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Discover what’s new in the v1.0 release of the official MCP C# SDK, including enhanced authorization, richer metadata, and powerful patterns for tool calling and long-running requests.

March 5, 2026

Release v1.0 of the official MCP C# SDK

Mike Kistler

Discover how Microsoft.Extensions.VectorData brings unified vector database access to .NET - one interface for semantic search across any vector store with built-in support for embeddings, filtering, and RAG patterns.

February 26, 2026

Vector Data in .NET - Building Blocks for AI Part 2

Jeremy Likness

Vibe Coding. IntelliSense on Steroids. Intention-Based Development. Call it what makes you happy - it's "just" the next evolutionary step in software development for me. Which let me build my stranded 82-year-old retirement-resistant mom an ersatz time-study app when her dongle died at midnight.

February 24, 2026

The Dongle Died at Midnight – WinForms Agent Saved my German Mom's Business Trip

Klaus Loeffelmann

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On .NET Live | dotnet run cake.cs 🍰

Today, Mattias show us how to use modern .NET and Cake.Sdk to write DevOps definitions as file-based C# apps, with full IDE and debugging support, Cake APIs, and a clean alternative to traditional build scripts, available wherever .NET can run. Cross platforms, services and environments.

.NET AI Community Standup: Squad: AI agent teams for any project

AI agents are reshaping how we build intelligent applications — and now C# developers can jump right in. In this session, we’ll explore SQUAD for C# .NET Developers, based on the open-source project at https://github.com/bradygaster/squad.

On .NET Live | Rx.NET v7 and Futures

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