dotnet presents an in-depth session on extending and customizing .NET Aspire for cloud-native development, highlighting practical ways developers can adapt Aspire to their specific infrastructure and integration needs.

Deep Dive: Extending and Customizing Aspire

.NET Aspire is designed for highly extensible, cloud-native orchestration. This session covers:

Custom Integrations with Aspire

  • Learn how to integrate proprietary services into Aspire
  • Adapt Aspire for unique organizational infrastructure needs
  • Extend Aspire beyond built-in capabilities to suit custom scenarios

Extending the Dashboard

  • Build your own visualizations on top of Aspire’s dashboard
  • Display custom telemetry and metrics relevant to your applications or operations

Creating Custom Resource Types

  • Develop resource plugins for your specific environments
  • Support new cloud or on-premises infrastructure within Aspire orchestration

Real-World Examples of Extensibility

  • See demonstrations of integrating third-party or proprietary systems
  • Learn patterns for extending Aspire’s core logic
  • .NET 10: Unified and intelligent .NET platform
  • .NET Aspire: Simplified orchestration for distributed and cloud-native apps
  • ASP.NET Core 10: Modern, full-stack web development in .NET
  • .NET MAUI 10: Cross-platform and mobile app development
  • C# 14, F# 10: Latest language features for productivity and safety
  • Visual Studio 2026: Advanced IDE improvements

Development Resources

Developers can leverage Aspire’s extensibility points to customize orchestration, dashboard, and integration workflows for demanding cloud-native and hybrid environments.