Thursday 7 April 2016

Microsoft Build Conference 2016 Recap

Microsoft Build Conference - 2016

Like every year, once again Microsoft brought amazing and exciting stuffs at their developer event Build Conference, took place few weeks back. For three days, new and innovative technologies and tools were demonstrated by the Microsoft team. 

Some highlighting technologies introduced at the Build were:

Bots, Bots and Bots

Microsoft brought an idea of AI Bots that would be able to give feedback of our input and provide us assistance digitally. A very good example of this is the Cortana which is now integrated in Skype and soon will be integrated in other services like XBOX. 

Windows 10 Anniversary Update

A whole new cumulative update is yet to come to in our Windows 10 which will bring fingerprint authentication and UWP for different applications. It is also announced that new features will also be added to the Edge browser. But the most amazing feature that was demonstrated was Windows Ink. Which will be able to draw drawings and point of interests on the map in real time using pen powered apps.

Linux CMD in Windows 10

Its true, Yes, Windows users will now be able to use Linux command line. Its simple, Windows now supporting Linux by using native Ubuntu binaries on Windows 10. 

Hololens for Developers

For the developers, Microsoft has started shipping Hololens which is a good step towards developing apps for Hololens. At Build, one Hololens app was displayed demonstrating the medical inspection of the human body.