SAN FRANCISCO, April 29, 2015
/PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday announced new features in
Windows 10 and unveiled a set of software development kits (SDKs) to
help developers bring their code for the Web, .NET, Win32, Android and
iOS to Windows 10. At the company's annual Build
developer conference, Microsoft also announced new Microsoft Azure data
services for intelligent applications; Visual Studio and .NET tools and
runtimes for Windows, Mac and Linux; and APIs that enable developers to
build rich apps with Office 365.
"Microsoft has bold ambitions for platforms that empower developers across Windows, Azure and Office," said Satya Nadella,
CEO of Microsoft. "Together, we will create more personal and more
intelligent experiences that empower billions of people to achieve
more."
Windows 10 offers unique scale and opens up new platform opportunities for developers Microsoft
showcased several new features in Windows 10, from new capabilities to
scale applications across devices to new ways for developers to build
code for Windows 10. Capturing the breadth of opportunity, the company
declared its ambition to have 1 billion active Windows 10 devices by
FY18.
The
company further detailed ways in which developers can create a single
app that scales across all Windows 10 devices, automatically adapting to
different screen sizes. With the Universal Windows Platform, developers
can tailor their apps to the unique capabilities of each device,
integrate Cortana and Xbox Live into their apps, offer trusted commerce,
create holograms, and publish their apps into the Windows Store. Also
as part of the Universal Windows Platform, the company shared how apps
can scale using Continuum for phones, enabling people to use their
phones like PCs for productivity or entertainment.1
The
Windows Store will also offer a single unified experience for Windows
10 customers across devices and make finding great content easier than
ever — across apps, games, music, video and other content.2
Transactions will take advantage of a range of popular payment options,
including the largest carrier billing footprint of any ecosystem
supporting 90 mobile operators. USA
Today, WeChat, Disney and Netflix Inc. are a few of the partners
referenced in the keynote already building apps for the Windows Store.
Microsoft
welcomed all developers to the Universal Windows Platform by announcing
four new software development toolkits that will make it easy to bring
their code for the Web, .NET, Win32, iOS and Android to the Windows
Store with minimal code modifications. This will enable developers to
start with an existing code base such as Android or iOS, integrate with
the Universal Windows Platform capabilities, and then distribute their
new application through the Windows Store.
New
features for Microsoft Edge, the new browser for Windows 10, were also
unveiled, offering developers better discoverability of their apps and
future extensibility with JavaScript and HTML.
Highlighting
the opportunity with Windows 10, Microsoft shared the progress it has
made in fewer than 100 days since unveiling Microsoft HoloLens — the
world's first untethered holographic computer powered by Windows 10 —
and showcased how customers like Trimble, Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic are using this innovative new technology.
More information on Windows 10 and Microsoft HoloLens can be found at Blogging Windows.
Azure and Visual Studio help developers build intelligent apps on multiple platforms and devices
Microsoft previewed Azure SQL Database elastic database, which allow ISVs and software-as-a-service developers to pool capacity across thousands of databases, enabling them to benefit from efficient resource consumption and the best price and performance in the public cloud. To help developers manage massive datasets, Microsoft introduced Azure SQL Data Warehouse, the industry's first enterprise-class cloud data warehouse as a service that can grow, shrink and pause in seconds. Microsoft also announced Azure Data Lake, an open and massively scalable data repository that supports petabyte-size files and provides high-speed integration with Azure HDInsight, Azure Machine Learning, Cloudera and Hortonworks to quickly derive insights from vast amounts of data.
To
help every developer be more productive, Microsoft announced new
best-in-class tools and runtimes for multiple platforms and devices. In
preview on Windows, Mac and Linux, Visual Studio Code is a free
code-focused editor optimized for Web and cloud applications. Furthering
its work with open source and .NET communities, Microsoft released a
preview of the .NET Core for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. Microsoft also
released Visual Studio 2015 Release Candidate, which makes it easier
for developers to build and deploy applications to Windows, Linux, iOS
and Android platforms.
Office gives developers opportunities to reach more users and build intelligent solutions Microsoft
introduced more ways for developers to reach 1.2 billion Office users,
including the new Office Graph API, expanded add-in capabilities for the
iPad and Outlook, and unified APIs. The Office Graph API allows
customers and developers to access, add to and build with the Office
Graph, an intelligent store of Office 365 user, service and relationship
data. Unified APIs across OneNote, Outlook and OneDrive, combined with
the Office Graph, will enable developers to help consumers and
organizations take advantage of some of their most valuable and useful
data.
More about Microsoft Azure, Visual Studio and the Office Graph API can be found here.
Founded
in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software,
services, devices and solutions that help people and businesses realize
their full potential.
1 Limited to select premium phones at launch. External monitors must support HDMI input. Accessories sold separately.
2 App availability and experience may vary by market.
2 App availability and experience may vary by market.
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