VSTest is removing its Newtonsoft.Json dependency in .NET 11 and Visual Studio 18.8. Here's who is affected and how to fix it. The post VSTest is Removing its Newtonsoft.Json Dependency appeared first on .NET Blog.
For about fifteen years, the standard answer to “this table is bloated, what do I actually do about it” has been one of the out-of-tree options: pg_repack (the extension), pg_squeeze (Antonin Houska’s predecessor work), or a hand-rolled…
Learn how to govern MCP tool calls in .NET with the Agent Governance Toolkit—policy-based access control, security scanning, and response sanitization to reduce risk in AI agent systems. The post Governing MCP tool calls in .NET with the…

Microsoft has released .NET 11 Preview 3, the third preview of its upcoming Standard Term Support version due in November 2026. The update spans the runtime, SDK, libraries, ASP.NET Core, EF Core, and .NET MAUI, with Runtime Async leaving…