Windows 10 Anniversary Update became available

At 20:00 Moscow time, the assembly of Windows 10 1607 aka Anniversary Update became available.
More information about updates for the average user can be found in this article .

• download Windows 10 Anniversary Update (if you have an MSDN subscription)
• download official ESD-image from Microsoft servers by reference
• after some time, the update will be available in Media Creation Tool

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What's new for the developer at the time of this update:
- the ability to use Bash in the Windows environment
- possibility to add API from UWP to your classic Windows application
- the ability to publish applications for XBOX ONE and Hololens
- .NET Core 1.0.0 and Visual Studio Code
- Visual Studio 15 Preview 3

Ability to use Bash in a Windows environment

Now manage your Linux-machines from under Windows will become easier thanks to the support of Bash.
Linux-specific tools for developing and creating projects will become available.
It may have been possible to launch some Linux applications and even the Ubuntu Unity desktop shell on Windows .

Ability to add API to your classic Windows application from UWP

Thanks to Project Centennial, it became available to convert your classic application and use all APIs from the Universal Windows Platform. Then you can publish this application in the Windows Store.
Examples from the new API can be found here .

Detailed conversion instructions are available here .

The ability to publish applications for XBOX ONE and Hololens

Now you can add XBOX One support for your UWP application.
The application may be available for XBOX with a special mark in the Windows Store.
detailed instructions

.NET Core 1.0.0 and Visual Studio Code

A new set of cross-platform API called .NET Core has received a stable release.
Together with Visual Studio Code, they are in fact already mature enough to develop programs and web applications.
It is worth noting that thanks to Visual Studio Code, you can now write programs from under Linux / Mac for Windows.

Visual Studio 15 Preview 3

In the new preview version , even more software constructs from C # 7 have become available.
You can read about C # 7 in this article .