My MVP Story: Closing Technology Gaps Through Community: Diana Calizaya’s Journey | Microsoft Community Hub The world of technology can seem vast and intimidating at first. For Diana, entering university without a clear sense of where to begin in tech pushed her to...

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Microsoft 365: DLP in Microsoft 365 Copilot! DLP in Microsoft 365 Copilot allows you to prevent Copilot from processing documents that have been classified with a specific sensitivity label, as well as prompts that contain sensitive data. The…

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Version Sync (Preview) - Visual Studio Marketplace Extension for Visual Studio - Keeps AssemblyVersion, FileVersion, and Version in sync across all projects in a solution.

I just released my first Visual Studio extension, built with Copilot.

Version Sync finally solves a 28‑year-old pain: keeping all version numbers in a solution perfectly in sync.

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MVP Champ Spotlight- Uros Babic | Microsoft Community Hub Uros is recognized as a Most Valued Professional (MVP) by Microsoft as an exceptional community leader for their technical expertise, leadership, speaking...

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About David McCarter is a highly experienced software engineer, author, and speaker who has been in the industry for over 28 years. He is a Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional), C# Corner MVP, solu…

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Boost Your .NET Projects: Secure Passwords with PBKDF2PasswordHasher in Spargine The PBKDF2PasswordHasher in Spargine is essential for securely handling passwords in modern applications. It uses the PBKDF2 algorithm to hash passwords with a unique salt and multiple iterations, …

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Boost Your .NET Projects with Spargine: Mastering Method Returns with SimpleResult In modern .NET development, adopting a result type instead of relying on exceptions enhances reliability and performance. SimpleResult, part of the DotNetTips.Spargine.Core library, allows methods …

🎸 Master your method returns like a pro! Spargine’s SimpleResult brings clarity, safety, and performance to your .NET results — clean handling without the noise. 👇
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Boost Your .NET Projects with Spargine: Unleashing the Power of EncryptionHelper The EncryptionHelper class in the DotNetTips.Spargine.Core assembly offers a robust toolkit for handling sensitive data in .NET applications. It provides high-performance APIs for encryption, decry…

Your data deserves better than duct-tape crypto.
🔐 Spargine’s EncryptionHelper gives .NET devs AES, AES-GCM, hashing, and keys—done right, done fast.
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Attention software engineers using Microsoft .NET! 🖥️ Are you a proud member of the .NET Army? Let the world know with the official .NET Army t-shirt! 🇺🇸 Show your love for .NET in style. At ease, soldiers! 💪👕
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Microsoft .NET Code Analysis: Boosting Performance with [ConstantExpected] Attribute for Methods The [ConstantExpected] attribute in .NET enhances code performance by signaling that methods should receive compile-time constants as arguments. While not enforcing this at runtime, it improves cod…

🎸 Rock your .NET APIs a little harder.
The [ConstantExpected] attribute is a small tweak that helps analyzers catch inefficiencies, clarify intent, and keep performance tight—especially in .NET 10. Tiny hint. Real impact.
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Be sure to check out Episode 354 of the #MVPbuzzChat interview series with Data Platform MVP, Jasmin Simader (/in/jasmin-simader/), based in Linz-Wels-Steyr, Austria. buckleyplanet.com/2026/04/mvpb... #MVPBuzz

Break-Glass Accounts Done Right: Securing Emergency Access in Microsoft Entra Emergencies happen every day. Most of the time, they happen to someone else.Until the day they happen to you - then what?We all know things can go wrong, but most organizations do not spend much time ...

Most break-glass accounts won’t work when they’re needed without testing, no monitoring or wrong design.

I wrote a practical guide on designing, securing and monitoring emergency access in Microsoft Entra 👇
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In this blog, you will learn how to test Bicep User-Defined Functions using the Bicep console, Pester, and a custom PowerShell helper with Azure DevOps build validation for clear pass/fail results before changes go to production.

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Rock Your Code: Coding Standards for Microsoft .NET (20th Anniversary Edition) The 20th Anniversary Edition of Rock Your Code: Coding Standards for Microsoft .NET, authored by David McCarter, is now available on Amazon. This comprehensive guide offers updated standards for .N…

🚀 It’s here: Rock Your Code (20th Anniversary, 9th ed.)—my definitive .NET 10 coding standards. Cleaner, faster, more maintainable C# for teams that ship. Get it on Amazon! #dotnet #CSharp #RockYourCode #MVPBuzz #dotnet #dotnet10
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Just used winget export/import to move 39 apps from Flo6 to X12. Worked like a champ! Blog post tomorrow. #WindowsInsiders #MVPbuzz

X12 Tablet Gets Clean Install - Ed Tittel Something cratered the Lenovo ThinkPad X12 Detachable Tablet this weekend. I’d been screwing around with Secure Boot, recent updates, and more. When I sat at my desk Sunday morning, it was refusing to...

I blew up the ThinkPad X12 Detachable Tablet this weekend. Instead of a repair, I decided to opt for a clean install. Interesting things happened; deets follow. #WindowsInsiders #MVPbuzz www.edtittel.com/blog/x12-tab...

Microsoft 365: DLP en Microsoft 365 Copilot (I)! DLP en Microsoft 365 Copilot permite bloquear que Copilot procese documentos que se han clasificado con una cierta etiqueta de sensibilidad o bien prompts que contienen datos sensibles. El primer p…

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Using Blazor Sections For Complex Situations Blazor provides a number of helpful utilities to manage content and flows within your application, but at times you may encounter conflicts, especially when individual pages need to override items set at the Layout or even app level. A great example of this is SEO inclusions. Sections are your friend for this situation. Let's dive in!

#Blazor Sections are a critical element for complex layout solutions and something you should have in your toolbox! Here is one of my recent usages of these to solve a complex problem! mitchelsellers.com/blog/article... #mvpbuzz #dotnet

Boost Your .NET Projects with Spargine: Simplify Dictionary Handling with AutoDefaultDictionary The AutoDefaultDictionary class enhances dictionary management by returning default values for missing keys instead of throwing exceptions. This feature minimizes boilerplate code and error handlin…

Missing keys shouldn’t crash your code.
Spargine’s AutoDefaultDictionary keeps your .NET apps running smoothly — default values, zero noise, cleaner logic, no KeyNotFound drama.
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Boost Your .NET Projects with Spargine: Unleashing the Power of StringExtensions The StringExtensions class in DotNetTips.Spargine.Extensions provides a robust toolkit for efficient string manipulation in .NET development. It includes utilities for concatenation, hashing, encod…

🎶 Your .NET strings deserve a world tour — not garage-band performance. Spargine’s StringExtensions toolkit makes string handling faster, safer + slicker than a guitar solo at sunset ⚡
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Surviving and Thriving in Tech: Timeless Advice from Three Decades in Software Engineering In this article, a seasoned software engineer shares insights gained from three decades in the industry. He emphasizes continuous learning, staying marketable, developing soft skills, engaging in t…

Looking back on 30 years in tech, I share 6 essential tips for building a long, fulfilling career in software engineering. Don’t miss these insights that can help you navigate the challenges ahead.
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Unlock Performance Gains in .NET: The Power of Custom Comparers This article highlights the importance of custom comparers in .NET for enhancing application performance when sorting and ordering collections. It discusses the flexibility and control that custom …

Surprising .NET performance gains? 🤯 Using custom comparers in sorting & LINQ can be over 4x faster—or 20x slower if done wrong! Discover benchmarks, pitfalls, and best practices to supercharge your apps. 🚀 Read more here.
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Building a More Reliable and Resilient Azure Virtual Desktop with Regional Host Pools - Ciraltos This tutorial breaks down the new Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) Regional host pool capability and why it matters for building a more Reliable Resilient deployment.

👉 Want a more reliable, resilient AVD design? 🌍 This video breaks down Regional Host Pools, Azure Regions, and why metadata placement matters for Azure Virtual Desktop.
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​Building trustworthy AI: A practical framework for adaptive governance - Microsoft Power Platform Blog A practical look at governing AI agents with clarity, speed, and platform‑level enforcement across the enterprise.

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Public Preview: Your business apps, now part of every conversation - Microsoft Power Platform Blog Bring your Power Apps into Microsoft 365 Copilot. In public preview, makers can enable conversational access to model-driven app data with Grids and Forms, with Custom Tools coming soon

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👀 Regional host pools are here to boost AVD reliability! Metadata stays local, minimizing cross-region issues and boosting resilience. Data sovereignty? Solved!
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Microsoft 365: Recopilatorio de enlaces interesantes (LXXII)! Estrenamos nuevo mes y toca compartir con todos vosotros la 72ª Edición del recopilatorio de enlace  interesantes sobre Microsoft 365. Espero que os sea de utilidad. SharePoint N/A Microsoft 365 Av…

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