AI & MLIntermediate
Azure OpenAI and Microsoft Foundry for .NET Developers
Use Azure OpenAI in Microsoft Foundry (formerly Azure AI Foundry) from .NET: deployments, keyless auth, guardrails, quotas, PTUs, Agent Service and cost.
Azure
29 articles about Azure: in-depth .NET and AI guides, senior interview questions and AI news on DotNet AI Hub.
Technologies 16
AI & MLIntermediate
Embeddings and Vector Databases in .NET: A Practical Guide
Learn how embeddings and vector databases work in .NET: similarity metrics, HNSW indexes, Microsoft.Extensions.VectorData and pgvector, SQL Server and Qdrant.
ArchitectureAdvanced
Messaging in .NET: Azure Service Bus, RabbitMQ, Kafka and MassTransit
Compare Azure Service Bus, RabbitMQ and Kafka in .NET: delivery guarantees, idempotent consumers, the outbox pattern, dead-lettering and MassTransit.
ASP.NET CoreIntermediate
Real-Time Web Apps with ASP.NET Core SignalR
Build real-time features with ASP.NET Core SignalR, covering hubs, transports, groups, streaming, authentication, MessagePack and scaling out with Redis.
Cloud-NativeIntermediate
Azure Functions with .NET: Isolated Worker and Durable Functions
Build Azure Functions on .NET 10 with the isolated worker: triggers, bindings, Flex Consumption, DI, middleware, Durable Functions patterns and cold starts.
Cloud-NativeIntermediate
Hosting .NET on Azure: App Service vs Container Apps vs AKS
Compare Azure App Service, Container Apps, AKS and Functions for .NET: scaling, cost, networking, Dapr, deployment slots and a clear decision matrix.
Cloud-NativeIntermediate
.NET Aspire 13: Cloud-Native Orchestration for .NET
Learn .NET Aspire 13: the AppHost resource model, service defaults, dashboard, Redis and PostgreSQL integrations, testing and deploying with aspire deploy.
Cloud-NativeAdvanced
Running .NET on Kubernetes: A Production Guide
Run ASP.NET Core on Kubernetes in production: health probes, ConfigMaps, GC and CPU limits, graceful shutdown, HPA and KEDA autoscaling, AKS and Helm.
Cloud-NativeIntermediate
OpenTelemetry in .NET: Logs, Metrics and Distributed Tracing
Instrument .NET apps with OpenTelemetry: ActivitySource traces, Meter metrics, ILogger logs, OTLP export, sampling, propagation and backends.
Data & EF CoreIntermediate
NoSQL in .NET: A Practical Guide to Azure Cosmos DB and MongoDB
NoSQL in .NET with Azure Cosmos DB and MongoDB: document modeling, partition keys, consistency, request units, SDK patterns and EF Core providers.
Data & EF CoreIntermediate
PostgreSQL with .NET: Npgsql, EF Core and pgvector
A practical guide to PostgreSQL in .NET: Npgsql pooling and multiplexing, EF Core JSONB, arrays, full-text search, COPY imports and pgvector search.
Data & EF CoreIntermediate
SQL Server for .NET Developers: Indexes, Query Plans and Transactions
SQL Server for .NET developers: design indexes, read execution plans, fix parameter sniffing, choose isolation levels, handle deadlocks and use SQL Server 2025.
SecurityIntermediate
Authentication in ASP.NET Core: Cookies, JWT and OpenID Connect
A practical guide to ASP.NET Core authentication: schemes and handlers, cookies, JWT bearer validation, OpenID Connect with Entra ID, and the BFF pattern.
SecurityIntermediate
ASP.NET Core Identity vs Entra ID vs External IdPs: Choosing an Identity Stack
Compare ASP.NET Core Identity, Microsoft Entra ID, Duende IdentityServer, OpenIddict, Keycloak, Auth0 and Okta to pick an identity stack.
SecurityBeginner
Secrets Management in .NET: User Secrets, Key Vault and Managed Identity
How to keep credentials out of .NET source control using user secrets, Azure Key Vault, managed identity, workload identity and rotation.
Testing & DevOpsIntermediate
CI/CD for .NET with GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps
Build production-ready .NET CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and Azure Pipelines: caching, matrix builds, containers, OIDC and approvals.
Interview Questions 11
ASP.NET CoreSenior
Configuration, Options and Feature Flags Interview Questions
Senior ASP.NET Core interview questions on configuration precedence, IOptions vs IOptionsSnapshot vs IOptionsMonitor, validation, secrets and feature flags.
Cloud & DevOpsArchitect
Azure Architecture Interview Questions for .NET Architects
In-depth Azure architecture interview questions for .NET architects: compute choices, Well-Architected pillars, landing zones, networking, identity and HA/DR.
Cloud & DevOpsSenior
Infrastructure as Code Interview Questions for Senior .NET Engineers
Ten senior-level interview questions on Bicep, Terraform and Pulumi covering state, modules, drift detection, policy as code and testing IaC.
Cloud & DevOpsArchitect
Scalability and Cloud Cost Optimization Interview Questions for .NET Architects
Ten architect-level interview questions on autoscaling signals, capacity planning, caching, FinOps, reservations and right-sizing .NET workloads.
Cloud & DevOpsSenior
Serverless and Azure Functions Interview Questions for .NET Developers
Senior Azure Functions interview questions: the isolated worker model, cold starts, Durable Functions, scaling limits, idempotency and Flex Consumption.
Data & EF CoreArchitect
NoSQL and Polyglot Persistence Interview Questions
Architect-level interview questions on choosing data stores, Cosmos DB partition keys, RU costs, consistency levels and polyglot persistence trade-offs.
Distributed SystemsArchitect
Event-Driven Architecture Interview Questions
Architect-level interview questions on events vs commands, Kafka partitions and consumer groups, schema registries, Azure messaging services and event storming.
Distributed SystemsArchitect
Saga Pattern and Distributed Transactions Interview Questions
Architect .NET interview questions on choreography vs orchestration sagas, compensation design, saga state and MassTransit, NServiceBus and Durable Functions.
SecuritySenior
Cryptography and Secrets Management Interview Questions
Senior .NET interview questions on hashing vs encryption, password storage, Key Vault, HSMs, rotation, Data Protection, TLS and post-quantum crypto.
SecurityArchitect
Identity Architecture and Zero Trust Interview Questions
Ten architect-level interview questions on Microsoft Entra ID, managed identities, workload identity federation, conditional access and Zero Trust design.
System DesignArchitect
System Design Interview: Real-Time Chat with SignalR
Architect-level interview questions on designing real-time chat in ASP.NET Core SignalR: connection scale, presence, delivery receipts and offline push.
AI News 2
Microsoft and OpenAI Amend Their Partnership, Ending Azure Exclusivity
Microsoft and OpenAI amended their partnership on April 27, 2026: OpenAI can sell on any cloud, Azure ships first and Microsoft keeps IP rights through 2032.
Microsoft Unveils Maia 200, an Inference-First AI Accelerator for Azure
Microsoft unveiled Maia 200 on January 26, 2026, a 3nm Azure inference chip it says offers 30% better performance per dollar than its existing systems.