.NET Aspire Blog Posts

.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.

.NET Aspire 9.4 boasts CLI core commands, AI integrations

Described as a major release, .NET Aspire 9.4 features a set of CLI core commands for building cloud-ready, distributed apps and AI hosting integrations.

Aspire Roadmap 2025: Code-first DevOps, polyglot, and AI

A look at the recently published Aspire roadmap for 2025, focusing on its code-first DevOps evolution, polyglot aspirations, and AI orchestration, and more.

.NET Aspire 9.4: CLI Goes GA, Dashboard Gets Interactive -- Visual Studio Magazine

The update aims to streamline development with a native AOT-compiled CLI for application scaffolding, running, and configuration.

Reviewing Aspire.JS: Current state of Aspire for JavaScript

A review of Aspire for JavaScript, an orchestration framework for polyglot applications, including current state, personal experiences, and future aspirations.