{"id":475,"date":"2016-12-24T21:32:35","date_gmt":"2016-12-24T21:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/microsoft\/?p=475"},"modified":"2019-02-15T13:38:08","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T13:38:08","slug":"open-ecosystem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/microsoft\/open-ecosystem","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft: Open Ecosystem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On November 16, 2016, Microsoft Corp. announces its new contribution to open ecosystem by joining Linux Foundation and welcoming Google to the .NET community. Announces several new tools to help any developer create intelligent cloud and mobile apps. This announce was made at Microsoft&#8217;s annual Connect developer event, where Microsoft unveiled a series of products and partnerships that strengthen the company\u2019s Azure cloud platform for building intelligent, cross-platform apps and services.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"toc_container\" class=\"no_bullets\"><p class=\"toc_title\">Contents<\/p><ul class=\"toc_list\"><li><a href=\"#Microsoft_Open_Ecosystem\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">1<\/span> Microsoft: Open Ecosystem<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#Collaborating_with_the_Community\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_2\">1.1<\/span> Collaborating with the Community<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Tools_for_Any_Developer_on_Any_latform\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_2\">1.2<\/span> Tools for Any Developer on Any latform<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Enabling_Better_Apps_Through_the_Intelligent_Cloud\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_2\">1.3<\/span> Enabling Better Apps Through the Intelligent Cloud<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Improving_the_End-to-End_Developer_Experience\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_2\">1.4<\/span> Improving the End-to-End Developer Experience<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"#Links\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">2<\/span> Links<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span id=\"Microsoft_Open_Ecosystem\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Microsoft: Open Ecosystem<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Microsoft Cloud and Enterprise Executive Vice President Scott Guthrie detailed steps the company is taking to empower the ecosystem by giving developers greater choice in the tools they use. This includes joining the Linux Foundation as a Platinum Member to better collaborate with the open source community, welcoming Google to the independent .NET Foundation, and working with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. to enable .NET developers to build apps for dozens of millions of Samsung devices worldwide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Scott Guthrie also demonstrated a preview of Visual Studio for Mac, which enables developers to write cloud, mobile and macOS apps on Apple\u2019s Mac operating system using the popular development environment; a preview of the next version of the company\u2019s flagship SQL Server database with support for Linux, Linux-based Docker containers and Windows-based environments; and a preview of Azure App Service on Linux with support for containers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe want to help developers achieve more and capitalize on the industry\u2019s shift toward cloud-first and mobile-first experiences using the tools and platforms of their choice,\u201d Guthrie said. \u201cBy collaborating with the community to provide open, flexible and intelligent tools and cloud services, we\u2019re helping every developer deliver unprecedented levels of innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span id=\"Collaborating_with_the_Community\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Collaborating with the Community<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As part of its effort to work more closely with the open source community, Microsoft announced it has joined the Linux Foundation as a Platinum Member. Microsoft\u2019s membership in the Linux Foundation will benefit customers through increased collaboration and innovation among a diverse ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cBy becoming a Linux Foundation Platinum member, Microsoft is better able to collaborate with the open source community to deliver transformative mobile and cloud experiences to more people,\u201d said Jim Zemlin, executive director of The Linux Foundation. \u201cMicrosoft has been a key contributor to many projects, and we see the company intensifying its involvement and commitment to open development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Microsoft has become an active member of the open source community in part through the popularity of its open source and cross-platform application framework .NET Core. Wednesday\u2019s addition of Google to the .NET Foundation\u2019s Technical Steering Group further reinforces the vibrancy of the .NET developer community as well as Google\u2019s commitment to fostering an open platform that supports businesses and developers who have standardized on .NET. Other industry leaders are also betting on .NET Core for their own commercial products. Samsung is releasing a preview of its Visual Studio Tools for Tizen. Developers can use the tools to build .NET apps for the Tizen operating system that runs on millions of Samsung TVs, wearables, mobile devices and many IoT devices around the world.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span id=\"Tools_for_Any_Developer_on_Any_latform\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Tools for Any Developer on A<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>ny latform<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Microsoft highlighted several announcements Wednesday aimed at helping developers use the tools of their choice to create Android, iOS and Windows apps powered by Linux or Windows Server, including the following:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The SQL Server on Linux public preview released Wednesday is the first preview of the next version of SQL Server and brings the power of SQL Server to Linux and Linux-based Docker containers, in addition to Windows.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A new Visual Studio for Mac preview provides a macOS-based integrated development environment designed for building mobile, cloud and macOS apps.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The availability of Azure App Service on Linux with support for Containers in preview provides native Linux support for Node.js and PHP stacks on Azure App Service and now enables developers to bring their own Docker-formatted container image.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span id=\"Enabling_Better_Apps_Through_the_Intelligent_Cloud\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Enabling Better Apps Through the Intelligent Cloud<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today\u2019s most impactful apps are using data to delight users and drive business outcomes. Microsoft today unveiled unique capabilities and services that make it easier for more developers to turn massive amounts of data into deeply personal, intelligent and predictive applications.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1 availability makes database innovations accessible to more applications across product editions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The availability of Azure Data Lake services, Azure Data Lake Analytics and Data Lake Store means developers and data scientists now have the capabilities required to easily store and process data at petabyte size files, with massively parallel analytics and enterprise-grade security for insights on data of any size, shape and speed.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span id=\"Improving_the_End-to-End_Developer_Experience\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Improving the End-to-End Developer Experience<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Microsoft\u2019s solutions evolve with changing developer needs. Through the Visual Studio family, SQL Server, Windows, Office and Azure, Microsoft is working to provide the most complete platform for application innovation, spanning mobile and cloud.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Visual Studio Mobile Center preview announced Wednesday brings together the cloud and life-cycle services that help developers build, test, distribute and monitor apps built in Objective-C, Swift, Java, Xamarin and React Native for Android-, iOS- and Windows-based devices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Visual Studio 2017 release candidate released Wednesday includes new capabilities to help any developer be more productive than ever for any application and any platform.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2017 and Azure Application Insights are now available, providing an enhanced collaboration and DevOps platform for cloud- first, mobile-first scenarios.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cMicrosoft is transforming the nature of its appeal to developers by broadening its supported platforms,\u201d said Al Hilwa, research director for Software Development research at IDC. \u201cThe new partnerships and commitments allow Microsoft to meet developers where they are and multiply its reach and impact with mobile and cloud developers as well as become established in emerging areas such as IoT, data science and cognitive computing.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span id=\"Links\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Links<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">If your eyes are on new faster tablets and you look for good hands to adopt your used one, contact us, and we\u2019ll give you the best price for your gadget: <a href=\"https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/sell-microsoft\" target=\"_blank\">Sell my Surface<\/a> online now for top price!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 16, 2016, Microsoft Corp. announces its new contribution to open ecosystem by joining Linux Foundation and welcoming Google to the .NET community. 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