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Microsoft announced the general availability of .NET 7 at its .NET Conf 2022 virtual event. The latest version of the open-source software development platform brings performance enhancements, container and cloud-native tools, and improvements to .NET libraries and frameworks. “.NET 7 brings your apps increased performance and new features for C# 11/F# 7, .NET MAUI, ASP.NET…

GitHub announced yesterday that it’s bringing the AI-powered Copilot coding assistant to business customers. The pair programming tool has been available for individuals since June, and the new offering will help larger teams of developers to improve their speed and productivity. With this release, enterprise customers will be able to purchase and manage GitHub Copilot…

There is little doubt Microsoft is a developer company. There is, however, serious doubt about Microsoft being a company which supports indie app developers. The demise of UWP and its confusing twists and turns is no secret and is now old news. As that news was bouncing around the Microsoft blogs, UWP developers’ dedication was…

Microsoft’s new MSIX unified packaging format promises to make it easier to bring legacy apps to the Store, even if you don’t have access to the app’s source code. In this Ask the Admin, I’ll explore how MSIX differs from existing tech, like the Desktop Bridge.

Joseph Finney explains why there are so few popular desktop apps in the Windows app store.

Microsoft has intensified its competition with Slack by making the Teams platform more attractive for developers. New Bots and deep link capabilities are now available. Meantime, Microsoft also says that they will enable Teams for all Office 365 business tenants.

Microsoft updates TypeScript language to 2.0. It’s an open-source superset of JavaScript, but said to be easier to use, more productive, create more reliable code, and compile down to standard JavaScript. Version 2.0 adds features such as non-nullable types and expanded control flow analysis. Plus tagged unions, the never type, this types for functions, and of course glob support…

Microsoft HoloLens is now available to all. Redmond wants more businesses and developers to get going with its augmented-reality Windows headset. No longer do you need an invitation. And along with the latest build of Windows 10 come a container-load of new, enterprisey features. But it may (or may not) still cost $3000. In today’s IT Newspro, we mow the lawn like it’s 1992…

Microsoft’s Windows Store is seeing new signs of life with increased activity from developers and consumers are buying more apps too.