.NET Day of Agentic Modernization 2026

on YouTube ↗03h 54m

" summary

Agentic modernization means concrete steps not slogans: the demo upgrades apps to .NET 10 by generating assessment, plan and task markdown, converting projects to SDK-style and remediating APIs with Visual Studio/VS Code/Modernize CLI and GitHub Copilot agents; Aspire rewrites an MVC Music Store to Minimal APIs + Astro in ~1–1.25 hours; WinForms moves from .NET Framework 2.0/4.8 to .NET 10 (including dark mode, MVVM and tests) in under an hour; databases switch drivers to Microsoft.Data.SqlClient, use SQL Server 2025 vector data type for semantic search, expose endpoints with Data API Builder and enable agents via SQL MCP server.

AI-written summary · about

" chapters (50)

1. 0:00Countdown
2. 0:39Welcome to .NET Day Agent Modernization
3. 4:18Today's speakers and what to expect in this stream
4. 6:56Why Modernize - Mika Dumont
5. 8:28Demo
6. 19:13Recap and Resources
7. 20:35Commentary with Pablo and Jeff
8. 26:06Agentic App Modernization through Aspire - David Pine
9. 26:26Demo
10. 54:15Recap
11. 54:49Commentary with Pablo and Jeff
12. 1:00:18Why Modernize a WinForms application - Merrie McGaw
13. 1:01:02Demo
14. 1:30:35Recap
15. 1:31:51More with Jeff and Pablo
16. 1:35:25Cloud native data without starting over - Jerry Nixon
17. 1:36:07Agenda for this session
18. 1:37:59Stage 1 - Update the SQL driver
19. 1:40:26Stage 2 - Update SQL Server
20. 1:42:45Stage 3 - Update your endpoints with Data API builder (DAB)
21. 1:45:42Stage 4 - In the cloud - Azure SQL Database Hyperscale
22. 1:47:38Stage 5 0 Enable agents - SQL MCP Server
23. 1:48:40Demo
24. 2:04:15Recap
25. 2:06:07Fun with Jeff and Pablo
26. 2:10:44Modernizing Fast to Azure with Modernize CLI - Kaushaya Ganguly
27. 2:12:14What is the Modernize CLI
28. 2:12:50Modernization lifecycle
29. 2:13:38Demo
30. 2:39:40Recap
31. 2:41:23Musings with Jeff and Pablo
32. 2:47:16Adding Agentic Functionality in Minutes - Guarav Seth, Jordan Selig, Andrew Westgarth
33. 2:47:49Agenda for this session
34. 2:48:26Modernizing challenges
35. 2:51:18Addressing challenges and accelerating Modernization - Managed Instance on Azure App Service
36. 2:53:30Demo
37. 3:09:45The architecture
38. 3:10:45The agents
39. 3:12:00Demo
40. 3:15:14Resources
41. 3:15:41More with Pablo and Jeff
42. 3:18:16Let's make our application smarter with AI - Bruno Capuano
43. 3:19:55Demo 1 - Smarter product discovery
44. 3:26:36Demo 2 - Smarter operations
45. 3:33:16Demo 3 - Smarter business signals
46. 3:38:50Demo 4 - Add capabilities as tools
47. 3:39:50Demo 5 - Agents collaborate
48. 3:45:20Recap
49. 3:47:00Closing comments with Pablo and Jeff
50. 3:53:17Thanks for watching!

" related talks

• 01h 15mModernizing and Upgrading your .NET Apps with Visual StudioJon Galloway · Visual Studio Live! @ Microsoft HQ 2025
• 01h 01mModernizing the enterprise desktop applicationOren Novotny · NDC London 2020
• 19mAccelerate application modernization using generative AI | AWS Developer Day 2025Matt Lewis · AWS Developer Day 2025
• 44mBuilding for the agentic web with .NET 11Daniel Roth · Microsoft Build 2026
• 23mThe Intelligent Development EnvironmentMads Kristensen · AI Dev Days 2025
• 42mClosing the Agentic DevOps Loop with Microsoft and ModernePatrick Vuong · Code Remix Summit 2026
• 53mDesktop development in .NET 6Olia Gavrysh · NDC Oslo 2021
• 58mUpgrade any .NET applications with the latest .NET stack.Olia Gavrysh · Copenhagen Developers Festival 2023