Our first episode covering Build 2016. Be gentle…

Show Notes

Windows

• Windows 10 Anniversary Update
• 270 Million Installs of Windows 10
• Windows Hello Brings Biometric Security to Apps and Microsoft Edge
• Windows Ink makes the pen a central part of Windows 10
• Facebook, Facebook Messenger and Instagram UWP Apps will soon hit the store
• Run BASH natively on Windows 10
• Action Centre in the Cloud
  • Android notifications will be available on Windows 10
• Hosted Web Apps
• Windows 10 added double click support to install .appx packages.
• Desktop App Converter

Visual Studio

• Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 is now available

Cortana Intelligence Suite

• Cortana Integration
  • Extend Cortana with Interactions in UWP apps
• Introducing the Cortana Intelligence Suite and what’s included
  • Bot Framework
  • Cognitive Services

Xamarin

• Free to all Visual Studio customers
• Includes users of the community edition of Visual Studio

Azure

• Azure Functions
• Azure Service Fabric GA
• Document DB announcements
  • Geo-redundant configurations now available
  • Protocol support for MongoDB
• PowerBI Embedded