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Microsoft Store Open Source Series — AppServices library

June 27, 2023 Jun 27, 2023 06/27/23

Sergio Pedri

(image) 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 ...

Introducing the Microsoft Store channel on Discord

June 15, 2023 Jun 15, 2023 06/15/23

Sergio Pedri

(image) 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 ...

The Windows Community Toolkit 2023 Update

April 20, 2023 Apr 20, 2023 04/20/23

Michael Hawker

(image) 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 ...

Leveraging trimming to make the Microsoft Store faster and reduce its binary size

June 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 06/30/22

Sergio Pedri

In this post, we will talk about how we restructured our codebase to minimize our use of reflection and to enable trimming, making the Microsoft Store faster and reducing its binary size

The journey of moving from C++/WinRT to C# in the Microsoft Store

May 20, 2022 May 20, 2022 05/20/22

Sergio Pedri

In this post, we will talk about the journey we did to port the APIs to access Windows Package Manager in the Microsoft Store from C++/WinRT to C#

Building Your First UWP Application

October 20, 2021 Oct 20, 2021 10/20/21

Zachary Teutsch

This article walks through getting setup with Universal Windows Platform development and showcases how to build a fun Soundboard starter application.

Build ML powered experiences with Windows Machine Learning (WinML) and Intelligent APIs!

October 19, 2021 Oct 19, 2021 10/19/21

Amrutha Srinivasan

This article introduces Windows Machine Learning, an API for machine learning model inference on Windows, and then talks about a new initiative called Intelligent APIs that aims to make it easier to integrate ML workloads into modern day applications.

WinUI Desktop Unit Tests

May 26, 2021 May 26, 2021 05/26/21

Alexandre Zollinger Chohfi

Lets jump straight into how to create a Unit Test project for WinUI Desktop, using MSTest!

Windows Community Toolkit for the Windows App SDK

April 1, 2021 Apr 1, 2021 04/1/21

Michael Hawker

We've shipped the Windows Community Toolkit for Project Reunion 0.5! Find out how to get started now!

Creating a Windows Service with C#/.NET5

February 10, 2021 Feb 10, 2021 02/10/21

Alexandre Zollinger Chohfi

Lets create a simple app with C#/NET5 and see how we can register it as a Windows Service, logging information into the Windows Event Viewer, and moving some files around based on the outputs of a Machine Learning Model.

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