One of the biggest problems Microsoft faces is how to make Windows an attractive platform for developers again. It’s easy to put a web front end on a cloud-native application that supports desktop and ...

Forward-looking: Initially deployed in 2021, the Windows App SDK is designed to provide a comprehensive set of APIs and tools for building modern Windows desktop applications. Developers can choose ...

Microsoft says Win32 remains central to Windows decades later, showing how compatibility still shapes Windows 11 and ...

Microsoft claims to have achieved a "leap forward" in performance for WinUI 3, the current native framework for Windows apps, ...

Microsoft admits it didn't expect Win32 to survive until 2026. After years of RAM-heavy web apps, Windows 11 is going back to ...

Microsoft has released a new version of the Windows Photos app for members of the Dev and Canary Windows Insider channels that was built on the Windows App SDK developer toolset and APIs. If you are a ...

Microsoft officially added full production Windows Driver Kit support to Visual Studio 2026 for driver development workflows.

'We were thinking flying cars and moon stations by the year 2026, not Win32.' ...

Microsoft admits nobody expected Win32 to remain a core part of Windows in 2026 as the company pivots back toward native apps ...

Microsoft has confirmed that, since November 12, some Windows 10 users have been unable to update or uninstall packaged applications like Microsoft Teams. This known issue is caused by the WinAppSDK 1 ...