This is the bonus content for the #120 edition of 5 Highlights Thursday — 7 highlights this week instead of 5. If you haven’t seen the main newsletter yet, check it out on LinkedIn.
1. Everything You Need to Know About the Latest in C#
A comprehensive walkthrough of what’s new in C# for 2026 — covering the latest language features and improvements relevant to .NET developers staying current with the platform.
2. Modernizing .NET Applications
Practical guidance on modernizing existing .NET applications — covering the tools, patterns, and strategies available for bringing legacy .NET code into the current platform era, including GitHub Copilot-assisted upgrade paths.
3. Explore the Future of ASP.NET Core & Blazor in .NET 11
A forward look at what’s coming in ASP.NET Core and Blazor in .NET 11 — covering new capabilities and the direction for server-side and client-side web development on the .NET platform.
4. SQL MCP Server: Bringing AI Agents to Your SQL Data
How the SQL MCP Server makes your SQL Server databases accessible to AI agents through the Model Context Protocol — letting agents query, reason over, and act on structured data without bespoke integrations.
5. .NET Developer Productivity with AI
How AI tooling — including GitHub Copilot and .NET AI Building Blocks — is being integrated into the everyday .NET developer workflow to accelerate coding, debugging, and app design tasks.
6. Building Intelligent .NET Applications: From AI Features to Production
End-to-end guidance on integrating AI capabilities into .NET applications — from choosing the right AI features to wiring them into production-ready .NET apps with proper tooling and patterns.
7. What’s new in vector indexing for Microsoft SQL | Data Exposed
An update on vector indexing improvements in Microsoft SQL for 2026 — relevant if you’re building semantic search or RAG applications that need to store and query embeddings at the database layer.
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Taswar