migration

A practical migration from the ASP.NET Framework System.Web.HttpContext to the ASP.NET Core 11 HttpContext: HttpContext.Current, the property map, Server.MapPath, Session, and the System.Web adapters shim for incremental migrations.

A practical checklist for reverting ValueTask and ValueTask<T> return types to Task and Task<T>, what breaks at the call sites, how to verify each change, and how to know whether the swap was ever worth it.

A step-by-step checklist to move a standalone Blazor Server app to the unified Blazor Web App template on .NET 11, keeping every page on InteractiveServer with zero behaviour change.

A step-by-step checklist to move a .NET in-process Azure Functions app to the isolated worker model before the November 10, 2026 retirement, with csproj diffs, signature rewrites, and a slot-swap rollout.

A step-by-step guide to moving a .NET 11 app off Serilog and onto OpenTelemetry logging: the low-risk Serilog.Sinks.OpenTelemetry bridge, the full Microsoft.Extensions.Logging cut-over, what breaks, how to verify, and how to roll back.

A version-pinned migration guide from EF Core 6.0 to EF Core 11.0, walking the breaking changes across EF7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 that break real apps: Encrypt=True, OPENJSON Contains, PendingModelChangesWarning, the native json column, and the SqlClient 7.0 split.

A step-by-step checklist to replace AutoMapper 15 Profiles, IMapper, ForMember, and ProjectTo with Riok.Mapperly 4.3 source-generated mappers in .NET 11.

A step-by-step checklist to remove MediatR 12-14 and replace IRequest handlers, ISender, pipeline behaviors, and INotification with plain service classes and constructor injection.

A version-pinned playbook for swapping Newtonsoft.Json 13.0.4 for the in-box System.Text.Json on .NET 11: the attribute and settings mappings, the defaults that silently change your wire format, a staged rollout strategy, verification, and the gotchas that bite large codebases.

Plan a .NET 8 migration using the current .NET 11 RC3 status, an exact SDK pin, verified compatibility guidance, deployment checks, and rollback.