At the start of its annual Build Conference, Microsoft sought to showcase applications with artificial intelligence that could tap into services in the internet "cloud" and even take advantage of computing power in nearby machines.
Developers can also publish to new channels including Bing, Cortana and Skype for Business, and implement Microsoft's payment request API for fast and easy checkout in their bots.
Microsoft originally had a goal to get Windows 10 running on more than 1 billion devices by 2018, but then the company had to revise that goal since it was way too ambitious.
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These apps will soon appear in a new discover apps experience within Microsoft Teams, which is now available in the developer preview but will soon roll our to all users.For the cloud, the vendor said developers and ISVs who host their production SaaS applications on Microsoft Azure and sign up through the Azure website could now have their apps' data and workflow automatically extended to authorized Office 365 customers through standard connectors for PowerApps and Microsoft Flow.
Day One was defintely developer heavy and Office focused, and Day Two is shaping up to continue the trend but with a eye on some actual Windows development as well.
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The Azure SQL Database improvements include a new Managed Instance private preview, general availability of Threat Detection and preview of Graph support, general availability of Visual Studio 2017 for Mac, support for containers and increased DocuSign support. While Microsoft focused on the cloud, AI, and its various database and developer offerings yesterday, the software giant will reveal its plans for the future of Windows 10 today. The user-experience is going to span across all devices, he said as he announced that Microsoft's Windows has now reached 500 million Windows 10 monthly active devices. And those are people that third-party developers can now target through the use of the newly released Cortana Skills Kit preview.
The company basically gave developers the ability to create skills - or even port existing Amazon Alexa skills - over to Microsoft's platform. This should drastically improve Cortana and make any upcoming Cortana hardware more useful. The firm also pledged to roll out Cortana in all its products including Xbox, Windows, Bing and Office.
In another move that is bound to get developers salivating, Microsoft launched its Visual Studio coding platform for Mac.
Nadella urged developers to use technology for people's empowerment.
The company has already taken the first steps in bringing artificial intelligence to Windows 10 via Cortana, their AI-based virtual assistant.
Microsoft research has gone deep into areas such as machine learning, speech recognition, and enabling machines to recognize what they "see". Microsoft also has some information avaialble about its Build 2017 announcements on its news hub.
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