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What to Upgrade, When, and Why If you think you're current on .NET, I have bad news for you - or maybe it's good news if you love change. Microsoft …
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What We've Learned Migrating Billions of Lines of Visual Basic By GAPVelocity AI: the team behind the Visual Basic Upgrade Companion (VBUC), the Microsoft VB6 Upgrade Wizard, VB6 AI Migrator, …
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Microsoft Access has seven types of queries. Entity Framework Core has LINQ. That sentence makes the migration sound simple, and the simplicity is exactly where projects go wrong. Access queries …
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A Practical Framework for Choosing Your Target Platform Microsoft released .NET 10 in November 2025, and .NET 11 Preview 1 followed in February 2026. If you’re making platform decisions right …
Read Storyby Cheyenne Sokkappa, on Feb 21, 2026 11:59:59 PM
Your modernization toolkit just got sharper. Here's what's new across both products — and why it matters for your next migration project. We've been busy. This quarter brings meaningful updates …
Read Storyby DeeDee Walsh, on Feb 17, 2026 8:43:48 AM
Generic AI tools like Claude, ChatGPT and Copilot work great for simple code translation, but WebForms migrations aren't simple. ViewState semantics, dynamic control generation, lifecycle dependencies, nested UpdatePanels, and third-party …
Read Storyby DeeDee Walsh, on Feb 14, 2026 11:59:59 PM
Microsoft's free migration tool has been deprecated in favor of an AI-powered approach. Here's what changed, what it means for your migration plans, and how to access both options. If …
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Microsoft Access dragging you down? If you’ve spent any time in enterprise IT, you’ve seen it: a mission-critical Microsoft Access app held together by duct tape, VBA, and the prayers …
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