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.NET Aspire Articles, Tutorials & News
.NET Aspire articles, tutorials, and news from the DotNetNews archive.
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.NET Aspire work shows up across many DotNetNews issues because teams keep hitting the same implementation questions. .NET Aspire shows up when .NET code leaves the laptop and has to run under cloud, container, or CI constraints.
Recurring subtopics in recent issues include Aspire orchestration, cloud-native .NET Aspire, aspire, and net aspire. When a subtopic never appears in the archive titles or excerpts, it is left out of this introduction.
Expect publisher tutorials, release notes, architecture write-ups, and field notes linked from DotNetNews issues. Start here is a short editorial shortlist for .NET Aspire; the archive list is chronological and larger. Secondary angles such as .NET Aspire and .NET Aspire tutorials appear when the archive actually covered them. Cross-links to Docker for ASP.NET Core and OpenTelemetry for .NET help when the problem spans more than one tag.
Each card points at the original publisher URL and the DotNetNews issue that carried it, so you can read the article in context or jump straight to the source.
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Editor picks for .NET Aspire
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Building AI-Powered Background Workers and Scheduled Agents with .NET Aspire
C# Corner Issue #503
Aspire plus background workers is a sensible combination, and adding AI tasks makes the operational story more interesting.
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Getting Started with .NET Aspire for Microservices Development
C# Corner Issue #492
A decent entry point for Aspire if you're just starting to explore the .NET opinionated microservices toolchain.
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Getting Started With Dapr for Building Cloud-Native Microservices in .NET
Dev Tips Issue #474
Dapr's sidecar model abstracts cloud-native concerns; pair it with Aspire for local dev.
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Aspire for .NET Developers - Deep Dive into Cloud-Ready .NET Apps
codewithmukesh Issue #336
Aspire and the MCP piece stand out if you’re thinking about cloud-native app structure and where AI hooks into real systems.
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Modernizing .NET Applications for the Cloud
YouTube Issue #331
Modernizing for the cloud ties Aspire 13 and .NET 10 into a useful platform update.
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What's New in ASP.NET Core
YouTube Issue #330
Join us to see how ASP.NET Core continues to be the best framework for building cloud-native web applications with .NET.
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Building Generative AI Applications With GitHub Models and .NET Aspire
Milan's .NET Weekly Issue #267
Aspire plus GitHub Models is a very modern combo: orchestration, AI, and a practical workflow in one example.
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Converting a docker-compose file to .NET Aspire
Andrew Lock | .NET Escapades Issue #209
A practical path from docker-compose to Aspire, which is increasingly useful for local orchestration.
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Bringing rich terminal experiences to Aspire
Microsoft Dev Blogs - Mitch Denny Issue #559
Think back to the first code that you ever wrote. For a significant majority of developers that first code was probably a "hello, world" program written in your language of choice. After that there is...
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Aspire 13.6: How Java and Rust Join the .NET Aspire Hosting Model
C# Corner - Niharika Gupta Issue #558
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Aspire 13.6: How to Debug Containers From the Aspire Dashboard
C# Corner - Niharika Gupta Issue #556
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.NET Aspire Integration Testing Best Practices for Distributed Applications
Medium Issue #547
A while ago, I published an article about ASP.NET Core Integration Testing Best Practices. WebApplicationFactory, TestContainers, and… Continue reading on CodeX »
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Building Persistent .NET Services with Aspire 13.5 and Kubernetes Volumes
C# Corner Issue #543
Learn how to build persistent .NET services with Aspire 13.5 and Kubernetes volumes while testing storage persistence across container restarts and deployments.
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.NET R&D Digest (August, 2026)
WordPress Issue #542
This issue includes bits of life story, AI, C#, security, performance, Aspire, TDD, .NET and of course .NET Internals.
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30 .NET Microservices Interview Questions That Actually Get Asked in 2026
codewithmukesh Issue #540
30 scenario-based .NET microservices interview questions with great answers, red flags, and follow-ups. Saga, outbox, gRPC, resilience, Aspire - updated for 2026.
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Using multiline Parameters for Aspire and ASP.NET Core with user secrets and Azure default deployments
Software Engineering Issue #538
Multiple line secrets or configuration do not work in Aspire per default. An example of this is using a PEM file for certificates. This posts shows how the multiple line configuration parameters can b...
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.NET Aspire 13.5 AppHost: Replacing Deployment YAML with C# Infrastructure
C# Corner Issue #533
Explore .NET Aspire 13.5 AppHost and learn how C# infrastructure definitions can simplify deployment configuration and reduce infrastructure drift.
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.NET Aspire 13.5 File Inputs: Testing Interactive Setup Workflows
C# Corner Issue #532
Learn how .NET Aspire 13.5 file inputs support interactive setup workflows and how developers can test file selection, validation, and distributed application configuration.
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.NET Aspire 13.5 Interaction Service: Building Interactive Distributed Apps
C# Corner Issue #531
Learn how .NET Aspire 13.5 Interaction Service enables interactive distributed applications with file inputs, progress dialogs, commands, and dashboard interactions.
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Aspire 13.5: Fresh pixels and better workflows
Microsoft Dev Blogs Issue #528
Aspire 13 thus far has been all about expanding Aspire's capabilities across languages, deployment targets, and coding agents. We've shipped a full-parity TypeScript AppHost, tons of CLI features, an ...
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Use Aspire to implement and deploy the BFF security architecture
Software Engineering Issue #527
This blog demonstrates how to use Aspire to set up a solution for developing and deploying an ASP.NET Core web application with Auth0 as the identity provider and a downstream API. The application use...
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Building Real-Time Voice Agents with .NET and Azure Voice Live
C# Corner Issue #526
Build real-time voice agents with .NET and Azure Voice Live for low-latency conversational experiences using speech processing, AI models, tools, memory, knowledge, and agent workflows.
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Building AI Governance Dashboards with OpenTelemetry and .NET Aspire
C# Corner Issue #516
Build AI governance dashboards with OpenTelemetry and .NET Aspire for transparent, cost-aware, and auditable enterprise AI execution.
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.NET Aspire 10 Deep Dive: Building Cloud-Native Applications from Scratch
C# Corner Issue #515
.NET Aspire 10 simplifies cloud-native .NET development with orchestration, service discovery, and observability for distributed apps.
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Containerized .NET Applications: Docker vs Kubernetes vs .NET Aspire Compared
C# Corner Issue #515
Docker, Kubernetes, and .NET Aspire: Understand their roles in .NET app deployment, from containerization to orchestration and developer experience.
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Getting Started With .NET
Medium Issue #514
.NET Aspire is an application framework for building observable, production-ready, cloud-native applications with .NET. It provides a… Continue reading on CodeX »
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Building AI Agent Platforms with .NET Aspire, Semantic Kernel, and MCP
C# Corner Issue #514
Build production-ready AI agent platforms with .NET Aspire, Semantic Kernel, and MCP for orchestration, AI, and tool access.
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Observability in .NET Aspire: OpenTelemetry, Metrics, Logs, and Distributed Tracing
C# Corner Issue #513
Master .NET Aspire observability with OpenTelemetry, logs, metrics, and distributed tracing for robust distributed systems.
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.NET Aspire Service Defaults Explained
C# Corner Issue #507
.NET Aspire Service Defaults centralize cloud-native app configurations for logging, health, telemetry, and more, simplifying development and maintenance.
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Building Event-Driven Microservices with .NET Aspire and Azure Service Bus
C# Corner Issue #505
Build resilient, scalable .NET microservices with Aspire & Azure Service Bus. Master event-driven architecture for robust distributed systems.
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Building AI-Powered Background Workers and Scheduled Agents with .NET Aspire
C# Corner Issue #503
Build intelligent AI background workers & scheduled agents with .NET Aspire for reliable, cloud-native distributed applications.
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Hosting AI Agents with Microsoft Agent Framework in .NET Ep - 14, Part 2
C# Corner Issue #499
Learn how to host AI agents using Microsoft Agent Framework in .NET. This session explains agent hosting architecture, dependency injection, service registration, runtime configuration, deployment str...
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Getting Started with .NET Aspire for Microservices Development
C# Corner Issue #492
.NET Aspire simplifies microservices development with built-in service discovery, observability, and orchestration for cloud-native apps.