Microsoft at San Francisco had its annual Build conference. It unveiled its plans for the future of bot conversations, and revealed a Bot Framework to help everyone build their own chatbot. And, we got word on new Windows 10 universal apps, plus details on HoloLens and Xbox One.

1. Microsoft Build 2016 - All the Announcements That Matter

2. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella
delivers the keynote address
during the Microsoft Build 2016
Developers Conference. He
spoke about company's vision
to empower every human on
the planet to do more with
Microsoft's services. He made
an interesting remark that
humans and AIl should co-
exist.

3. Microsoft's vision for Windows 10 is very simple - make every other device run on Windows. At Build 2016, Xbox
head Phil Spencer announced how Turn 10 studios, the studio behind popular racing franchise, Forza Motorsport
will develop every other game as an UWA going forward. Phil also announced free Forza Motorsport: Apex racing
game for Windows 10 computers.
Windows 10

4. In addition to signing into services using biometrics, Microsoft demoed Windows Ink, which is a new way to
implement writing devices such as a stylus and the Surface Pen, to implement writing and scribbling on interfaces.
Windows Ink

5. HoloLens is shipping to Developers
Microsoft announced that the developer edition is shipping out today. It’s expensive, so it’s not really meant for
consumers to buy, but it’s still an important milestone. It was a big moment for the HoloLens team.

6. The gaming portion of the keynote started out with an announcement that Forza is going to be created as a
universal app going forward — so the same one will work on both Xbox One and a Windows PC. Quantum
Break and Killer Instinct will also come to Windows 10.
X-Box

7. The Bash shell is coming to Windows. Even if that sentence is gibberish to you, it’s still meaningful. You can
think of it as Windows supporting Linux — native Ubuntu binaries can run on Windows, and Microsoft partnered
with Canonical to do it.
Windows supporting Linux

8. The next generation of Skype will talk
to bots
Microsoft keeps pushing Skype, and now it’s making it a lot smarter. Basically, Skype will be able to talk to
Cortana, which "brokers" a conversation with a third-party bot. All this intelligence can even work in real time,
inside a video chat. Skype users can just add "video bots" to their chat.

9. References
http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/30/11317924/microsoft-event-news-recap-
hololens-windows-10-build-2016
http://thetechportal.in/2016/03/31/microsoft-launches-event-driven-computing-
service-azure-functions-preview/
http://techcrunch.com/2016/03/30/be-very-afraid-hell-has-frozen-over-bash-is-
coming-to-windows-10/
http://www.in.techradar.com/news/computing/pc/Build-2016-the-biggest-news-
from-Day-1-and-2/articleshow/51618901.cms

10. Thank You