

Fix your SQL database design with T-SQL static code analysis! Watch the session recording from my talk at the EightKB conference last week #dacfx #sqlserver #dotnet

Enhance your CLI testing workflow with the new dotnet test

Joined @eightkb.online and watching @erikej.bsky.social on automatic SQL Database code validation. Really amazing stuff! Both syntax checks but also correct naming etc.

Copilot Diagnostics toolset for .NET In Visual Studio

GPT-OSS – A C# Guide with Ollama ift.tt/yBwj9Wu

It's that time again! Time to register for the biggest SQL Server internals conference on the internet! Join us *August 21st @ 13:00 UTC* for a free day of the high quality deep-dive content you've come to expect from EightKB! Join me and four awesome speakers on Thursday eightkb.online

Announcing the NuGet MCP Server Preview

.NET 10 Preview 7 is now available!

Don't use query hints, they said 😱 #sqlserver

5 Copilot Chat Prompts .NET Devs Should Steal Today

Supercharge your SQL development with modern .NET - using a suite of free, open source tools that I contribute to. Watch the recording from my recent "On .NET Live" session #dotnet #sqlserver #oss

Two weeks to go until this year's edition of EightKB...the world's biggest SQL Server internals conference! Registration is completely free...you can sign up here... eightkb.online #eightkb #sqlserver

.NET and .NET Framework August 2025 servicing releases updates

Exploring new Agent Quality and NLP evaluators for .NET AI applications

Any .NET devs out there interested in contributing (in close collaboration with me!) to a new VS extension for SQL developers? with the new .NET 8 based modern out of process SDK! #dotnet #sqlserver #dacfx buff.ly/KZCLysg

.NET Conf 2025 – Announcing the Call for Content

Watch @madskristensen announce Visual Studio vNext with some feature highlights - "coming soon" #dotnet #visualstudio buff.ly/zjSenLw

The new Dependabot NuGet updater: 65% faster with native .NET