.NET Day of Agentic Modernization 2026
This is event is for engineering teams looking to reduce legacy maintenance, accelerate cloud migration, and add AI-driven capabilities to existing applications.
⌚ Chapters:
00:00 Countdown
00:39 Welcome to .NET Day Agent Modernization
04:18 Today's speakers and what to expect in this stream
06:56 Why Modernize - Mika Dumont
08:28 Demo
19:13 Recap and Resources
20:35 Commentary with Pablo and Jeff
26:06 Agentic App Modernization through Aspire - David Pine
26:26 Demo
54:15 Recap
54:49 Commentary with Pablo and Jeff
01:00:18 Why Modernize a WinForms application - Merrie McGaw
01:01:02 Demo
01:30:35 Recap
01:31:51 More with Jeff and Pablo
01:35:25 Cloud native data without starting over - Jerry Nixon
01:36:07 Agenda for this session
01:37:59 Stage 1 - Update the SQL driver
System.Data.SqlClient to Microsoft.Data.SqlClient
01:40:26 Stage 2 - Update SQL Server
01:42:45 Stage 3 - Update your endpoints with Data API builder (DAB)
01:45:42 Stage 4 - In the cloud - Azure SQL Database Hyperscale
01:47:38 Stage 5 0 Enable agents - SQL MCP Server
01:48:40 Demo
02:04:15 Recap
02:06:07 Fun with Jeff and Pablo
02:10:44 Modernizing Fast to Azure with Modernize CLI - Kaushaya Ganguly
02:12:14 What is the Modernize CLI
02:12:50 Modernization lifecycle
02:13:38 Demo
02:39:40 Recap
02:41:23 Musings with Jeff and Pablo
02:47:16 Adding Agentic Functionality in Minutes - Guarav Seth, Jordan Selig, Andrew Westgarth
02:47:49 Agenda for this session
02:48:26 Modernizing challenges
02:51:18 Addressing challenges and accelerating Modernization - Managed Instance on Azure App Service
02:53:30 Demo
03:09:45 The architecture
03:10:45 The agents
03:12:00 Demo
03:15:14 Resources
03:15:41 More with Pablo and Jeff
03:18:16 Let's make our application smarter with AI - Bruno Capuano
03:19:55 Demo 1 - Smarter product discovery
03:26:36 Demo 2 - Smarter operations
03:33:16 Demo 3 - Smarter business signals
03:38:50 Demo 4 - Add capabilities as tools
03:39:50 Demo 5 - Agents collaborate
03:45:20 Recap
03:47:00 Closing comments with Pablo and Jeff
03:53:17 Thanks for watching!
🔗 Links:
https://aka.ms/copilot-modernization
https://aka.ms/ghcp-modernization/dotNET
https://github.com/dotnet/modernize-d...
https://aka.ms/ghcp-modernization/dot...
https://github.com/microsoft/aspire-s...
https://gh.io/gh-copilot-app
https://aka.ms/sqlclient
https://aka.ms/sql
https://aka.ms/sqlprojects
https://aka.ms/dab
https://aka.ms/hyperscale
https://aka.ms/sql/mcp
https://aka.ms/ghcp-modernization-agent
https://aka.ms/AgenticMod/AppServiceB...
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