Summary of announcements from Microsoft Ignite, GitHub Universe and .NET Conf 2023!
Tags: windows, m365, dotnet, github
Published: 2023-11-18 18:00:00

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These 3 annual events are great opportunities to learn from experts, sharpen our skills and discover what's coming in the future in different technologies around productivity, collaborative work in the cloud, artificial intelligence, platform development around Azure, M365, Windows and trends around web, mobile and desktop  development technologies.

## About .NET Conf 2023 - dotNetConf
As part of every edition of the conference, the .NET team reveals the main news of application development of this technology, new versions, improvements and trends applied year after year to improve the development and programming experience with C#, F#, VB, among others.

One of the most outstanding announcements was the official launch of **.NET 8**, the new version of Microsoft's open source stack offers performance, security, productivity and compatibility improvements. With .NET 8 you can develop web applications completely with the .NET stack and **Blazor**, taking advantage of server-side rendering and client-side interactivity. In addition, .NET 8 introduces the new **C# 12** features, such as collection expressions and primary constructors.

## The Copilots era! Microsoft + GitHub Copilots
One of the most important announcements that were made occurred during Ignite 2023, was the launch of **Microsoft Copilot**, an artificial intelligence solution that helps users optimize their business processes, improve their productivity and create personalized experiences. Microsoft Copilot integrates with Windows 11, the new operating system that offers features driven by artificial intelligence, and allows you to chat and prompt with your data from Microsoft Graph.

> Microsoft Copilot connects with Microsoft 365, the productivity suite that includes applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams!

Also during Ignite 2023, Microsoft announced current and future investments to deliver a secure, flexible and fluid Windows experience to employees and partners with **Azure Virtual Desktop** and **Windows 365**. These solutions allow you to access a virtual Windows desktop from any device and location, with maximum security and efficiency.

During same month, GitHub Universe 2023 was celebrated, which is an event much more focused on the news and innovations around GitHub. And of course, they announced more advances in artificial intelligence and Copilots! One of the most important announcements was GitHub Copilot Chat, a tool that allows users to use large natural language models (LLMs) as a universal way to code, solve problems and automate common programming and system development processes.

> GitHub Copilot Chat will be available in December 2023! More details [here](https://github.blog/2023-11-08-universe-2023-copilot-transforms-github-into-the-ai-powered-developer-platform/)

If you missed these events, you can watch the recordings of the sessions and the additional resources on the official websites of Microsoft Ignite, GitHub Universe and .NET 2023 online!