This article from the .NET Blog details the upgrade of Bings central workflow engine (XAP) to .NET 7, highlighting the major updates made, the challenges faced, and the wins realized as they aggressively kept up with the latest .NET releases. The article also discusses Bings reliance on .NET as a critical piece of infrastructure, and the motivation behind being early adopters of .NET 6 and .NET 7. The benefits of aggressively testing and upgrading to the latest versions of .NET are highlighted, as well as the influence this can have on the .NET team and plans for future versions.
