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So far it has been Azure Build, not Microsoft Build. Everything is about azure so far.

by 0xFFC 9y ago

Analemma_ 9y ago
There are two keynotes: one today and one tomorrow. The one tomorrow will be about Windows et al.
- 0xFFC 9y ago
  I wasn't aware of this. This makes more sense. I thought they have abandoned Windows for a second ;)
  - contextfree 9y ago
    They have however swapped the order of presentation, which might say something about priorities. Previous MSBuilds have all been day 1 Windows, day 2 Azure.
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sbuttgereit 9y ago
I think that reflects where they see their predominant opportunity. How much "Blue Ocean" is there left for desktop operating systems and applications? Or what use to inhabit the Enterprise data center (Server OSs, Groupware, etc)? You could coast on that more traditional business for some time, but if you're going for real growth opportunities, seems like they've got a pretty good idea where the lies. I would add that if an Azure strategy works out for them, the "device" wars (be it Win vs. iOS vs. Android or Desktop vs. Mobile) really won't matter if they manage to be at the center of it all.
WorldMaker 9y ago
A theme this year is that the Cloud isn't just "someone else's PC" anymore. A lot of the discussions have been about several ways of running and deploying "cloud"/Azure apps on "the edges", aka user devices and IoT machines. There was the expected emphasis on Azure Stack, the on premises version of Azure. There was the new Azure IoT stack. There were many references to Project Rome (and it's Enterprise name Microsoft Device Graph) for device roaming and contextual knowledge about all of a user's devices. Some of the implication is that "everything is Cloud" now. Serverless (AWS Lambda/Azure Functions) and "Cloud" container models may increasingly be a way applications are built and deployed, to any device, including end user devices. Microsoft seems to be positioning that Azure is increasingly a platform for every type of application, from IoT, to on premises Enterprise, to, of course, Cloud, and possibly everything between.

So far it has been Azure Build, not Microsoft Build. Everything is about azure so far.

by 0xFFC 9y ago

So far it has been Azure Build, not Microsoft Build. Everything is about azure so far.

Analemma_ 9y ago

There are two keynotes: one today and one tomorrow. The one tomorrow will be about Windows et al.

0xFFC 9y ago
I wasn't aware of this. This makes more sense. I thought they have abandoned Windows for a second ;)
- contextfree 9y ago
  They have however swapped the order of presentation, which might say something about priorities. Previous MSBuilds have all been day 1 Windows, day 2 Azure.
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sbuttgereit 9y ago

I think that reflects where they see their predominant opportunity. How much "Blue Ocean" is there left for desktop operating systems and applications? Or what use to inhabit the Enterprise data center (Server OSs, Groupware, etc)? You could coast on that more traditional business for some time, but if you're going for real growth opportunities, seems like they've got a pretty good idea where the lies. I would add that if an Azure strategy works out for them, the "device" wars (be it Win vs. iOS vs. Android or Desktop vs. Mobile) really won't matter if they manage to be at the center of it all.

WorldMaker 9y ago

A theme this year is that the Cloud isn't just "someone else's PC" anymore. A lot of the discussions have been about several ways of running and deploying "cloud"/Azure apps on "the edges", aka user devices and IoT machines. There was the expected emphasis on Azure Stack, the on premises version of Azure. There was the new Azure IoT stack. There were many references to Project Rome (and it's Enterprise name Microsoft Device Graph) for device roaming and contextual knowledge about all of a user's devices. Some of the implication is that "everything is Cloud" now. Serverless (AWS Lambda/Azure Functions) and "Cloud" container models may increasingly be a way applications are built and deployed, to any device, including end user devices. Microsoft seems to be positioning that Azure is increasingly a platform for every type of application, from IoT, to on premises Enterprise, to, of course, Cloud, and possibly everything between.