DateTime vs. DateTimeOffset - UtcNow vs. Now
.NET has two principal ways for handling times: DateTime and DateTimeOffset. The big deficit of DateTime, which was also recognized early in .NET 1.0
Blog Posts
Microsoft is moving backend services to .NET 6
Microsoft has announced in an impressive blog post on the .NET DevBlogs that they have started an enterprise-wide migration to migrate backend servic
Health Check Ping with EF Core and MSSQL
Sometimes it is quite useful to be able to send a query to the MSSQL server independently of its schema; for example to check if the server is princi
Why you should no longer use var in C#
Beginning with C# 3, variables that are declared at method scope can have an implicit "type" var. An implicitly typed local variable is st
Embed Code into your blog - and also on Medium
There are several ways to integrate source code including code highlighting into blogs, but GitHub Gists are by far the most convenient and best main
Requesting Microsoft Defender HTTP API with .NET and Refit
The Microsoft Defender API - or Azure Security Center API - is an interface to obtain security-related information from its M365 or Azure tenant. At
Configure Azure Active Directory for UserName-Password Login
Attention: the following configuration is recommended only for testing or very trusted applications, since username and password could be intercepte
Parse HTML with .NET and the HtmlAgilityPack
Parsing HTML with .NET can be a useful skill for any developer working on web applications or data analysis projects. One tool that can be particular
Use ASP.NET Core Options with an instance
ASP.NET Core provides a built-in mechanism for configuring an application's options using the Options pattern. This pattern allows you to define a cl
Write XML Files asynchronously with .NET
Writing XML files asynchronously is a useful technique for improving the performance and scalability of your application. By using an asynchronous ap