.NET Aspire Blog Posts

Getting Started with the Aspire CLI

The Aspire CLI is here and you can use it to configure and run your applications

Building a Proof of Concept and Teaching Developers How to Master Modern ASP.NET Core, Aspire, and Azure Development

Building a Proof of Concept and Teaching Developers How to Master Modern ASP.NET Core, Aspire, and Azure Development

What Is .NET Aspire: Relevance and Advantages for Cloud-Native Development

Discover why .NET Aspire is gaining traction among .NET teams for building cloud-native applications. Explore its benefits, key features, developer productivity gains, and future relevance in modern distributed systems.

.NET Aspire 3: Service Defaults

.NET Aspire series continues with service defaults, a set of extension methods that compress OpenTelemetry wiring, health probes, discovery and Polly policies.

.NET Aspire 9.4 – CLI Magic and Developer-Friendly Dashboards

The latest release, Aspire 9.4, has just landed with some exciting new tools designed specifically to improve developers’ daily workflows. It’s got some cool new integrations, an interactive dashboard-based input, and a standalone, native AOT command line tool (CLI) for creating and running ‘Aspirified’ apps. Let’s talk about the cool stuff.

.NET Aspire for Real‑Time Monitoring and Smart Scaling: Basic To Advanced

This guide takes you step‑by‑step, starting with the basics, and moving through intermediate integrations to advanced, production‑grade scaling and resilience

.NET Aspire 9.4 Released with CLI GA, Interactive Dashboards, and Advanced Deployment Features

.NET Aspire 9.4 has been released as the latest minor version of the cloud-native application development stack, marking its most significant update to date. As reported by Microsoft, this release introduces a range of enhancements focused on developer experience, deployment automation, and deeper integration across cloud services and local environments.

.NET Aspire 9.4 Adds CLI Tool

.NET Aspire 9.4 has been released with improvements including new integrations, interactive dashboard-based inputs, and a standalone, native AOT command line tool for creating and running Aspirified apps.

6 questions to unbox .NET Aspire

a concise, practical overview of Microsoft’s .NET Aspire—a cloud-native development stack designed to simplify building scalable, distributed applications. Through six key questions, she demystifies Aspire’s purpose, features, and use cases, especially for developers familiar with the .NET ecosystem.

Jeff Fritz on .NET Aspire and CoPilot Agents

Jeff Fritz (Microsoft) joins me to talk about .NET Aspire, CoPilot Agents and Vibe programming. This is a show not to miss; his enthusiasm is catching and his knowledge is astonishing.