Blue Blazes

Trailhead Technology Partners

Just like obstacles blocking a hiking trail, barriers in the path to a successful software project can be frustrating. When you encounter one, it helps to take a trail marked with blue blazes to go around the problem, get back on course, and keep moving forward.

Categories: Technology

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In this episode, host Jonathan "J." Tower sits down with Matthew Soucoup, Principal Cloud Advocate and .NET Cloud Advocacy Lead, to explore how GitHub Copilot's new App Modernization agent is transforming the way teams upgrade and migrate .NET applications to modern platforms.

Matt breaks down the three core capabilities of this AI-powered modernization tool: assessment and scope planning, step-by-step modernization planning, and detailed task execution with persistent memory. Together, they discuss how the agent handles upgrade scenarios, from moving projects forward through .NET versions to migrating legacy .NET Framework applications to the cloud.

If you're working with legacy .NET applications or thinking about modernization, this episode offers practical insights into how AI agents are making these notoriously difficult projects more manageable.

Guest Bio:

Matthew Soucoup is a Principal Cloud Advocate and .NET Cloud Advocacy Lead at Microsoft and works to spread the ❤️ of .NET and Azure ☁️. Matt enjoys helping everybody along on their cloud journey, brand new and experienced devs alike. And when he's not thinking about "the cloud" he's trying to hike above the clouds in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest. Follow Matt on Twitter at @codemillmatt, GitHub at codemillmatt, and his personal blog at codemillmatt.com.

Additional Resources:

- GitHub Copilot App Modernization for .NET: https://github.com/copilot

- Jeff Fritz's Web Forms to Blazor migration project (mentioned as a complementary tool for ASP.NET Web Forms modernization)