
(Related: Microsoft releases Visual Studio 2015) From now on, new functionality will be delivered via updates. Recently, Kevin Turner, Microsoft’s COO, told partners that Windows 10 will be that last major release of Windows. Visual Studio has advanced as well, giving developers tools to keep up with the rapidly changing environment.Ī couple years ago, Microsoft boosted the cadence of delivery. Azure has been rapidly advancing, continually adding features each quarter. This year we are getting a new version of Windows, both desktop and mobile, and a new version of Office. NET framework, to building applications for competing platforms-sometimes before their own platforms. The company is embracing change, from open-sourcing parts of the. Microsoft has made many moves in 2015, with each step proving it is not the Microsoft of old.
