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 features. We're happy to announce that version 8.0 is available today! Made possible again with the support and contributions of our developer community. 🎉 If you're new to the Toolkit, the Windows ...
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 been released to NuGet.org! 🎉🎉🎉 This blog is going to provide a brief overview of how to get started using these preview packages and how to provide feedback. This has been a culmination...
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 built for the Microsoft Store to unlock the power of Win32 APIs. Plus, we have a new source generator which makes using app services a piece of cake! 🍰 This is part of our new "Microsoft Sto...
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 the launch of the channel on Discord, a dedicated space where you can connect, engage, and share feedback on everything related to the Microsoft Store app, website, Partner Center, MSIX pac...
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 it's important, where things are at, and how you can help! If you're new to the Toolkits, you can find an introduction video to them here. In 2022, we announced the Windows Community Too...
