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It was an amazing day today at Build 2017. With the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, we continue to grow the Windows platform so that Windows is home for all developers. As I reflect on the day, I want to highlight how Windows and VS are creating the best end-to-end development process and...

Today, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK to be used in conjunction with Link Removed (Build 16190 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 16190 contains bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area. The Preview SDK can be downloaded from Link Removed. For...

Today, we are pleased to announce the public preview of the Cortana Skills Kit which allows developers to easily create intelligent, personalized experiences for Cortana. Our vision for Cortana has always been to create a digital personal assistant that’s available to users across all their...

In-app advertising continues to represent over one-third of the revenue that developers make from writing apps for the Microsoft Windows platform. As part of our continuous commitment to maximize developer monetization through ads, today we are excited to announce Microsoft’s ad mediation...

Hello! I’m Dave Alles, Partner Group Program Manager for the Windows Maps team. Our team delivers the Windows Maps app and the underlying map platform available to developers on all Windows 10 devices. We continuously work to release app updates with new functionality and improve the map control...

In August 2016, we introduced the open-source UWP Community Toolkit. It simplifies app development and enables developers to collaborate and contribute new capabilities on top of the Windows SDK for Windows 10. Developers can leverage the UWP Community Toolkit to build UWP apps for any Windows...

Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are excited to be releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15058 for PC to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. Other changes, improvements, and fixes for PC We fixed the issue causing a number of inbox apps to fail to launch (such as Store) and preventing...

Today, we released a new Windows 10 Creators Update SDK Preview to be used in conjunction with Link Removed (Build 15042 or greater). The Preview SDK is a pre-release and cannot be used in a production environment. Please only install the SDK on your test machine. The Preview SDK Build 15042...

Developers, developers, developers! We’ve got quite a few updates for you this week, ranging from the upcoming live event to improved analytics for your apps in the Windows Store. Read on to see our recap of the past week. Windows Developers Day – Creators Update Only a few days left to RSVP...

Revision Note: V1.0 (January 27, 2017): Advisory published. Summary: Microsoft is releasing this security advisory to provide information about a vulnerability in the public versions of ASP.NET Core MVC 1.1.0. This advisory also provides guidance on what developers can do to update their...

Revision Note: V1.0 (January 27, 2017): Advisory published. Summary: Microsoft is releasing this security advisory to provide information about a vulnerability in the public versions of ASP.NET Core MVC 1.1.0. This advisory also provides guidance on what developers can do to update their...

Revision Note: V1.0 (January 10, 2017): Advisory published. Summary: Microsoft is releasing this security advisory to provide information about a vulnerability in the public version of Identity Model Extensions 5.1.0. This advisory also provides guidance on what developers can do to help ensure...

Overview Symlinks, or symbolic links, are “virtual” files or folders which reference a physical file or folder located elsewhere, and are an important feature built in to many operating systems, including Linux and Windows. The Windows’ NTFS file system has supported symlinks since Windows...

Here’s a little memory test: Do you recall this blog, which posted back in May and promised to soon begin integrating Kinect for Windows into the Universal Windows Platform? Of course you do! Now we are pleased to announce two important developments in the quest to make Kinect functionality...

A few months ago, during Build 2016, we announced the Desktop Bridge, enabling developers to bring their existing desktop apps and games over to the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) by converting their app or game with the Desktop App Converter and then enhancing and extending it with UWP...

About the Windows IoT Core Extension for VS Code Visual Studio Code is the first code editor and first cross-platform development tool – supporting OS X, Linux, and Windows – in the Visual Studio family. Windows 10 IoT Core already supports popular boards like Link Removed, Link Removed and...

Two weeks ago I was excited to see us unveil Windows 10 IoT Core Anniversary Edition running on the new Intel® Joule™, built on the new Link Removed. It took us a little over 6 weeks to bring up Windows 10 IoT Core and build Bamboo, the first Windows 10 IoT Core and Link Removed powered robot...

Written by Rinku Sreedhar, Program Manager for Windows Contextual Sensing. We hope you are as excited as we are about the new Contextual Sensing APIs in Windows 10. We introduced multiple new Sensor APIs that will let you enable contextual awareness in your apps. I have received several...

Hi Everyone. This is pretty neat, Star Wars doesn't look so far away after you see this. It gives you a feel for what the world is really going to look like in only a few years. Microsoft is looking for insiders to test this now, and it is available for developers, who can spend the $3,000 on...

In this session, learn what's new in Windows 10 version 1511 from the developers' perspective. Major new features in this update include Windows 10 for Mobile, Continuum for Mobile, next gen authentication using Windows Hello and Microsoft Passport, and the new Windows Store for Business. Learn...