Microsoft Build 2021 is the biggest event for developers across the globe. The event offers developers a platform to hear about the latest innovations, learn new skills, and connect with the community. Developers and IT professionals from all over the world came together to discuss innovative and creative ideas on a common platform and how they can embrace new technology to bring change.
We have summarized the conference to highlight various announcements.
Helping Developers Build Windows 10 apps
Microsoft Build 2021 revealed the Project Reunion 0.8 at this year’s conference to bring in .NET 5 support and better WinUI 3 and WebView2. The Project Reunion helps create a support system for developers to build Windows 10 apps.
Enhancing the support for WebView2 and WinUI will integrate the latest technologies enabling developers to access the Edge rendering engine for web-based content. Besides, taking .NET 5 into account for apps will aid developers in using Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Windows Forms applications. Likewise, its Project Reunion 0.8 will help in unifying the development process across Win32 and UWP apps.
Enabling Edge to become the best browser
Microsoft Build 2021 announced that its updated Edge 91 is the best performing browser on Windows 10. The performance is attributed to the Startup boost and Sleeping tabs.
Startup boost launches Edge faster by running processes in the background without consuming system resources. Sleeping tabs can free up the unused tabs and save up to 82 percent of memory. It put ads to sleep for saving memory when the tabs are opened but remain unused in the background. Microsoft claims that the recent updates in its browser can instantly save resources.
Since the last year’s Build, the company made 5300 commits, rolled out WebView2, PWAs to the Chromium project.
Microsoft Teams for Collaborative Apps
The company announced that the developers can now access Microsoft APIs, the Team Store, and the tools to create collaborative apps.
The new developments will also enable developers to automate the start and end of events or sessions, including getting a reminder to assign a task as a session comes to an end. They can also use tools such as translation, note-taking, and real-time transcription. Moreover, the company gives complete control to IT administrators and empowers them to decide how they want their apps to use these resources.
Launching Windows Package Manager
The company would launch its Windows Package Manager 1.0, enabling users to install and uninstall packages and applications on Windows 10 seamlessly. This is a great tool for the IT admin department across organizations as they control and manage several computers at a time.
Revealing Use of OpenAI’s GPT-3
Microsoft Build 2021 proclaimed in the digital conference that it had bought a license to access OpenAI’s GPT-3 AI language generator last year and revealed the processes for building its Power Apps that allow users to create apps without knowing the formulas or code.
Offering Linux GUI apps on Top of Windows
The company also announced that it‘s Linux GUI applications would be available in the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2. It allows developers to run graphical applications built for Linux. The apps are installed to the start menu and launched with a click across all Windows PCs.
Teasing the Future of Windows
The CEO of Microsoft, Satya Nadella, had the biggest announcement in the event. He indicated a significant update during his keynote. He quoted, “the company will share one of the most significant updates to Windows of the past decade.” He further said that he is extremely thrilled for the next generation windows and couldn’t wait for others to use them.
He ended his keynote by promising people to offer more chances for every Windows developer, and he is more than ready to welcome innovative and new ideas from people. He aims to make and open the platform for people to develop, distribute, and encash opportunities.
