14.34

​#bldwin #Build2015 that’s a warp with some orchestral music. Thanks @duluca @sahllt @wynv

**14.27**

Holographic pathfinding

![IMG_20150429_112641566](http://i0.wp.com/www.techtalkdc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_20150429_112641566.jpg?resize=660%2C495)
**14.24**

​#bldwin #Build2015 Microsoft HoloLens is completely untethered.

**14.14**

​#bldwin #Build2015 Microsoft brings the mouse to the real world!

**14.12**

​#bldwin #Build2015 Mixed reality reinvents productivity.

**14.12**

All universal apps scale to any size on the Windows Holographic platform.

![IMG_20150429_111126993](http://i1.wp.com/www.techtalkdc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_20150429_111126993.jpg?resize=660%2C495)
**14.08**

​#bldwin #Build2015 New SKU? Windows Holographic.

**14.07**

​#bldwin #Build2015 Windows Holographic platform is annouced.

**14.05**

​#bldwin #Build2015 Alex Kipmann is out to show HoloLens.

**14.05**
![IMG_20150429_110447736](http://i2.wp.com/www.techtalkdc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_20150429_110447736.jpg?resize=660%2C495)
**14.04**

​#bldwin #Build2015 Are phones the next laptops thanks to Continuum?

**14.01**

​#bldwin #Build2015 One last thing: Continuum comes to phones, which looks like a Windows PC if connected to a TV. Giving you full blown Office apps and more.

**13.57**

​#bldwin #Build2015 Continuum allows for the best UX in whatever form factor of device you’re using with Windows.

**13.55**

​#bldwin #Build2015 Microsoft Edge can run Chrome extensions with little change.

**13.53**

Build2015 #bldwin Project Spartan is now called Microsoft Edge. Utilizing Web extensions and a brand new ‘new tab’ experience.

**13.45**

Build2015 #bldwin New Cortana UX looks amazing.

**13.43**

Build2015 #bldwin The new lockscreen will teach the user about undiscovered features of Windows 10.

**13.39**

Build2015 #bldwin Aero glass is back in Windows 10, so is jump lists.

**13.39**

Build2015 #bldwin Joe Bellfiore is on stage now!

**13.38**
![IMG_20150429_103810401](http://i1.wp.com/www.techtalkdc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_20150429_103810401.jpg?resize=660%2C495)
**13.36**

Build2015 #bldwin Run iOS apps through Visual Studio. Terry Myerson notes that this stuff actually works. Candy Crush saga is on Windows phone through these technologies.

**13.33**

Universal apps go fully universal and embrace Java/C++ and Objective-C #Build2015

![IMG_20150429_103226130](http://i0.wp.com/www.techtalkdc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_20150429_103226130.jpg?resize=660%2C495)
**13.32**

Build2015 #bldwin iOS and Object-C comes to Window. Microsoft is really eager to close that app gap. Code will compile in Visual Studio, in Windows.

**13.30**

Build2015 #bldwin Is this Microsoft’s strategy to close the app gap?

**13.29**

Windows phone runs android apps!

![IMG_20150429_102849057](http://i1.wp.com/www.techtalkdc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_20150429_102849057.jpg?resize=660%2C495)
**13.28**

Build2015 #bldwin Run Android apps with Java/C++ code on Windows.

**13.27**

Build2015 #bldwin Get Win32 and .NET apps through the Windows Store.

**13.24**

Build2015 #bldwin http://aka.ms/vscode Download Visual Studio Code now!

**13.23**

Build2015 #bldwin 4 new ways to build Windows store apps. Web  sites as apps with native features.

**13.20**

Universal Apps get a big boost and use one binary #Build2015

**13.19**

Build2015 #bldwin Universal Apps can cover phones, Windows and TVs with one app.

**13.16**

Build2015 #bldwin Does 1 Billion Windows 10 devices equate to 1 Billion Windows App Store users? That’s the real question.

**13.15**

Build2015 #bldwin Windows 10 is a free upgrade in its first year.Goal is to reach 1 billion devices within a year.

**13.15**
![IMG_20150429_101434424](http://i2.wp.com/www.techtalkdc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_20150429_101434424.jpg?resize=660%2C495)
**13.14**

Build2015 #bldwin Windows Store for Business allows for mixing public apps with LOB apps.

**13.12**

Build2015 #bldwin Windows is the only ecosystem that let’s you bring your apps across to competing devices.

**13.11**

Terry Myerson is on stage, presenting Windows 10…release date soon? #Build2015

![IMG_20150429_100956875](http://i0.wp.com/www.techtalkdc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_20150429_100956875.jpg?resize=660%2C495)
**13.06**

Build2015 Windows 10 is a new generation of Windows.

**13.05**

Build2015 Satya is talking about Windows now, the crowd cheers.

**13.05**

Build2015 Office online has 1.5 Billion users with 470 PB of data, and that is not peanute butter.

**13.04**

There’s going to be an HR inquiry and drug test for all presenters at #Build2015 D:

**13.03**

Build2015 The presenter forgets to disabled notifications and receives Send me the drugs email, pausing things for a moment.

**13.02**

Build2015 That is Office Graph, not Microsoft Graph.

**13.01**

Build2015 Microsoft unifies cloud APIs behind Microsoft Graph to make it really easy to grab data spread across Microsoft services.

**13.00**

Spartan gets screen time at #Build2015.

![IMG_20150429_095941520](http://i1.wp.com/www.techtalkdc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_20150429_095941520.jpg?resize=660%2C495)
**12.58**

Build2015 Project Spartan and Sway in action on stage.

**12.54**

Build2015 keynote phase 2: innovations in Office

![IMG_20150429_095412520](http://i1.wp.com/www.techtalkdc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_20150429_095412520.jpg?resize=660%2C495)
**12.53**

Build2015 That was a like really long, you must use Azure propaganda speach. Satya is back on stage.

**12.44**

Build2015 Azure Data Lake service can store infinite amounts of data.

**12.38**

Build2015 SQL Data Warehouse answers questions pooling data from SQL, No-sql and hadoop data sources.

**12.36**

Build2015 Operationalize machine learning. Now that’s a sentence I love hearing.

**12.36**

Build2015 Switched the live blog to tweet to @techtalkdc.

**12.34**

Build2015 Querying and updating multiple databases is very easy!

**12.29**

Build2015 Elastic database pool allows for isolating customer data while giving the same benefits of hosting a single database.

**12.28**

Build2015 SQL online now support Transparent Data Encryption, Full text search and elastic pool management.

**12.26**

Build2015 SQL on Azure can elastically scale around the world. Takes away all infrastructure concerns, when it comes to maintaining a cloud enabled data store.

**12.22**

Build2015 Microsoft is aiming to build the best in class tools for every developer. 90% of tech companies are now building SaaS apps.

**12.21**

Visual Studio Code is free, available on every major OS, and will be out today! #Build2015

![IMG_20150429_092020391](http://i1.wp.com/www.techtalkdc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_20150429_092020391.jpg?resize=660%2C495)
**12.20**

Build2015 Visual Studio Code will be free. Available to download later today!

**12.19**

Build2015 Azure is the cloud for everyone and Visual Studio Code is the editor for everyone.

**12.19**

Visual Studio for Macs and Linux! #Build2015

![IMG_20150429_091652970](http://i1.wp.com/www.techtalkdc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_20150429_091652970.jpg?resize=660%2C495)
**12.18**

Build2015 Visual Studio Code works on Ubuntu as well!

**12.16**

Build2015 Scott Hanselman announces Visual Studio Code for Mac.

**12.14**

Build2015 Full life cycle right within Visual Studio online, from code, task management, cloud deployment to insight analytics.

**12.13**

Scott Hanselman showing off #DevOps capabilities on Azure #Build2015

![IMG_20150429_091252833](http://i2.wp.com/www.techtalkdc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_20150429_091252833.jpg?resize=660%2C495)
**12.11**

Build2015 Kanban board built into Visual Studio Online.

**12.10**

Build2015 Visual Studio 2015 can run Android emulator with Apache Cordova.

**12.09**

Build2015 Scott Hanselman talks about ASP.NET 5 with Bower and Npm support.

**12.07**

Build2015 Azure App Service supports VPN for Enterprise connectivity to access on premise services and data.

**12.06**

Build2015 Azure App Service allows for .NET, Node.js, Python with Continous Integration and Delivery support.

**12.04**

.NET Core for Linux and OSX! #Build2015

![IMG_20150429_090330547](http://i2.wp.com/www.techtalkdc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_20150429_090330547.jpg?resize=660%2C495)
**12.04**

Build2015 .NET Core RC for Windows and preview for Linux is now available to download.

**12.03**

Build2015 Debug Docker containers from Visual Studio. This is really powerful stuff.

**12.02**

Build2015 Publish Docker containers right within Visual Studio using the Publish command.

**12.01**

Build2015 .NET support in Linux.

**11.58**

Build2015 Mix and match Linux containers with Windows containers. Run any app on any server.

**11.57**

Docker is being supported for both Windows and Linux on Azure #Build2015

![14303229751451596924477](http://i1.wp.com/www.techtalkdc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/14303229751451596924477.jpg?resize=660%2C495)
**11.57**

Build2015 Run any Dockerized Windows application on any server.

**11.55**

Build2015 Docker is a big part of Azure and Windows. Combined with open sourced .NET. Docker is now 2 years old.

**11.52**

Build2015 Azure offers “full spectrum” cloud. 500+ new Azure services delivered in the last year.

**11.51**

Build2015 19 Azure regions beats AWS and Google combined.

**11.50**

Scott Gu is talking about how the mobility of the experience matters more than the mobility of the device #onewindows #Build2015

![14303226161041233335646](http://i0.wp.com/www.techtalkdc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/14303226161041233335646.jpg?resize=660%2C495)
**11.50**

Build2015 Scott Guthrie comes on stage to talk about the Intelligent cloud using Azure.

**11.48**

Build2015 Intelligent cloud, Reinvent business and productivity and more personal computing. The three major platform opportunities.

**11.43**

Build2015 Empower every developer seems to be the main message.

**11.40**

Build2015 Microsoft is a developer and platform company first. What happened to cloud first, mobile first?

**11.39**

IoT + windows holographic

![IMG_20150429_112527221](http://i2.wp.com/www.techtalkdc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_20150429_112527221.jpg?resize=660%2C495)
**11.39**

Build2015 “This conference is all about challenging, learning creativity.”

**11.36**

Build2015 Satya Nadella takes the stage.

**11.36**

@excellaco @techtalkdc #Build2015 The keynote begins, stay tuned for highlights and key takeaways.

**11.31**
**11.29**

bldwin

![IMG_20150429_081704472](http://i1.wp.com/www.techtalkdc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_20150429_081704472.jpg?resize=660%2C495)
**11.28**
![IMG_20150429_081503164](http://i0.wp.com/www.techtalkdc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_20150429_081503164.jpg?resize=660%2C495)
**11.15**

Build2015 #bldwin We are taking our seats at the keynote. Sahil is taking pictures to post on the live blog.

**10.56**
![IMG_20150429_074420367_HDR](http://i1.wp.com/www.techtalkdc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_20150429_074420367_HDR.jpg?resize=660%2C495)#bldwin
**10.55**

bldwin

![image](http://i1.wp.com/www.techtalkdc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/image.jpg?resize=660%2C495)
**10.52**

bldwin

![IMG_20150429_074415156](http://i0.wp.com/www.techtalkdc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_20150429_074415156.jpg?resize=660%2C495)
**00.49**

I wonder what the mystery annoucement from tomorrow is going to be. There are several sessions that are omminously named. #bldwin

**00.39**

Getting ready for tomorrow’s keynote at 8:30am Pacific Time.

**14.17**

bldwin We are done. Follow me for more updates throughout the day.

**14.15**

bldwin. With #Xamarin your Windows Universal apps can work on iOS and Android.

**14.11**

bldwin. Offline support using IndexedDB for Windows apps.

**14.05**

bldwin. Run Java on Azure.

**14.01**

bldwin. Windows Common Core enables consistent experiences across PC, Phone, Tablet and Xbox.

**13.46**

bldwin. GeoFencing on phone with Live Tile updates is a great feature on the upcoming FourSquare app.

**13.43**

bldwin. Microsoft demos remote control coding live on stage.

**13.40**

bldwin. Microsoft is talking up apps on Windows. New Flipboard app for Windows Phone looks fantastic!

**13.32**

bldwin. WebMap v2 transforms old WinForms apps to cloud enabled HTML5 apps, even enabling the creation of mobile apps.

**13.27**

bldwin. Microsoft is trying to reassure everyone that WPF is still a viable app dev platform.

**13.21**

bldwin. @StevenGuggs is on stage now.

**13.11**

bldwin. Azure Portal makes the financial ramifications of scaling up very clear and scales up your memory+cpu with one click.

**13.08**

bldwin. Microsoft goes too far and puts Visual Studio lite in the new Azure Portal

**13.05**

bldwin. New Azure Portal integrates App Insights.

**13.01**

bldwin. New Azure Portal exposes real-time billing data with burn rates and lots of details.

**12.58**

bldwin. The New Azure Portal dashboard is your cloud start screen on steroids.

**12.54**

bldwin. Microsoft announces the .Net Foundation www.dotnetfoundation.org

**12.52**

bldwin. Rosyln works with Mono on MacOS as well.

**12.50**

bldwin. @ahejlsberg Adds French quote support to C# on stage.

**12.48**

bldwin. @Resharper must be forking the Roslyn repo right now.

**12.46**

bldwin. @ahejlsberg Roslyn .Net Compiler Platform is now open sourced live on stage.

**12.44**

bldwin. @ahejlsberg announced preview availability of Roslyn compiler features with live code compilation in Visual Studio.

**12.39**

bldwin. SQL self service restore automatically backups your database by default, so you can roll back to a time of day in the past month.

**12.28**

bldwin. Deploy your @Xamarin app to iPhone simulator from Visual Studio.

**12.20**

bldwin. User Azure mobile services as the backend of your app no matter what platform your app is on.

**12.18**

bldwin. Broadcast notifications to millions of users on Azure.

**12.16**

bldwin. Free SSL certificate on Azure Web Sites.

**12.13**

bldwin. @mkristensen talks about WebJobs on Azure, where even a command line app can be used to run long running jobs on your website.

**12.11**

bldwin. @mkristensen talks about Staging on Azure with one click swap deploy to production.

**12.08**

bldwin. @mkristensen on stage demoing two-way BrowserLink, you can modify your HTML, CSS or JS directly from browser dev tools!

**12.03**

bldwin. Azure AutoScale helps save money by spinning down unneeded servers, and meets demand by automatically adding new servers.

**12.01**

bldwin. Use #nodejs on Azure Web Sites.

**11.58**

bldwin. Puppet and Chef are deeply integrated with Azure. @GettyImages uses them to great effect for their configuration management needs.

**11.47**

bldwin. Enable remote debugging on cloud VM from Visual Studio.

**11.43**

bldwin. Create, manage or destroy VMs on Azure from within Visual Studio. Also use puppet and powershell.

**11.41**

bldwin. NBC’s Sochi online streaming scaled seamlessly from 1 concurrent stream on curling match to 2 million for USA v Canada hockey game on Azure.

**11.32**

bldwin. We starting off with Scott Guthrie talking about mobile-first, cloud-first.

**11.29**

bldwin Just had breakfast with Mads Torgersen, PM for C#, he wouldn’t divulge any secrets on the future of C#. Follow my live blog on TeckTalkDC.com for details. #yam

**14.35**

bldwin. Cortana wraps up the Keynote. Follow me on for more updates @duluca during the day. Check out TechTalkDC.com

**14.23**

bldwin Windows APIs are 90% consistent now across platforms.

**14.22**

bldwin. Satya is doing a Q&A session with developers.

**14.08**

bldwin . New CEO Satya Nadella is on stage.

**14.06**

bldwin. With Nokia SensorCore you don’t need a FitBit or similar devices. Your phone tracks your movement all the time.

**14.01**

bldwin. Cortana will work on all ranges of Windows Phones, not just the latest and greatest.

**13.54**

bldwin. Living images and cinematic video with 4 microphones on Lumia 930.

**13.49**

bldwin. Lumia 930 is announced. Looks fantastic!!

**13.48**

bldwin. Windows Phone 8.1 will be on all WP8 Lumia phones by this summer.

**13.46**

bldwin. Stephen Elop comes on to talk about Nokia.

**13.44**

bldwin. Build attendees get a free Xbox One. And 0 gift card for the Microsoft Store.

**13.42**

bldwin Phones and tablets smaller than 9″ gets free windows as well.

**13.42**

bldwin. Windows for Internet of Things will be free.

**13.33**

bldwin. DirectX 12 will offer same API on PC, Xbox and Phone.

**13.28**

bldwin. @buhain suggests having the Cortana spinner on mini screen on Kinect for Windows.

**13.25**

bldwin. Average user spends 5 hours a day on Xbox, launching apps on Xbox will be huge.

**13.23**

bldwin. Universal apps coming to Xbox!

**13.18**

bldwin. YouTube finally works on Windows Phone 8.1.

**13.15**

bldwin. IE11 coming to phone with Web GL, JS debugging, inline video and tons more. See next tweet for full list.

**13.12**

bldwin. Access full Win32 API from side loaded enterprise WinRT app and bring your legacy code to the 21st century with great touch UX.

**13.07**

bldwin. Complex grammar and natural language recognition ready to be customized for all apps.

**13.02**

bldwin. Full featured office touch first apps will work on WP8 as well.

**12.57**

bldwin. Touch first modern office apps for Windows are in preview.

**12.54**

bldwin. Buy apps once and it’ll work on PC and phone. Same goes for in-app purchases.

**12.49**

bldwin. Convert existing app projects to universal app projects in VS2013 easily. Especially if you are using universal controls.

**12.41**

bldwin. Universal Windows Apps are announced. WinRT on the phone.

**12.39**

bldwin. Afd.sys really stands for ‘Another Freakin’ Driver’

**12.36**

bldwin. Cortana introduces David Treadwell.

**12.35**

bldwin. Windows Store now pre-pinned to taskbar and search for apps you want to install right from the start screen like WP 8 has it. Out April 8th.

**12.31**

bldwin. Windows 8 now has seamless access to the taskbar and app title bar in all apps for mouse users.

**12.28**

bldwin. IE11 now can run legacy corporate sites that were built for ancient browsers.

**12.26**

bldwin. Windows Phone 8.1 out in a month or so.

**12.21**

bldwin. Swype like, word flow, typing now default in Windows Phone.

**12.19**

bldwin . Improved calendar, Wi-Fi Sense, auto sign up to free wi-fi, securely share your wi-fi password, switch to Skype call mid phone convo.

**12.12**

bldwin. New enterprise features for WP8 announced like S/MIME, MDM, VPN, disabled apps on corporate networks.

**12.02**

bldwin. Cortana can search through all phone content as well. No more searching for emails from the email app.

**11.57**

bldwin. Cortana is launching as beta in the US, expanding to the UK and China later on.

**11.50**

bldwin. Cortana is Siri + Google Now but with better speech and transparent settings, also the new default search experience on WP8.

**11.45**

Cortana comes to life. #bldwin

**11.43**

.New lock screen them app will allow for distinct lock screen. Add background image to your tiles.#bldwin

**11.39**

.New lock screen looks awesome. And finally a notification center pull down with quick access to settings.

**11.36**

Joe Belfiore is up talking about Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 8.1 Update..

**11.33**

Terry Myerson kicks off Build.

**11.12**

Follow me on twitter @duluca (twitter.com/duluca) for pictures and more updates throughout the day.

**01.45**

Tomorrow at 8:30 PST I’ll be live blogging @bldwin Build 2014 Keynote on TechTalkDC http://www.techtalkdc.com/build-2014-keynote-live-blog/ #yam

**16.01**

Trying Live Blogging Plus plug-in for Twitter integration at TechTalkDC.com

**00.43**

Live blogging test for TechTalkDC.com!

 *

Next week I’ll be going to Microsoft’s Build 2014 Conference in San Francisco, CA. I plan on live tweeting interesting tidbits from the conferences. Recently I discovered the Live Blogging plug-in for Word Press (https://wordpress.org/plugins/live-blogging/), I’ll be making use of it to stream my tweets right on the blog.

I expect there to be lot’s of new regarding Windows Phone 8.1, Windows 9, Xbox One, Azure, Internet Explorer 12 and Visual Studio.

See you next week.