Build 2021: Here’s everything Microsoft announced at its annual developer conference
Here's everything you need to know about what was announced at Microsoft's Build 2021.
Read on for more information about what was announced at Build 2021. Microsoft just kicked off its Build 2021 developer conference, and as usual there were a few notable announcements during the opening keynote. Being a developer conference, the tech giant focused on key focus areas, including Azure, Cloud and Microsoft 365. Additionally, Microsoft Teams, the competitor to Zoom, is getting new features and updates.
Here are the biggest announcements from Build 2021
Microsoft Teams
Last year, Microsoft allowed developers to make collaborative apps that work within Teams. Now, Microsoft is opening programming interfaces, components and tools to third-party developers. The big news is that starting this summer, Microsoft will let developers sell subscriptions to Teams apps. Microsoft also is adding new features to its Teams apps for meetings feature, which includes Shared stage integration, allowing developers new access to the main stage in a Teams meeting. Other features include: Together Mode extensibility, which will let developers create custom scenes for Teams meetings and share them with users. There are also Media APIs and resource-specific consent, which will give developers real-time access to audio and video streams for transcription, translation, note-taking, and much more. Additionally, real-time, fluid components within Microsoft Teams are now in private preview. These fluid components allow users to message a table in a Teams chat which could then be edited by everyone.
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