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Preview UWP support for .NET 9
Sergio Pedri
Sergio Pedri
Sep 11, 2024

Modernize your UWP app with preview UWP support for .NET 9 and Native AOT

We’re introducing the initial preview UWP (Universal Windows Platform) support for .NET 9, providing a path for existing UWP developers to modernize their ...

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Windows Community Toolkit Turns 8 Years Old!
Michael Hawker
Michael Hawker
Aug 22, 2024

Announcing Windows Community Toolkit v8.1

Announcing Windows Community Toolkit v8.1 We're happy to announce that version 8.1 is available today! It's a minor update which contains a variety of new ...

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Michael Hawker
Michael Hawker
Sep 7, 2023

Announcing Windows Community Toolkit v8.0

Announcing Windows Community Toolkit v8.0 🎉🎉🎉 It's here! The Windows Community Toolkit is back with a huge update with an array of improvements and ...

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Michael Hawker
Michael Hawker
Aug 23, 2023

Windows Community Toolkit 8.0 Pre-release

The Windows Community Toolkit 8.0 Pre-release We're thrilled to announce the first official pre-release packages for the Windows Community Toolkit 8.0 have...

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Sergio Pedri
Sergio Pedri
Jun 27, 2023

Microsoft Store Open Source Series — AppServices library

Looking for ways to empower your UWP app beyond what you thought was possible? Today, we're going to show you how to leverage the AppServices library we ...

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A wallpaper showing the Microsoft Store channel on Discord, with some messages from Store team engineers greeting everyone
Sergio Pedri
Sergio Pedri
Jun 15, 2023

Introducing the Microsoft Store channel on Discord

This post was co-authored with Priyanka Gupta Kankane ( on Discord), Senior Program Manager in the Microsoft Store services team. We are excited to announce ...

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Michael Hawker
Michael Hawker
Apr 20, 2023

The Windows Community Toolkit 2023 Update

It's been a pretty busy year for the Windows Community Toolkit (WCT), even though you may not realize it! We wanted to share what we've been working on, why...

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Michael Hawker
Michael Hawker
Nov 9, 2022

Windows Community Toolkit Labs Experiments are Here!

In this post, we talk about the new Windows Community Toolkit Labs and some initial experiments that we're looking for feedback on.

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Michael Hawker
Michael Hawker
Jul 20, 2022

Announcing the Windows Community Toolkit Labs!

In this post, we talk about the new Community Toolkit Labs for Windows as the future starting point for components in the Windows Community Toolkit.

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