Guid String Formats

Most concise form is

 string guid = Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N");

There are other formats as well The ToString(string format) method can format a guid in one of several ways:

"N" - xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (32 digits)
"D" - xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx (32 digits separated by hyphens)
"B" - {xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx} (same as "D" with addition of braces)
"P" - (xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx) (same as "D" with addition of parentheses)
"X" - {0x00000000,0x0000,0x0000,{0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00}}

The Guid can be shortened as a string by using Base64 encoding:

//Compress the given Guid as a base64 string that is 22 characters long.
private static string ToShortString(Guid guid)
{
  string encoded = Convert.ToBase64String(guid.ToByteArray());
  return encoded.Substring(0, 22); // Last 2 characters are always ==
}