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Microsoft Will Open Source the Windows App SDK — Just Don't Ask About When as "this isn’t a flip-the-switch moment, it’s a deliberate process"

Microsoft has published an article on Github detailing its plans to open source the Windows App SDK. Beth Pan, a software engineer on the Windows App SDK team at Microsoft, announced the plans in a ...
TechRepublic

Microsoft Unveils AI-Powered Windows Features for Developers

Microsoft’s Build 2026 Windows updates add developer setup tools, local AI models, Linux workflows, and agent security controls. Windows is getting a major developer-focused upgrade as Microsoft ...
Visual Studio Magazine

WinUI 3 Gallery 2.9 Highlights Windows App SDK 2.0 for App Developers

Microsoft has released WinUI 3 Gallery 2.9, positioning the update as the first version of the Gallery built on Windows App SDK 2.0. The Gallery is Microsoft's sample and reference app for WinUI 3 ...
The Verge

Microsoft needs Windows developers like never before

This new Windows AI push needs developers on board for it to truly work. This new Windows AI push needs developers on board for it to truly work. is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who ...
InfoWorld

Making Windows a developer platform, again

Microsoft has been rethinking its commitment to Windows for a while now, with Insider builds of the operating system showing a swing away from web-based user experiences and back to native code. That ...