Hi Everyone,

I am trying to create a new solution using .Net8 and Blazor server however i am struggling to integrate it into CMS. I have started with the Episerver.Empty template, set up blazor server and made sure that there are no connection errors by checking the network tab in developer tools. I can see it rendering my static component made with blazor correctly however when i navigate to /episerver/cms, it loses connection with the solution. I have tried it multiple ways however i just cannot get it to connect to CMS after integrating the blazor server. 

I am just wondering if anyone else has created a new web solution recently with Blazor server? if so,

• What nuget packages and versions are you using?
• What Middleware are you using?
• What is your service configuration?

Also, the episerver.empty template uses a startup.cs file however when I ask AI, it says that this is an old way of configuring solutions and that the code should now be factored into the program.cs file. Has anyone tried doing this and if so, have you encountered any issues?

I am new to blazor and dont have a lot of experience in back end development however I understand how to create the models, cshtml views and razor components to make page and block templates in CMS. Once I get to that stage, as the site is mainly static, I feel I should be able to set up the rest of the site fairly easily, just setting up new templates for the site editors.

Any advice given would be appreiciated

Thanks 

Chris