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Announcing .NET 10 Release Candidate 2 - .NET Blog

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ErikEJ @erikej.bsky.social · 4d

Announcing .NET 10 Release Candidate 2

.NET 10 Release Candidate 2 focuses on final quality, reliability, and stabilization across the runtime, SDK, libraries, ASP.NET Core, Blazor, .NET MAUI, and more.

Announcing the .NET Security Group - .NET Blog

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ErikEJ @erikej.bsky.social · 4d

Announcing the .NET Security Group

Learn how to join the .NET Security Group for early access to CVE information and help deliver security patches to your .NET distribution simultaneously with Microsoft.

Preparing for the .NET 10 GC (DATAS) - .NET Blog

ErikEJ @erikej.bsky.social · 6d

Do you deploy your SQL Database Projects with a CD pipeline, and notice that .dacpac deployments take sooo much time - even when nothing changes? Working on a solution (down to milliseconds) - but I need your help to verify it. Please reply or contact me via GitHub if you are interested.

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.NET @dot.net · 9d

📣 .NET Conf is on its way!! 🎉
Celebrate and learn about what you can do with .NET 10 at the biggest .NET virtual event in the world!
November 11-13 〰️ Save the date
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#dotNETConf

text reads: .NET Conf 2025
Nov. 11-13
Save the date
www.dotnetconf.net

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ErikEJ @erikej.bsky.social · 10d

Preparing for the .NET 10 GC (DATAS)

Learn how DATAS in .NET 10 adapts heap size, what changes to expect versus previous Server Garbage Collection (GC) behavior, and how to decide whether to tune or disable it.

Developer and AI Code Reviewer: Reviewing AI-Generated Code in .NET - .NET Blog

ErikEJ @erikej.bsky.social · 11d

Developer and AI Code Reviewer: Reviewing AI-Generated Code in .NET

Learn how to effectively review AI-generated .NET code with practical strategies for maintaining quality, enforcing standards, and boosting team productivity through thoughtful code review practices.

SQL Database Project Power Tools - Visual Studio Marketplace

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ErikEJ @erikej.bsky.social · 14d

New release of "SQL Project Power Tools" - new features:
- import of database settings
- support for Microsoft.Build.Sql projects
#sqlserver #visualstudio
marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemNa...

Extension for Visual Studio - Tools to enhance the SQL Database Projects developer experience, including Project and Item templates, Import existing databases, create E/R diagrams and much more.

marketplace.visualstudio.com

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ErikEJ @erikej.bsky.social · 14d

New release of SQLite Toolbox for Visual Studio with support for Visual Studio 2026 Insiders - if you use SQLite in Visual Studio you need this (like 1.5 million current users!!)
#dotnet #sqlite #visualstudio

SQLite and SQL Server Compact Toolbox - Visual Studio Marketplace

Extension for Visual Studio - SQLite / SQL Server Compact Toolbox extension for Visual Studio. This extension adds several features to help your embedded database development efforts: Scripting of…

SQLite & SQL Server Compact Toolbox extension for Visual Studio, SSMS (and stand alone) - ErikEJ/SqlCeToolbox

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ErikEJ @erikej.bsky.social · 16d

Do you use SQLite Toolbox with Visual Studio 2026? - please help me confirm that it no longer crashes when adding a new SQLite connection. Download and try the latest daily build:
buff.ly/b1yrJPb

Release notes

github.com

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ErikEJ @erikej.bsky.social · 18d

Introducing 'SQL Project Power Tools' - create, import, diagram and analyze SQL database projects in Visual Studio - a collection of tools to improve developer UX in Visual Studio 2026 and 2022
#dotnet #sqlserver #visualstudio
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Introducing 'SQL Project Power Tools' - create, import, diagram and analyze SQL database projects in Visual Studio

In this blog post I will introduce you to a new free and open source Visual Studio extension SQL Project Power Tools, that I maintain.

erikej.github.io

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ErikEJ @erikej.bsky.social · 17d

Introducing Microsoft Agent Framework (Preview): Making AI Agents Simple for Every Developer

Introducing Microsoft Agent Framework (Preview): Making AI Agents Simple for Every Developer - .NET Blog

Microsoft Agent Framework (Preview) unifies agent creation, orchestration, tooling, hosting, and observability so any .NET developer can ship production AI agents faster.

Introducing 'SQL Project Power Tools' - create, import, diagram and analyze SQL database projects in Visual Studio

ErikEJ @erikej.bsky.social · 18d

Not currently, no. Is possible via EF Core Power Tools CLI though. Feel free to create an issue

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ErikEJ @erikej.bsky.social · 18d

Introducing 'SQL Project Power Tools' - create, import, diagram and analyze SQL database projects in Visual Studio - a collection of tools to improve developer UX in Visual Studio 2026 and 2022
#dotnet #sqlserver #visualstudio
buff.ly/bqxUxJZ

In this blog post I will introduce you to a new free and open source Visual Studio extension SQL Project Power Tools, that I maintain.

erikej.github.io

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ErikEJ @erikej.bsky.social · 19d

EF Core 10.0: Support for Complex Types without using Owned Entities
#dotnet #efcore

EF Core 10.0: Support for Complex Types without using Owned Entities

.NET, ASP.NET Core, Visual Studio, Azure, Jaliya Udagedara

EF Core 10.0: Support for JSON Data Type in Microsoft SQL Server

ErikEJ @erikej.bsky.social · 19d

EF Core 10.0: Support for JSON Data Type in Microsoft SQL Server
#dotnet #efcore

.NET, ASP.NET Core, Visual Studio, Azure, Jaliya Udagedara

Preparing Your .NET MAUI Apps for Google Play's 16 KB Page Size Requirement - .NET Blog

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ErikEJ @erikej.bsky.social · 22d

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

Learn about the upcoming 16 KB page size requirement for Google Play and how to ensure your .NET MAUI apps are ready for the November 2025 deadline.

Announcing Aspire 9.5 - .NET Blog

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ErikEJ @erikej.bsky.social · 23d

Announcing Aspire 9.5

Aspire 9.5 adds the preview 'aspire update' command, single-file AppHost, richer CLI and dashboard UX, and new integrations for AI, DevTunnels, and more.

Exploring Text-to-Image capabilities in .NET - .NET Blog

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ErikEJ @erikej.bsky.social · 24d

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

Learn how to generate images from natural language prompts using the universal abstractions in Microsoft's extensions for .NET AI.

Using the new SqlVector type with EF Core and Dapper - Azure SQL Devs’ Corner

ErikEJ @erikej.bsky.social · 25d

Using the new Azure SQL SqlVector type with EF Core and Dapper
#sql #dotnet
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Azure SQL vector support has been generally available for a few months now, and the ecosystem is quickly evolving to make working with vectors in your applications as seamless and efficient as…

New Trusted Publishing enhances security on NuGet.org - .NET Blog

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ErikEJ @erikej.bsky.social · 26d

New Trusted Publishing enhances security on NuGet.org

Announcing Trusted Publishing on NuGet.org - a safer way to publish packages using short-lived tokens instead of long-lived API keys

Design · Issue #1 · ErikEJ/SqlProjectPowerTools

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ErikEJ @erikej.bsky.social · 27d

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

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ErikEJ @erikej.bsky.social · 28d

Thanks, on top of the list!

ErikEJ @erikej.bsky.social · 29d

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

Possible features Feature will apply to both classic .sql proj and MsBuild.Sdk.SqlProj projects, unless noted Import database (for MsBuild.Sdk.SqlProj only) Analyze (html output, from EF Core Power...