Build 2013Event Pre-Briefing
Tim O’BrienGM, Developer & Platform EvangelismMicrosoft @_TimOBrien
Goals for Today
Frame our core platform strategy
Set context for Build this week
Answer questions
Devices
Services
device/service
client/server
devices
Developing for Windows 8
Touch-first experience
Integrated store
Existing skills, code
Apps
XAMLC
C++C#
Visual Basic
HTML
JavaScript
WinRTWindows 8
Developing for Windows 8
Windows 8 in the EnterpriseForrester
12%26%
12%5%
2%32%
Current work tablet
Desired next work tablet
200 million global information workers would like to use a Microsoft Windows tablet for work
Shared core with Windows 8
Common programming model
Skills portability
Consistent user experience
Differentiated Apps *Cross-platform gaming available with select titles and requires compatible devices
Live Tiles
Live Lock Screen
Lens Apps
Integrated Wallet
Xbox Games*
Experiences across devices
services
300+ petabytes of data
400 millionactive email accounts
250 millionactive customers
200+ servicesonline 24x7
2 billionminutes per day
Windows in the cloud
public cloud
private cloud
hybrid cloud
.NET
Hyper-V
Visual Studio
System Center
Active Directory
Blob storage
Caching
Tables Identity
Media
Service bus
HDInsight
Traffic
Networking
CDN
Integration
Analytics
Open Platform
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Programming skillsDevelopment tools
Languages, frameworksComponents
Runtimes
Great device experiences …
… powered by services in the cloud
Q&A
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