1. .NET 8 is .NET Core 8. The Startup class used in .NET is different from OWIN and became optional since .NET 6. You can specify the same settings in Main now, or in extension methods. You can still use a Startup class with the UseStartup call. – Panagiotis Kanavos. More @Wikipedia
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