The opening of the 2015 Build 2015 conference has just ended, where Microsoft annually demonstrates its innovations for developers.

This time, traditionally, it was not without interesting announcements.

Let me remind you that the Build 2015 conference takes place from April 29 to May 1 in San Francisco. For us, the online broadcast of events and recordings is available.
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At the opening, new products were presented in all major areas of the company's product development:

• Microsoft Azure Cloud Technologies
• Visual Studio Development Tools and New Visual Studio Code
• Office products and APIs
• Windows 10 platform and devices

Some announcements have already become a real surprise for developers and are actively discussed on the Internet and communities.

Meet new products and technologies!

New Microsoft Azure Services

A significant part of the opening of the conference was devoted to new cloud services and opportunities.

The developers announced the long-awaited integration with the Docker container. Now you can use Docker not only for Linux, but also for Windows. Regardless of the operating system that you use as a server for your .NET applications, you can debug, customize, and publish projects directly from Visual Studio.



Next, a new Microsoft Azure App Service was demonstrated in action - a service that allows you to deploy and configure virtually any solution or part of it in the cloud, be it a web site, a mobile application backend, a Web API, or integration services for interacting with external systems .



If it is not so easy to surprise the audience with sites and mobile backends in the cloud, then the new Logic Apps deserves the attention of those who create integration solutions. It allows, in visual mode, to customize the integration process, conditions and even match the fields in different systems.



Much attention was paid to the storage, processing and analysis of data. Technologies such as: Azure Data Lake , Azure SQL Data elastic database pools , Azure SQL Data Warehouse were presented.

Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code for OS X, Linux and Windows

Visual Studio is probably the most favorite product of many developers.
Now in the line of this product there is an edition of Visual Studio Code - a cross-platform development environment for working with .NET code under O OS X , Linux and Windows . The development environment is already available for download for free.

The Visual Studio Code has already implemented all the basic features that are present in modern editors, including auto-completion, snippets, and support for popular version control systems. The editor supports several languages ​​and technologies, among them: JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, C # and ASP.NET 5.

Here is the new development environment on OS X and Ubuntu:





Do not forget about Visual Studio for Windows. Already, you can download and install Visual Studio 2015 RC , including, and its free edition of Community Edition.

New API for Office 365

A huge number of people around the world use Microsoft office products. Now developers have new opportunities for integrating their services in Office 365, creating applications or receiving data. You can integrate services into Office 365 using Office Graph or retrieve data for your services through the REST API .

Windows 10 platform and devices

Today, Microsoft has shared its goal - to get one billion devices with installed Windows 10 within two to three years around the world. Immediately after the release of the new operating system, users will be able to upgrade to Windows 10 in the first year absolutely free.

Another news was the emergence of a corporate Windows app store . Now you can customize the store and distribute applications within your company.



The devices on Windows 10 are not only the most personal, but also the most mobile devices that you can use anywhere and in all scenarios. The ability to connect the phone to the monitor and use applications using the keyboard and mouse - erases the line between the phone and the computer.



Microsoft Edge - this is the name of the new browser, which many have already managed to remember under the code name Project Spartan. The new browser can already be found in the latest builds of Windows 10. In addition to increased security and support for web standards, developers have worked to ensure that web surfing is as user friendly as possible. The browser has the ability to create notes, a special mode for reading and integration with the personal assistant Cortana. You can see it in action in this video:



Universal Windows Platform is the official name of the platform for developing client applications for devices on Windows. Everyone is used to the fact that client applications are C # or JavaScript. But Microsoft is expanding the boundaries and now you can create client applications based on a website and use the Windows API in such an application, or even compile and run a Java or C ++ application for Android or XCode on Windows or Windows Phone 10 on Objective C.



About Java and C ++ applications on Windows 10 or Windows Phone 10 is not a joke, but there are no additional technical details on this issue yet. Watch the broadcast and wait for the news.



Windows Holographic is a combination of real-world objects and holograms based on Windows 10. Universal applications for Windows 10 will work on Hololens. By the way, Hololens is a standalone device that does not require communication with a phone or computer.



If you are among the participants in Build 2015, then you will have the opportunity to see the real device with your own eyes and, maybe, even try it. We are waiting for reviews.

Start developing today!

The developers promise that Windows 10 will be released this summer. Windows development tools are updated regularly and you can try them today. By joining the Windows Insider program, you can get the latest versions of Windows 10 and development tools. The new build of Windows 10 will be available today for program members.

At this today's announcements end.

See Build and, of course, come to DevCon , where you will find a lot of information about new technologies in Russian.

useful links

Build 2015 Live Webcast
The official announcement of new products Microsoft Azure
The official announcement of the new Windows 10
Try Microsoft Azure
Get acquainted with the Office Graph API
Download Visual Studio Code for OSX, Linux or Windows
Download Visual Studio 2015 RC Community Edition or Ultimate for Windows