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  1. Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25174

    Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25174 to the Dev Channel. TL;DR We’re previewing the new Game Pass widget with Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. As always, this build also includes a good set of fixes. We’ve added a few new known issues based...
  2. Adding event handlers: Sounds, Dark Mode & Windowing (Part 2)

    Adding event handlers: Sounds, Dark Mode & Windowing (Part 2) Note that in part 1 of the WinAppSDK Blog Series you implemented the visual layer of the DrumPad using WinUI 3 controls. However, if you click on any buttons, nothing happens, because we have not defined any actions, which we will do...
  3. Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22489

    Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22489 to the Dev Channel. TL;DR We are beginning to slowly rollout a new “Your Microsoft account” settings page that will give you quick access to information related to your Microsoft account directly within...
  4. Announcing Windows Community Toolkit v7.1

    Announcing Windows Community Toolkit v7.1 The Windows Community Toolkit has another update filled with improvements and features! We’re thrilled to announce version 7.1 is available today! Made possible again with the support and contributions of our developer community. 🎉 If you are new to the...
  5. Build Cross-Platform applications with WinUI and Uno Platform

    Uno Platform is a free and open-source platform aiming to take WinUI applications built with C# and XAML everywhere. If you are not familiar with WinUI, it is the native UX platform for building Windows applications - you can learn more about it on the Link Removed. With Uno Platform you can...
  6. C#/WinRT Authoring Preview and Updates

    The C#/WinRT team is excited to announce our latest release, which includes a preview of C#/WinRT authoring with the latest C#/WinRT NuGet package, as well as updates to the .NET 5.0 SDK with the .NET February update. Since our last blog post on C#/WinRT v1.0, we have some new features to show...
  7. VIDEO Bring Your AI to Any GPU with DirectML

    In every one of the billion Windows 10 devices worldwide, there is a GPU for accelerating your AI tasks. From photo editing applications enabling new user experiences through AI to tools that help you train machine learning models for your applications with little effort, DirectML accelerates...
  8. Making Win32 APIs More Accessible to More Languages

    Introduction Win32 APIs provide powerful functionality that let you get the most out of Windows in your applications. While these APIs are readily accessible to C and C++ developers, other languages like C# and Rust require wrappers or bindings in order to access these APIs. In C#, this is...
  9. C#/WinRT Version 0.8 and the .NET5 RC2 Release

    We have several important updates to share with the latest release of C#/WinRT. This release is feature complete for consumption scenarios, which means that all features for using our generated Windows SDK projections to call WinRT APIs are now in their final form. We expect C#/WinRT to have...
  10. Introducing WinUI 3 Preview 1

    Today at Microsoft Build 2020 the WinUI team is excited to announce the latest version of WinUI 3 available for public preview: WinUI 3 Preview 1. This preview expands the world of WinUI to an even wider audience of developers – the previously-released WinUI 3 Alpha was only available to UWP app...
  11. Developing for all 1 billion Windows 10 devices and beyond

    This year, Microsoft Build 2020 is a digital-only event that we all get to experience from the comfort of our homes. We hope you enjoy learning about the new features and technologies that matter most to you. Today, I will have the privilege of sharing how developers can build apps for modern...
  12. TraceProcessor 0.3.0

    TraceProcessor version 0.3.0 is now available on NuGet with the following package ID: Microsoft.Windows.EventTracing.Processing.All This release contains some feature additions and bug fixes since version 0.2.0. (A full changelog is below). Basic usage is still the same as in version 0.1.0...
  13. Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 19041 available now!

    Today, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK to be used in conjunction with Link Removed (Build 19041 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 19041 contains bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area. The Preview SDK can be downloaded from the Link Removed. For...
  14. Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 19035 available now!

    Today, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK to be used in conjunction with Link Removed (Build 19035 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 19035 contains bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area. The Preview SDK can be downloaded from Link Removed. For...
  15. Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 19028 available now!

    Today, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK to be used in conjunction with Link Removed (Build 19028 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 19028 contains bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area. The Preview SDK can be downloaded from Link Removed. For...
  16. XAML Islands – A deep dive – Part 2

    Welcome to the 2nd post of our Xaml Islands deep dive adventure! On the first blog post, we talked a little bit about the history of this amazing feature, how the Xaml Islands infrastructure works and how to use it, and also a little bit of how you can leverage binding in your Island controls...
  17. XAML Islands – A deep dive – Part 1

    XAML Islands is a technology that enables Windows developers to use new pieces of UI from the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) on their existing Win32 Applications, including Windows Forms and WPF technologies. This allows them to gradually modernize their apps at their own pace, making use of...
  18. Bringing a modern WebView to your .NET WinForms and WPF Apps

    One of the founding principles of Microsoft Edge is that it is evergreen, with automatic updates to Windows 10 continually refreshing both Microsoft Edge itself and web content throughout Windows 10. However, until recently, WinForms and WPF apps didn’t have access to the Microsoft Edge-powered...
  19. Cognitive Toolkit Model Evaluation in UWP

    We are excited the share with you that Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit (CNTK) 2.1 has added support for model evaluation on UWP applications. This means you can harness the power of deep learning in your Windows apps delivered via the Windows Store! Read on to find out how can infuse your apps with...
  20. Introducing XAML Standard and .NET Standard 2.0

    XAML Standard We are pleased to announce XAML Standard, which is a standards-based effort to unify XAML dialects across XAML based technologies such as UWP and Xamarin.Forms. XAML Standard is a specification that defines a standard XAML vocabulary. With that vocabulary, frameworks that...