
Microsoft Build 2023 – Takeaways from Offline Sessions and Experience
Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on reddit At the end of May, I had the tremendous opportunity to attend Microsoft Build 2023, the premiere developer conference from Microsoft. This year it finally returned to a fully hybrid form, and I was lucky enough to be there in person in Seattle. While most of the sessions were aired live so everyone could watch them online, some remained in-person only – and I would love to share a few with you today! Microsoft Build Q&A sessions The most valuable sessions I have attended this year at Build were the Q & A sessions, which were unfortunately in-person only. These were held in small rooms for about 30 attendees each, with the team members behind a featured product answering questions from the audience. I attended four of these in total. Microsoft Store Q&A In the Microsoft Store Q&A session, the developers explained how they strive to make the Store app the best showcase of Windows app development by adding beautiful (but at the same time meaningful) animations and transitions throughout the product and trying to include a wide range of available APIs. It was surprising to hear that the Store itself does