{"id":223,"date":"2014-12-11T06:04:15","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T06:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/bharry\/2014\/12\/11\/microsoft-acquires-hockeyapp\/"},"modified":"2024-03-13T11:32:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T18:32:44","slug":"microsoft-acquires-hockeyapp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/microsoft-acquires-hockeyapp\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft acquires HockeyApp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m excited to announce our acquisition of <a href=\"http:\/\/hockeyapp.net\/features\/\">HockeyApp<\/a> \u2013 the next step in our journey to turn <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visualstudio.com\/en-us\/explore\/application-insights-vs.aspx\">Application Insights<\/a> into the best tool in the world for helping you get insight into your applications.\u00a0 With HockeyApp we add great support for mobile devices, allowing you see more of your application and helping you answer: 1) Is my application available\/reliable? 2) Is my application performing? 3) Is my application succeeding \u2013 allowing my users to accomplish what they intend and delivering on my business goals?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/12\/1425.image_thumb_7B240298.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15662\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/12\/1425.image_thumb_7B240298.png\" alt=\"Image 1425 image thumb 7B240298\" width=\"804\" height=\"634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/12\/1425.image_thumb_7B240298.png 804w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/12\/1425.image_thumb_7B240298-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/12\/1425.image_thumb_7B240298-768x606.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>HockeyApp brings a fantastic solution for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Crash reporting \u2013 <\/b>Fast and precise crash reporting with easy app integration, rich crash analysis and support for connecting directly to existing workflows and bug tracking systems.<\/li>\n<li><b>Distribution and feedback \u2013<\/b> Beta distribution and built-in user feedback system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And HockeyApp provides fantastic support for mobile platforms \u2013 iOS, Android and Windows Phone.<\/p>\n<p>In the coming months, we will integrate this into our overall Application Insights offering to provide you a 360 degree view of your applications.\u00a0 While that happens, the existing HockeyApp product continues to be available, exactly as before and we\u2019ll ensure that customers have a great experience as we evolve HockeyApp and Application Insights together.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been around long enough to know that some people will ask \u201cDoes this mean iOS and Android support in HockeyApp will become second class and ultimately be deprecated?\u201d\u00a0 I answer emphatically \u201cNo, it does not mean that!\u201d.\u00a0 The primary reason for us to acquire HockeyApp is to add an industry leading Android and iOS solution and to bring in critical iOS and Android talent and experience.\u00a0 We have committed to supporting all the major mobile platforms as first class citizens.\u00a0 You can see proof points in this ranging from great Office support for Android and iOS to new developer innovations \u2013 like our partnership with Xamarin, Cordova tooling, our recently announced Android emulator, cross platform C++ support with Clang and LLVM, Azure support for Linux, our recent announcement of open sourcing the .NET server framework and our commitment to Linux and iOS support, and I could go on.\u00a0 It\u2019s not one or two things \u2013 it\u2019s a consistent pattern of embracing open source and the multi-platform, multi-device reality.<\/p>\n<p>So expect our Application Insights support for Android, iOS, Linux, Java, Azure and the family of Windows devices to all be first class.\u00a0 That\u2019s my commitment to you.<\/p>\n<p>I encourage you to try out <a href=\"http:\/\/hockeyapp.net\/features\/\">HockeyApp<\/a> now.\u00a0 You can <a href=\"https:\/\/rink.hockeyapp.net\/registrations\/new\">get started for free<\/a>.\u00a0 You can also <a href=\"http:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/documentation\/articles\/app-insights-get-started\/\">get started<\/a> with Application Insights today.<\/p>\n<p>I am excited to welcome the HockeyApp team into our family and to take this next step in providing the best development tools on the planet \u2013 to <strong>all<\/strong> developers.\u00a0 Try it out; 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