.NET Aspire Blog Posts

Introduction to .NET Aspire -- Visual Studio Magazine

Two Microsoft experts will present on the cloud-native application stack designed to simplify the development of distributed systems in .NET at the Visual Studio Live! developer conference coming to Las Vegas next month.

Building cloud application with .NET Aspire

.NET Aspire is a set of tools that helps developers create distributed applications and frees from managing container configuration. It assists wiht following concerns: service discovery, orchestration, and application composition. As its purpose is the development of distributed applications. So, where do distributed applications typically run? In the cloud. So, let’s use AWS as a sorce of resources with our application.

Why Everyone Will be Using .NET Aspire /w David Fowler

Hello, everybody. I'm Nick, and in this video, I will chat with legendary developer David Fowler about Microsoft's plans with .NET Aspire.

Enabling .NET Aspire for an existing solution

A great tutorial exists on Microsoft Learn to help you add .NET Aspire to your existing projects. Unfortunately I had a little bit more trouble when trying to add it to an existing solution. In this post I want to share some of the issues I encountered when enabling .NET Aspire.

Introduction to Aspire

During the Sprint Review on 2025-02-13, Johan Kool presented his findings on Microsoft Aspire.

.NET Aspire and Data API builder with the Community Toolkit - Azure SQL Devs’ Corner

Learn how to integrate .NET Aspire with Data API builder (DAB) to create secure endpoints over your SQL, Postgres, Cosmos, or MySQL database.

Using NATS with .NET Aspire

Open source messaging tools find a home in .NET distributed applications. NATS makes it easier for the messages of at-scale applications to work with various service endpoints.

Observability with Aspire

Observability goes beyond basic logging to provide deeper insights into system performance and behavior. Carl walks us through setting up observability in a .NET application using OpenTelemetry and the .NET Aspire Dashboard. By integrating logs, metrics, and traces, he demonstrates how to track requests, monitor performance, and gain real-time visibility into an Umbraco application—solving problems that traditional logging alone can’t easily address.

Debug and Test Multi-Environment Postgres Db in .NET with Aspire + Neon

Neon is a serverless Postgres database designed for modern cloud applications.

.NET Aspire and AI with Chris Ayers

Chris Ayers is a Senior Site Reliability Engineer on Microsoft’s AzRel Risk SRE team, drawing on years of experience in cloud architecture, software development, and DevOps practices. He’s passionate about continuous improvement, driving reliability, and sharing industry best practices. Chris talks on Aspire, Azure, and Open AI.