diff --git a/.clang-format b/.clang-format
index ceec955c3..1ee1d06ef 100644
--- a/.clang-format
+++ b/.clang-format
@@ -1,54 +1,29 @@
 ---
 Language: Cpp
-AccessModifierOffset: -2
-AlignAfterOpenBracket: Align
-AlignConsecutiveAssignments: false
-AlignConsecutiveDeclarations: false
-AlignEscapedNewlinesLeft: true
-AlignOperands: true
-AlignTrailingComments: false
-AllowAllParametersOfDeclarationOnNextLine: true
-AllowShortBlocksOnASingleLine: false
-AllowShortCaseLabelsOnASingleLine: false
-AllowShortFunctionsOnASingleLine: None
-AllowShortIfStatementsOnASingleLine: false
-AllowShortLoopsOnASingleLine: false
-AlwaysBreakAfterReturnType: AllDefinitions
-AlwaysBreakTemplateDeclarations: true
-BinPackArguments: true
-BinPackParameters: true
-BreakBeforeBinaryOperators: None
-BreakBeforeBraces: Custom
-BraceWrapping:
-  AfterClass: true
-  AfterControlStatement: true
-  AfterFunction: true
-  AfterNamespace: false
-  AfterStruct: true
-  IndentBraces: true
-  BeforeElse: true
-  BeforeCatch: true
-BreakBeforeTernaryOperators: true
-BreakConstructorInitializersBeforeComma: false
+BasedOnStyle: Microsoft
+
+AllowAllArgumentsOnNextLine: false
+AllowAllParametersOfDeclarationOnNextLine: false
+AlwaysBreakAfterReturnType: TopLevelDefinitions
+AlwaysBreakTemplateDeclarations: Yes
+BinPackArguments: false
+BinPackParameters: false
 ColumnLimit: 100
-ConstructorInitializerAllOnOneLineOrOnePerLine: true
-Cpp11BracedListStyle: true
-DerivePointerAlignment: false
-IndentCaseLabels: false
-IndentWidth: 2
-NamespaceIndentation: None
-PointerAlignment: Right
-ReflowComments: false
-SortIncludes: false
-SpaceAfterCStyleCast: true
-SpaceAfterTemplateKeyword: true
-SpaceBeforeAssignmentOperators: true
-SpaceBeforeParens: Always
-SpaceInEmptyParentheses: false
-SpacesInAngles:  false
-SpacesInCStyleCastParentheses: false
-SpacesInParentheses: false
-SpacesInSquareBrackets: false
-Standard: 'Cpp11'
-UseTab: Never
-...
+DeriveLineEnding: false
+IncludeBlocks: Regroup
+IncludeCategories:
+  - Regex: '^(<|")ns3/'
+    Priority: 2
+    SortPriority: 0
+  - Regex: "^<"
+    Priority: 3
+    SortPriority: 0
+  - Regex: ".*"
+    Priority: 1
+    SortPriority: 0
+KeepEmptyLinesAtTheStartOfBlocks: false
+PackConstructorInitializers: Never
+PointerAlignment: Left
+QualifierAlignment: Left
+SeparateDefinitionBlocks: Always
+Standard: "c++17"