Joshua Chini

I had the opportunity to attend the Microsoft BUILD conference in Seattle last week and wanted to capture all the notes I had taken while I was there. I have broken the notes into 5 categories. There was over 300 sessions so there was a lot more covered that I didn’t have the opportunity to attend, but Microsoft has posted all of the sessions online over on Channel 9. There are also a lot of great blog post that highlight the big announcements at BUILD which I include in the resource section at the end.

.NET

• .NET Standard 2.0 preview
• .NET Core 2.0 preview
• ASP.NET Core 2.0 preview
• Visual Studio 2017 Update 3 preview
• Code Style Enhancements
• Visual Studio for Mac is GA
• Entity Framework Core 2.0 preview
• C# Roadmap Further Detailed

Xamarin

• 5 GB install vs 30+ GB
• 6 mins to first app run
• XAML Standard 1.0 announced
• Xamarin Live Player announced enables debugging apps without native SDK’s
• Xamarin Cross Linker announced enables much smaller app packages
• Android SDK Manager reduces upgrade pains on the build server
• Android LLVM support for higher performance during debugging
• Xamarin Embedding allows Xamarin components to be used by any native code base including Objective C, Swift, Java, and C++.
• Android Material Design Support

Azure

• Mobile Apps for Android and iOS to manage your Azure resources
• Azure Cloud Shell Command Line in both the web interface and the mobile app
• Serverless with Azure Functions becomes a lot easier to manage and debug
• Container Service and Orchestration is GA
• Cosmos DB Announced
• Fully Managed Paas offerings for MySQL and PostgreSQL
• Azure Mobile Center improvements
• Streams greatly enhanced with object recognition, people identification, transcripts, and translations
• Cloud Debugging
  • Application Insights improvements
  • 4 Network Troubleshooting Tools available
  • Snapshot Debugging in Visual Studio in preview

Cognitive Services

• Cortana Skills Kit
• Bot Framework Improvements
• Custom Vision Service
• QnA Maker
• Video Indexer
• Custom Decision Service
• Bing Custom Search

Windows

• Microsoft Graph and Cortana are the primary service supporting the new Windows features
• OneDrive Selective Sync
• Cloud Clipboard
• Story Remix
• Intelligent Meetings with Teams, Skype, and Outlook
• New UX with Adaptive Cards
• New Windows Mixed Reality Development tools and hardware

Resources

• BUILD 2017 Conference Rollup for .NET Developers
• Announcing New Innovations to Help Every Developer Achieve More with Microsoft Azure
• All Things Mobile at Microsoft Build
• Windows is home for developers with Windows 10 Fall Creators Update
• Cortana Skills Kit empowers developers to build intelligent experiences for millions of users
• Microsoft Build 2017: Redefining Business with AI and My New Role
• Visual Studio for Mac: now generally available
• Office at Build 2017—announcing new opportunities for developers
• Microsoft extends Azure managed database services with introduction of MySQL and PostgreSQL
• A technical overview of Azure Cosmos DB
• At Build, Microsoft expands its Cognitive Services collection of intelligent APIs