Microsoft to Launch .NET 10 at .NET Conf 2025 Next Week

Microsoft will launch .NET 10 at its annual .NET virtual conference, .NET Conf, next week from November 11 to 13, 2025.

“.NET Conf 2025 is a free, three-day virtual conference showcasing the latest advancements in the .NET platform, open-source projects, and developer tools – including the official release of .NET 10 and deep dives into Visual Studio 2026,” Microsoft principal tech program manager Jon Galloway explains. “This year’s conference puts special emphasis on cloud-native development with Aspire, quickly and confidently upgrading existing applications to .NET 10, and building intelligent applications with AI, including the new Microsoft Agent Framework and Model Context Protocol (MCP) support.”

You can follow along with the show on the .NET Conf website or the .NET YouTube channel. It starts on November 11 with the launch of .NET 10 and a keynote address by Scott Hanselman and the .NET team. Key sessions include:

Day one (November 11)

• What’s New in C# 14 with Dustin Campbell
• Performance Improvements in .NET 10 with Stephen Toub
• Build better web apps with Blazor in .NET 10 with Daniel Roth
• Aspire: Cloud-Native Development Simplified with Maddy Montaquila and Damian Edwards
• Understanding Agentic Development with Jeremy Likness
• What’s New in .NET MAUI with David Ortinau

Day two (November 12)

• Azure Keynote featuring Scott Hunter and Paul Yuknewicz
• Deep Dive: Extending and Customizing Aspire with David Fowler and Damian Edwards

Day three (November 13)

• Clean Architecture with ASP.NET Core 10 with Ardalis
• Migrating from Xamarin.Forms to .NET MAUI: The Hard Parts with Iris Classon
• Old API, New Tricks: Add MCP to Existing .NET REST Endpoints with Jonathan “J.” Tower
• Going Passwordless – A Practical Guide to Passkeys in ASP.NET Core with Maarten Balliauw

Naturally, there will be a Commodore 64 session as well. You can find a more detailed agenda on the .NET Conf website.