Building AI Applications with .NET
Learn how to build production-ready AI applications with vector databases, RAG patterns, function calling, and deploy them using .NET Aspire.
- Oct 16FIL Lisbon1 day07:00 - 15:00 UTC
Jon Galloway
James Montemagno-
Workshop Focus:
Comprehensive hands-on workshop covering generative AI application development in .NET using Microsoft Extensions for AI. Participants will learn to build production-ready AI applications with vector databases, RAG patterns, function calling, and deploy them using .NET Aspire. The workshop includes practical experience with MCP servers, AI orchestration, and enterprise deployment patterns.
Key Learning Objectives:
• Building generative AI applications with Microsoft Extensions for AI
• Implementing vector databases for semantic search and embeddings
• Creating Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) patterns
• Function calling and AI tool integration
• Deploying AI applications with .NET Aspire
• Building and integrating MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers
Intended Audience
This workshop is for those who are interested in learning how to use AI in .NET Applications. You can be new to .NET, or be building .NET applications already, but some basic development experience is expected.
Prerequisites:
- You must provide your own computer for this hands-on lab.
- Basic software development experience is required, including familiarity with basic programming language constructs, tools, and techniques.
- Web development experience is preferred but not required.
Accounts:
- A GitHub account is required.
- An Azure account is recommended but not required. An Azure subscription will not be provided for this workshop.
Computer Setup:
You will need the following to complete this workshop:
- Windows 10/11, macOS, or Linux laptop
- A GitHub account
- EITHER Visual Studio 2022 (17.14.x) with the web development workload installed
- OR Visual Studio 20226 with the web development workload installed
- OR Visual Studio Code with the C# Dev Kit extension installed
- .NET 9 SDK
- Docker Desktop
Jon is a Program Manager on the Microsoft Developer Division community team. He’s been developing software professionally since the late 1990’s, and over the years has written several books, popular .NET tutorials and samples, a top speaker on Microsoft Virtual Academy, and worked behind the scenes on large Microsoft keynote demonstrations. He’s helped run the Herding Code podcast for 10 years, and tweets as @jongalloway.
James Montemagno is a Principal Lead Program Manager for Developer Community at Microsoft. He has been a .NET developer since 2005 and has been crafting multi-platform apps for iOS, Android, Mac, and Windows since 2011 with Xamarin and now .NET MAUI. In his spare time, he is most likely cycling or guzzling gallons of coffee at a local coffee shop. He can be found on YouTube at https://youtube.com/@jamesmontemagno, blogs code regularly on his personal blog https://www.montemagno.com, and co-hosts the weekly development podcast Merge Conflict https://mergeconflict.fm.