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.
Authentication & Identity
13 articles about Authentication & Identity: in-depth .NET and AI guides, senior interview questions and AI news on DotNet AI Hub.
Technologies 6
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
Authorization in ASP.NET Core: Roles, Claims, Policies and Resource-Based Access
Learn ASP.NET Core authorization in depth, covering roles, claims, policy requirements and handlers, resource-based checks, permissions and testing.
SecurityAdvanced
Cryptography and Data Protection in .NET
A practical guide to cryptography in .NET, covering the Data Protection API, password hashing, AesGcm, RSA/ECDsa and post-quantum APIs.
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.
Interview Questions 6
ASP.NET CoreSenior
Blazor Interview Questions for Senior .NET Developers
Senior-level Blazor interview questions covering render modes, circuits, state management, prerendering pitfalls, WebAssembly performance and authentication.
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.
SecurityArchitect
API Security Interview Questions for .NET Architects
Architect-level .NET interview questions on the OWASP API Security Top 10, rate limiting, input validation, mass assignment, CORS, mTLS and API keys vs tokens.
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.
SecuritySenior
OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect and JWT Interview Questions
Ten senior .NET interview questions on OAuth 2.0 PKCE, client credentials, JWT validation, refresh token rotation, BFF token storage and OAuth 2.1.
AI News 1
Microsoft Unveils Agent 365 at Ignite 2025 to Govern Enterprise AI Agents
At Ignite on November 18, 2025, Microsoft introduced Agent 365, a control plane for enterprise AI agents, alongside Microsoft Foundry and Claude models in Foundry.