Only if you're doing C++. If you're in C#/VB, you still use Task. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh464924(v=VS.85).aspx#asynchronous_pat

Only if you're doing C++. If you're in C#/VB, you still use Task. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh464924(v=VS.85).aspx#asynchronous_patterns_in__with_c_ http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh46492... I think that's because the TPL doesn't exist for C++.