Why Now's a Good Time to Upgrade to Duende IdentityServer and .NET 10
February 3, 2026
10 EST / 16:00 CET / 15:00 UTC
Overview:
Kick off the new year with an open conversation on why upgrading to Duende IdentityServer on .NET 10 may be the smartest move your team can make in 2026 — for your roadmap, your security posture, and your CTO's confidence.
.NET 10 is a clear path to long-term stability, predictable operations, and lower maintenance overhead. Yet many organizations are still running IdentityServer4 (tied to .NET Core 3.1) or carrying a homegrown security stack that is expensive to maintain each quarter. If that sounds familiar, you're not alone. We'll discuss how development teams can tackle the effort and complexity of moving from legacy "headache" to a stable, supported foundation.
What you'll learn:
Learn why we're excited about what Duende IdentityServer v7.4 unlocks — from long-term LTS stability and FAPI 2.0 security, to modern features that simply make life better for developers. We'll talk candidly about the trade-offs many teams are feeling right now: the growing "tax" of maintaining unsupported identity systems versus the long-term payoff of investing in an enterprise-grade SDK that scales with your org and your roadmap. No pressure, no hard sell — just practical insights, migration stories, and a chance to ask questions about your upcoming upgrade.
Speakers:
Joe DeCock is a security architect, software developer, and trainer who leads the development of Duende IdentityServer as its Product Owner. An active open‑source contributor, Joe maintains the Duende.IdentityModel and Duende.IdentityModel.OidcClient libraries and implemented the Pushed Authorization Requests client (RFC 9126) for ASP .NET Core.
Wesley Cabus is a Customer Success Engineer at Duende Software, assisting developers with issues, documenting common problems, and teaching about security and identity. He is a board member at VISUG, the Belgian Visual Studio User Group, and delivers sessions in the local user group community and at conferences around the globe. Wesley is also a Microsoft MVP.