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[[{“value”:”Want to simplify distributed app development and stop wiring everything together manually? In this @VisualStudioLive session from Visual Studio Live! Las Vegas 2026, Jeff Fritz shows how to use .NET Aspire to orchestrate services, containers, and integrations so you can “hook up all the things” and make your developer life easier.
Learn how Aspire helps you run full application systems locally, connect services with minimal code, and gain built-in visibility with logging, tracing, and dashboards.
🔑 What You’ll Learn
• How to run full distributed apps locally
• Connecting services, databases, and APIs with minimal setup
• Using containers and emulators to reduce cloud costs
• Supporting multiple languages in one app environment
• Managing secrets and configuration securely
• Monitoring apps with logging, tracing, and metrics
• Extending Aspire with custom integrations
• Creative ways to visualize your application architecture
⏱️ Chapters
01:21 Official Aspire integrations (Redis, Postgres, Service Bus, Cosmos DB)
05:41 What is Aspire? (orchestration, observability, service discovery)
11:44 Multi-language support (Python, Node.js, Java)
14:16 Custom integrations and running containers
17:27 Using external resources and connection strings
24:09 Community toolkit and Mailpit demo (local email testing)
30:05 Run vs publish mode and environment configuration
34:05 Advanced integration patterns and custom resources
40:24 Running desktop apps (WPF) with Aspire
44:37 Fun demo: running Minecraft with Aspire
52:15 Key takeaways and extending Aspire beyond the dashboard
👤 Speaker
Jeff Fritz (@csharpfritz)
Program Manager, Microsoft
🔗 Links
• Download Visual Studio 2026: http://visualstudio.com/download
• Explore more VS Live! Las Vegas sessions: https://aka.ms/VSLiveLV26
• Join upcoming VS Live! events: https://aka.ms/VSLiveEvents
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