Chart 4: Average Base Salary by Microsoft Certification -- Visual Studio Magazine

The 13th annual Redmond/MCPmag.com Salary Survey

Chart 4. Good news for those earning the "new generation" certifications, as the CITP: Consumer Support Technician beats out all titles.

VS Code 1 92: Pick Your Browser, Use OpenAI's GPT-4o AI Model

A highlight of the latest release of Microsoft's Visual Studio Code open-source-based code editor is the ability to pick your default browser for opening links, along with access to new advanced AI model.
Integrating Blazor with Existing .NET Web Apps

Blazor shook up the .NET-centric web-dev space several years ago with its new ability to create web apps using C# and .NET instead of primarily coding UI with JavaScript like most every other framework, and it has been steadily advancing ever since. Here's a look at using RazorComponents for app integration.
ABP Ships Community Edition of Open Source .NET Dev Framework

Flying under the radar below Visual Studio, VS Code, JetBrains Rider and other big names in the .NET-centric IDE space is the open-source ABP, which just shipped a new community edition.
With .NET 6 Support Ending, Security Vulnerabilities Loom

While many Visual Studio developers are awaiting the debut of .NET 9 in November, they might want to pay attention to a looming security issue with .NET 6, which will reach end of support at the same time, perhaps leaving apps open to cybersecurity attacks.
Data Anomaly Detection Using LightGBM

Dr. James McCaffrey from Microsoft Research presents a complete program that uses the Python language LightGBM system to create a custom autoencoder for data anomaly detection. You can easily adapt the demo program for your own anomaly detection scenarios.