This years Microsoft Build was full of new releases, new services, new ways of doing things, and yep, lots of AI. The following are just some of the areas that grabbed my interest whilst attending the conference, due to working at it, I havent had time to try the demos, check out some of the announcements and get hands on with the tech that has newly been released, but I will in the coming weeks.
If like me you havent managed to catchup on the announcements then you can read the book of news for Build 2025.
If you are looking to upgrade your existing .net Framework application to .net Core then checkout thiese links:-
Docs: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/porting/upgrade-assistant-overview
Upgrade Extension: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-dotnettools.upgradeassistant
If you would like co-pilot to help you upgrade your version of a .net Core application then here are some very useful links.
There is also some help available if you are just starting out and would like help deploying your application to Azure – Quickstart: Deploy your application to Azure with agent mode in GitHub Copilot for Azure
If you are interested in Hosting remote MCP Server’s in Azure App Service then this articlae has you covered – https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/appsonazureblog/host-remote-mcp-servers-in-azure-app-service/4405082
Two of my favourite annoucements recently were the GitHub CoPilot Coding Agent and the new SRE Agent coming soon (you can sign up for this preview now!) and read more about the SRE agent – https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azurepaasblog/introducing-azure-sre-agent/4414569
Interested in some AI Labs then look no further than – https://ai.azure.com/labs
Maybe you like creating videos and now within Azure you can create high-quality visual content with GPT-Image-1 and Sora on Azure OpenAI—tailored for professional use cases – https://github.com/Azure-Samples/visionary-lab
