Visual Studio User Group

Visual Studio User Group

@visug.bsky.social

We are VISUG, the Belgian Visual Studio User Group. Since 2005 we run local events for the Microsoft and .NET community on a monthly basis. ๐Ÿ‘‰ www.visug.be

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๐Ÿค– Cloud when you want it. Local when you need it! Discover how to build sovereign AI applications with .NET and Foundry Local, balancing privacy, performance and cloud capabilities. ๐Ÿš€ ๐Ÿ“… Nov 17 ยท Thomas More Campus De Nayer ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ www.visug.be/events/2026-... #VisugXL #dotnet #AI #Foundry

๐Ÿ”„ Change is inevitable. Breaking everything isnโ€™t! Learn practical techniques to evolve event-driven systems, version message contracts and maintain compatibility without downtime. ๐Ÿš€ ๐Ÿ“… Nov 17 ยท Thomas More Campus De Nayer ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ www.visug.be/events/2026-... #VisugXL #dotnet #Architecture

๐Ÿค– AI writes the code, Roslyn guards the rules! Discover how Roslyn analyzers and GitHub Copilot hooks enforce code quality and Clean Architecture rules in AI-assisted .NET development. ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ ๐Ÿ“… Nov 17 ยท Thomas More Campus De Nayer ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ www.visug.be/events/2026-... #VisugXL #dotnet #GitHub #Copilot

๐Ÿค– Is your AI assistant a ticking time bomb? ๐Ÿ’ฃ Discover the Lethal Trifecta of AI security, real-world attacks and how to protect your AI integrations. ๐Ÿ“… November 17 ยท Thomas More Campus De Nayer ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Free tickets & full agenda: www.visug.be/events/2026-... #VisugXL #VISUG #dotnet #AI #Security

The VisugXL 2026 agenda is taking shape! ๐Ÿคฉ The first sessions for VisugXL 2026 are online, and weโ€™re getting more excited by the day! ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Check out the agenda & get your tickets: www.visug.be/events/2026-... ๐Ÿ“… November 17, 2026 ยท Thomas More Campus De Nayer #VisugXL #dotnet #Community

๐Ÿšจ SOLD OUT โ†’ NOT ANYMORE! ๐Ÿ”ฅ Thanks to our sponsor Branch, we've got an amazing venue: MAS โ€“ Room Eighty in Antwerp, which meansโ€ฆ MORE TICKETS! ๐ŸŽ‰ Missed out before? This is your chance. ๐Ÿ“… Nov 5 ๐Ÿ“ MAS โ€“ Room Eighty ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ www.visug.be/events/2026-...

visug.beBuilding an LLM from scratch in 60 minutes - with Bart De Smet โ€” VISUGThursday, 5 November 2026 โ€ข 18:00 โ€ข MAS - Room Eighty, Hanzestedenplaats 5, 2000 Antwerp

๐Ÿšจ BREAKING: Bart De Smet is back! And heโ€™s bringing LLMs. ๐Ÿคฏ Building one from scratch in 60 minutes. In C#. With .NET. Expect transformers, self-attention, embeddings and a few melted brain cells. ๐Ÿง ๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐Ÿ“… Nov 5 ๐Ÿ“ Antwerp โ€” location TBA www.visug.be/events/2026-... #VISUG #DotNet #LLM

visug.beBuilding an LLM from scratch in 60 minutes - with Bart De Smet โ€” VISUGThursday, 5 November 2026 โ€ข 18:00 โ€ข TBD, Antwerpen

Another great #VISUG evening in the books! ๐Ÿ™Œ Great talks, good conversations, and always nice to see familiar faces and welcome new ones to the community. Thanks to everyone who joined us at ODS in Essen! ๐Ÿ‘‹ #DotNet #Community

ICYMI ๐Ÿ‘€ The VisugXL 2026 CFP is still open! ๐ŸŽค Got a topic, lesson learned or cool experiment to share with the developer community? Nowโ€™s your chance! ๐Ÿ‘‰ sessionize.com/visugxl-2026/ ๐Ÿ“… Nov 17 | ๐Ÿ“ Thomas More, De Nayer #VisugXL #CFP

sessionize.comVisugXL 2026: Call for SpeakersVisugXL 2026 is the annual free, one-day conference organized by Visug, bringing together developers, architects, students, and technology enthusiasts...

Next week, ODS in Essen will be the place to be! ๐Ÿš€ Weโ€™re talking auth: Wesley dives into ASP .NET Core Authentication, while Maarten shows how to go passwordless with passkeys & WebAuthn. ๐Ÿ” A handful of tickets left! ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ www.visug.be/events/2026-... #DotNet #Authentication #Passkeys #WebAuthn

visug.beASP.NET Core Authentication Explained + Going Passwordless: A Practical Guide to Passkeys in ASP.NET Core โ€” VISUGTuesday, 29 September 2026 โ€ข 18:00 โ€ข ODS Belgium B.V., Peepolderlaan 23, 2910 Essen

School is back. Work is back. The daily grind is definitely back. ๐Ÿ˜… So if youโ€™re looking for an excuse to escape it all for one eveningโ€ฆ this is your sign. ๐Ÿ‘€ ๐Ÿ‘‡

Visual Studio User Group@visug.bsky.social

๐Ÿ” Letโ€™s talk authentication! Join us September 29 in Essen for our next #VISUG meetup with Wesley Cabus and Maarten Balliauw. Two talks on ASP.NET Core Authentication and Passkeys, plus food & drinks. And yes, itโ€™s free! ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿฅค #VISUG #ASPNETCore #DotNet #Community

๐Ÿ“ฌ Our latest #VISUG newsletter just landed! Whatโ€™s coming up? New meetups, all things VisugXL 2026, and more community news. ๐Ÿ‘€ Not receiving it yet? No worries! Become a member for free and stay up to date with everything happening in our community. ๐Ÿ‘‰ www.visug.be#newsletter #DotNet #Community

visug.beVISUG โ€” Belgian Visual Studio User GroupVISUG is the Belgian Visual Studio User Group. We organize community events for .NET, Azure and the Microsoft developer ecosystem.

๐Ÿ” Letโ€™s talk authentication! Join us September 29 in Essen for our next #VISUG meetup with Wesley Cabus and Maarten Balliauw. Two talks on ASP.NET Core Authentication and Passkeys, plus food & drinks. And yes, itโ€™s free! ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿฅค #VISUG #ASPNETCore #DotNet #Community

visug.beASP.NET Core Authentication Explained + Going Passwordless: A Practical Guide to Passkeys in ASP.NET Core โ€” VISUGTuesday, 29 September 2026 โ€ข 18:00 โ€ข ODS Belgium B.V., Peepolderlaan 23, 2910 Essen

The CFP for ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ ๐—๐‹ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ž๐๐„๐! ๐ŸŽ‰ Got a topic to share with the dev community? A lesson learned, cool experiment, technical deep dive or something you think developers should know about? Weโ€™d love to hear from you! โค๏ธ ๐Ÿ“… November 17 ๐Ÿ“ Thomas More, Campus De Nayer ๐Ÿ‘‰ sessionize.com/visugxl-2026/

sessionize.comVisugXL 2026: Call for SpeakersVisugXL 2026 is the annual free, one-day conference organized by Visug, bringing together developers, architects, students, and technology enthusiasts...

๐Ÿ“… Save the date: VisugXL 2026! 17 November 2026 ๐Ÿ“ Thomas More Campus De Nayer Our annual full-day #VISUG event is back... and this year, weโ€™re celebrating 20 years of Visug! ๐ŸŽ‚ More info & CFP coming soon. ๐Ÿš€ #VisugXL #DotNet #Community

September is almost here, and #VISUG is back with more meetups! ๐Ÿคฉ Weโ€™re putting together the agenda and still looking for speakers. ๐ŸŽค Got a topic, story, deep dive or cool demo to share? ๐Ÿ‘‰ Submit your talk: sessionize.com/visug More meetup news coming soon! ๐Ÿ‘€ #DotNet #Community #CallForSpeakers

sessionize.comVisug: Call for SpeakersWe are Visug, the Belgian Visual Studio User Group. Since 2006, we have been running local events for the Microsoft and .NET community on a monthly ba...

While you were hunting for eggs, the Easter Bunny dropped something for developers too ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ“… April 28th: 2 inspiring sessions, 1 community, 0 excuses! As always: free, fun, and full of learning. ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Save your seat ๐Ÿ‘‰ www.visug.be/events/2026-... #Visug #DotNet #Community

visug.beWe Rolled Out GitHub Copilotโ€ฆ How Do We Prove It Helps? and AI Security: The S in MCP stands for Security โ€” VISUGTuesday, 28 April 2026 โ€ข 18:00 โ€ข Talent-IT, Houtdok-Noordkaai 12, 2030 Antwerpen

About last nightโ€ฆ We had a great time at our annual VISUG Partner Event! A big thank you, VISUG simply wouldnโ€™t exist without your support. This year was extra special as part of our 20-year anniversary, with a few of the founding fathers who started it all. Event announcements are coming soon!

๐ŸŽ‰ Happy New Year, VISUG folks! To start 2026, weโ€™re launching our new website ๐Ÿš€ www.visug.be We teased it before: 2026 is a special year for us as VISUG turns 20! This new site is only the beginning ๐Ÿ‘€ #VISUG #dotnet #community

๐Ÿ‘€ Something is comingโ€ฆ Earlier this week, the #VISUG crew got together to shape whatโ€™s ahead. Big ideas, bigger plans, and a lot of excitement. 2026 will be a very special year for VISUG! No details yet ๐Ÿ˜‰ What do you think (or hope) weโ€™re working on? #VISUG #DotNet #Community #SomethingIsComing

๐ŸŽค Meet one of our VISUG XL 2025 speakers: ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐‡๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ž๐ซ๐ญ! Weโ€™re excited to welcome ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง this year at Visug XL, our yearly, free, community-driven .NET conference. ๐Ÿ“… November 28, 2025 ๐Ÿ“ UCLL Leuven ๐Ÿ‘‰ More information and tickets: www.visug.be/Events/102 #VisugXL #DotNet #Community #Conference

๐ŸŽค Meet one of our VISUG XL 2025 speakers: ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ก๐š๐žฬˆ๐ฅ ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฌ! Weโ€™re excited to welcome ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ก๐š๐žฬˆ๐ฅ this year at Visug XL, our yearly, free, community-driven .NET conference. ๐Ÿ“… November 28, 2025 ๐Ÿ“ UCLL Leuven ๐Ÿ‘‰ More information and tickets: www.visug.be/Events/102 #VisugXL #DotNet #Community #Conference

๐ŸŽค Meet one of our VISUG XL 2025 speakers: ๐–๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐†๐ž๐ฏ๐š๐ž๐ซ๐ญ! Weโ€™re excited to welcome ๐–๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ this year at Visug XL, our yearly, free, community-driven .NET conference. ๐Ÿ“… November 28, 2025 ๐Ÿ“ UCLL Leuven ๐Ÿ‘‰ More information and tickets: www.visug.be/Events/102 #VisugXL #DotNet #Community #Conference

๐ŸŽค Meet one of our VISUG XL 2025 speakers: ๐‡๐š๐ง๐ง๐š ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฅ! Weโ€™re excited to welcome ๐‡๐š๐ง๐ง๐š this year at Visug XL, our yearly, free, community-driven .NET conference. ๐Ÿ“… November 28, 2025 ๐Ÿ“ UCLL Leuven ๐Ÿ‘‰ More information and tickets: www.visug.be/Events/102 #VisugXL #DotNet #Community #Conference

๐ŸŽค Meet one of our VISUG XL 2025 speakers: ๐˜๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐๐ž๐ง๐š๐›๐›๐š๐ฌ! Weโ€™re excited to welcome ๐˜๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž this year at Visug XL, our yearly, free, community-driven .NET conference. ๐Ÿ“… November 28, 2025 ๐Ÿ“ UCLL Leuven ๐Ÿ‘‰ More info and tickets: www.visug.be/Events/102 #VisugXL #DotNet #Community #Conference

๐ŸŽค Meet one of our VISUG XL 2025 speakers: ๐“๐จ๐จ๐ง ๐•๐š๐ง๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐ž! Weโ€™re excited to welcome ๐“๐จ๐จ๐ง this year at Visug XL, our yearly, free, community-driven .NET conference. ๐Ÿ“… November 28, 2025 ๐Ÿ“ UCLL Leuven ๐Ÿ‘‰ More information and tickets: www.visug.be/Events/102 #VisugXL #DotNet #Community #Conference

๐ŸŽค Meet one of our VISUG XL 2025 speakers: ๐‡๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐‹๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž! Weโ€™re excited to welcome ๐‡๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ฌ this year at Visug XL, our yearly, free, community-driven .NET conference. ๐Ÿ“… November 28, 2025 ๐Ÿ“ UCLL Leuven ๐Ÿ‘‰ More information and tickets: www.visug.be/Events/102 #VisugXL #DotNet #Community #Conference

๐ŸŽค Meet one of our VISUG XL 2025 speakers: ๐’๐ก๐š๐ฎ๐ง ๐‹๐š๐ฐ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž! Weโ€™re excited to welcome ๐’๐ก๐š๐ฎ๐ง this year at Visug XL, our yearly, free, community-driven .NET conference. ๐Ÿ“… November 28, 2025 ๐Ÿ“ UCLL Leuven ๐Ÿ‘‰ More information and tickets: www.visug.be/Events/102 #VisugXL #DotNet #Community #Conference

๐ŸŽค Meet one of our VISUG XL 2025 speakers: ๐๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฌ! Weโ€™re excited to welcome ๐๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ this year at Visug XL, our yearly, free, community-driven .NET conference. ๐Ÿ“… November 28, 2025 ๐Ÿ“ UCLL Leuven ๐Ÿ‘‰ More information and tickets: www.visug.be/Events/102 #VisugXL #DotNet #Community #Conference

๐ŸŽค Meet one of our VISUG XL 2025 speakers: ๐Œ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง! Weโ€™re excited to welcome ๐Œ๐ข๐ค๐ž this year at Visug XL, our yearly, free, community-driven .NET conference ๐Ÿ“… November 28, 2025 ๐Ÿ“ UCLL Leuven ๐Ÿ‘‰ More information and tickets: www.visug.be/Events/102 #VisugXL #Visug #DotNet #Community #Conference

๐ŸŽค Meet one of our VISUG XL 2025 speakers: ๐‹๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ž๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฌ! Weโ€™re excited to welcome ๐‹๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ž๐ฒ this year at Visug XL, our yearly, free, community-driven .NET conference. ๐Ÿ“… November 28, 2025 ๐Ÿ“ UCLL Leuven ๐Ÿ‘‰ More information and tickets: www.visug.be/Events/102 #VisugXL #DotNet #Community #Conference

Pssst... We at VISUG know it's "Herfstvakantie" and how challenging it can be with the kids. ๐Ÿคช So, here's a escape for all the parents out there: this Thursday at Spoor 18 in Mechelen, we've got food, drinks and sessions! (Not looking for an escape? You're welcome as well ๐Ÿ˜‰) www.visug.be/Events/104

visug.beVisug The Visual Studio User GroupNovember 2025 marks the release of .NET 10 and C# 14. In this session, I will talk about what is new in the latest version of .NET and what the future will bring for the .NET platform in general.โ€ฆ

Next week, it's VISUG-time at Spoor 18 in Mechelen! ๐Ÿคฉ We've food and drinks and also 2 great sessions lined-up for you. Come and learn about .NET 10, C# 14 and Orleans! ๐Ÿค— Tickets & info ๐Ÿ‘‰ www.visug.be/Events/104

visug.beVisug The Visual Studio User GroupNovember 2025 marks the release of .NET 10 and C# 14. In this session, I will talk about what is new in the latest version of .NET and what the future will bring for the .NET platform in general.โ€ฆ

๐ŸŽค Meet one of our VISUG XL 2025 speakers: ๐†๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ ๐•๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ! Weโ€™re excited to welcome ๐†๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ this year at Visug XL, our yearly, free, community-driven .NET conference. ๐Ÿ“… November 28, 2025 ๐Ÿ“ UCLL Leuven ๐Ÿ‘‰ More information and tickets: www.visug.be/Events/102 #VisugXL #DotNet #Community #Conference

๐ŸŽค Meet one of our VISUG XL 2025 speakers: ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ค ๐•๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž! Weโ€™re excited to welcome ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ค this year at Visug XL, our yearly, free, community-driven .NET conference. ๐Ÿ“… November 28, 2025 ๐Ÿ“ UCLL Leuven ๐Ÿ‘‰ More information and tickets: www.visug.be/Events/102 #VisugXL #DotNet #Community

๐ŸŽค Meet one of our VISUG XL 2025 speakers: ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐–๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ! Weโ€™re excited to welcome ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ this year at Visug XL, our yearly, free, community-driven .NET conference. ๐Ÿ“… November 28, 2025 ๐Ÿ“ UCLL Leuven ๐Ÿ‘‰ More information and tickets: www.visug.be/Events/102 #VisugXL #DotNet #Community #Conference

๐ŸŽค Meet one of our VISUG XL 2025 speakers: ๐€๐ง๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข ๐‰๐ก๐š๐ค๐ซ๐ฒ! Weโ€™re excited to welcome ๐€๐ง๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข this year at Visug XL, our yearly, free, community-driven .NET conference. ๐Ÿ“… November 28, 2025 ๐Ÿ“ UCLL Leuven ๐Ÿ‘‰ More information and tickets: www.visug.be/Events/102 #VisugXL #DotNet #Community #Conference

โณ #๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ ๐—๐‹ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ is approaching! Weโ€™re gearing up for our annual ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ-๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ง .๐๐„๐“ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž! ๐Ÿ’œ The ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ง๐๐š ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ, and we canโ€™t wait to share the amazing lineup with you soon! ๐Ÿ“… ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ โ€” ๐”๐‚๐‹๐‹ ๐‹๐ž๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Get your ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ here ๐Ÿ‘‰ www.visug.be/Events/102