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5 Highlights Thursday | 20th August 2026 (#120 Edition)

Content type Blog Post

Author Naveen .k

Publication Date 16 Sep, 2026

Reading Time 2 minutes

Contents

Introduction
1. Everything You Need to Know About the Latest in C#
2. Modernizing .NET Applications
3. Explore the Future of ASP.NET Core & Blazor in .NET 11
4. SQL MCP Server: Bringing AI Agents to Your SQL Data
5. .NET Developer Productivity with AI
Bonus Content located at
About the author

Introduction
1. Everything You Need to Know About the Latest in C#
2. Modernizing .NET Applications
3. Explore the Future of ASP.NET Core & Blazor in .NET 11
4. SQL MCP Server: Bringing AI Agents to Your SQL Data
5. .NET Developer Productivity with AI
Bonus Content located at
About the author

Introduction

Here is the #120 edition of 5 Highlights Thursday. I hope this newsletter will help you in your Azure journey and keep you informed. Feel free to forward this along to anyone who you think may enjoy or better ask them to subscribe. If you are looking for bonus content of the newsletter then check out my blog https://taswar.zeytinsoft.com

1. Everything You Need to Know About the Latest in C#

Join Dustin Campbell on a comprehensive walkthrough of what’s new in C# for 2026 — covering the latest language features and improvements relevant to .NET developers staying current with the platform.

2. Modernizing .NET Applications

Join Jon Galloway on practical guidance on modernizing existing .NET applications — covering the tools, patterns, and strategies available for bringing legacy .NET code into the current platform era, including GitHub Copilot-assisted upgrade paths.

3. Explore the Future of ASP.NET Core & Blazor in .NET 11

Join Daniel Roth on a forward look at what’s coming in ASP.NET Core and Blazor in .NET 11 — covering new capabilities and the direction for server-side and client-side web development on the .NET platform.

4. SQL MCP Server: Bringing AI Agents to Your SQL Data

The legendary Bob Ward shows us how the SQL MCP Server makes your SQL Server databases accessible to AI agents through the Model Context Protocol — letting agents query, reason over, and act on structured data without bespoke integrations

5. .NET Developer Productivity with AI

Join Matthew Soucoup and Sam Basu on how AI tooling — including GitHub Copilot and .NET AI Building Blocks — is being integrated into the everyday .NET developer workflow to accelerate coding, debugging, and app design tasks.

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