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New Tools in Windows Device Portal for the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update
In the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, Device Portal now offers several new tools from across Windows to help you location test your UWP, explore Mixed Reality, build new hardware peripherals and test your app's new installation It’s a little… Read more
Using your ad units correctly when you have multiple store apps
As we had blogged earlier, ad unit performance has a direct correlation with the application category and the users targeted by the Having an ad unit associated with multiple store applications leads to ambiguity, which can result in improper ad… Read more
Xbox Live Creators Program Is Now Live!
Back in March, we revealed the Xbox Live Creators Today, we’re excited to announce that any developer can now directly publish their games to Xbox One and Windows We’ve already had some great games published during the preview program (check… Read more
Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 16257 and Mobile Emulator Build 15235 Released
Today, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK and the Mobile Emulator to be used in conjunction with Windows 10 Insider Preview (Build 16257 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 16257 contains bug fixes and under development changes… Read more
Windows Subsystem for Linux on Windows Server
The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is available in Windows Insider builds of Windows Now developers and application administrators can run tools they use in Linux environments alongside Cmd and If you want to jump straight in, the installation guide… Read more
Creating Materials and Lights in the Visual Layer
In today’s post, we’re going wrap up this series by combining everything we’ve learned so far and take you through the steps in creating a custom We also have an amazing new tool to show you that empowers anyone to… Read more
Configure your app to start at log-in
For a long time, desktop PC users have been able to configure Win32 apps to start at startup or user This has also been possible for Desktop Bridge apps since the Windows 10 Anniversary Update (). We've now extended this… Read more
How to Restart your App Programmatically
For some apps (especially games) it is not uncommon for the app to get into a state where it needs to restart – perhaps after a license update, after installing downloadable content, its caches have become corrupt or unwieldy, or… Read more
Windows Store: video trailers, improved Store listings, advanced sales, and other new capabilities
At Build 2017, the Windows Store announced the initial availability of several Today, I want to share with you that all accounts have access to these features: More ways to promote your apps and drive user acquisition Create more engaging… Read more