The Microsoft Build 2017 Recap: What To Expect When You’re Expecting Windows
by Brett Howse on May 19, 2017 8:00 AM ESTFirst Thoughts
Build continues to be one of the most important events for Microsoft for the year, and this year there was plenty of announcements for what’s coming this year for Windows, Azure, and more. There are plenty of chances for developers to make their impact, with a surge in computing devices available now. Phones, PCs, tablets, Xbox, IoT, and other devices are permeating the world we live in, and Microsoft is hoping to not only provide devices, but to also power cloud connections through Azure, and they continuously update their tools to enabled developers to do more.
On the Windows front, there is plenty to look forward to this year. The Fall Creators Update is going to bring some excellent additions to Windows, after the Creators Update which just came out was a more muted release. OneDrive Files on Demand, Linux Subsystem updates, and more apps finding their way to the store thanks to the help of the Desktop Bridge for Windows should provide pretty much anyone with something to look forward to.
Microsoft also announced quite a few updates to their developer tools, and they continue to expand their cross-platform capabilities after the purchase of Xamarin last year. Visual Studio Mobile Center was announced, Project Rome to add the Microsoft Graph to apps, and a Xamarin Live Player was announced which lets you deploy, run, test, and debug iOS apps from a Windows PC.
Windows is not the dominant platform it once was, but with Azure, Office 365, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and more, Microsoft still has plenty of platforms to target. Windows has a diminished role in the world of 2017, but Windows 10 is running on over 500 million devices, and if Microsoft can ever get developers to embrace the store, they should have an easier time in the future with updating the base frameworks.
This looks to be another exciting year to keep track of what’s coming out of Redmond.
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Alexvrb - Sunday, May 21, 2017 - link
Only issue I ran into with CU was on an HP laptop I was working with... Synaptics fingerprint reader stopped working. Since HP is terrible about releasing even semi-current drivers, I grabbed a "Lenovo" driver for the Synaptics reader, and it works great. No issues with audio or wifi on any tested device thankfully. Even on my desktop which has a SB Zx, Creative's latest drivers are shockingly still working.Audio issues seem to mostly be resolved via driver updates... the wifi issue some people are seeing on Intel controllers I hope will be solved by a driver update or OS patch in the near future as well.
jardows2 - Monday, May 22, 2017 - link
Disable WMM Power save support in your AP. That'll fix your problem.Gothmoth - Friday, May 19, 2017 - link
"Windows is not the dominant platform it once was"you mean on the desktop or overall?
i would like to know what OS should have threatened the windows dominance?
linux is still creeping around 2-4% on the desktop... OSX sure has not made a big jump.
so what has diminished the windows dominance on the desktop?
Gothmoth - Friday, May 19, 2017 - link
https://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-ma...that is pretty much the same as every marketshare analysis says.
nathanddrews - Friday, May 19, 2017 - link
That moment when Windows 8.1 has more share than Linux and MacOS combined...close - Friday, May 19, 2017 - link
Don't worry, things will change now that MS is planning to distribute Linux images in their store. Finally, the year of Linux might be upon us and it will be MS's doing :D.StevoLincolnite - Saturday, May 20, 2017 - link
That's the spirit! Never loose faith that Linux might have some market relevancy one day.close - Saturday, May 20, 2017 - link
Every next year is the year of Linux. You should know that by now :).mkozakewich - Tuesday, May 23, 2017 - link
Linux is useless for people who aren't familiar with the command line. Because of that, I expect it'll never become much more popular than it is now.close - Friday, May 19, 2017 - link
When you used to say "on desktop" it usually meant "on client devices" (basically desktop PCs and laptops). Today you're in the mobile age. Phones, tablets, even the device definition is blurred. Some phones and tablets are more or less fully fledged PCs right now). So it's hard not to consider the "overall" ecosystem now.