It was one of the announcements made in the framework of the annual event for developers that Microsoft makes
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Desirée Jaimovich
Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft
This year at Microsoft Build, the company’s event for developers, which will take place from today until May 26 next, updates and innovations will be announced in which Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the protagonist. In this context, several tools that take advantage of this technology for process automation were announced.
However, at this start, Microsoft Argentina held a special meeting with national and international journalists to publicize the announcements, a meeting of which Infobae was a part.
“Today I will speak about technologies that are coming together to generate a powerful platform”, said Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft in the framework of the opening talk that started this conference.
One of the points on which this edition of Build focuses is on the presentation of tools that seek to facilitate the development of apps. “We are aiming for anyone to be able to develop apps. This has to do with low code”, said Ezequiel Glinsky, CTO and General Manager of Customer Success for Microsoft Latin America.
A new era of AI and automation
Tools were announced that can be easily applied and for which no knowledge of code development is required.
These types of options are found within what the company calls Power Platforms. In turn, within these platforms are the so-called power apps that include, among other options, Power Pages and Express Design, two of the star novelties that were announced at the opening of Build, Glinsky summarized.< /p>
Asked about the uses that these technologies can have, he said that they could be used to “automate all kinds of reports or tasks”, within the framework of a company. And best of all, these solutions do not require code knowledge, so they are designed for the end user.
Ezequiel Glinsky, CTO and General Manager of Customer Success for Microsoft Latin America and Yamila Zahem, Director of Innovation and Digital Transformation at Microsoft
Microsoft Power Pages: is a development platform and low-code hosting that allows anyone to design, configure and publish websites for desktop and mobile devices through a seamless visual experience.
It is known aslow code to platforms that offer a development environment used to create application software through a graphical user interface. They are easy to use and are aimed precisely at users who do not have great knowledge of code.
Power pages, another option that does not require advanced code knowledge
Express Design in Power Apps: this system allows developers to upload a PDF, PowerPoint, or even a freehand drawing that becomes a working application in seconds. The “magic” happens thanks to Express Design that integrates artificial intelligence, which facilitates these processes.
Express Design allows you to automatically turn a graphic into an app
“The idea is that innovation can be more agile. What is sought with these products is to cover not only professional developers but also to give tools to those who do not have code knowledge. They are the developer citizens”, he explained to Infobae, Yamila Zakhem, Director of Innovation and Digital Transformation at Microsoft.
The system then takes the drawing or graph and takes it for the development of an app
Text summary in Dynamics 365 for customer support:this tool allows users to recapitulate complex conversations to help reduce turnaround time and streamline their work.
The common factor in all of these solutions is that the power of resolution of a cloud-based AI supercomputer to streamline processes.
The impact of AI and AI-assisted development
Build will also delve into all the platforms and tools that will be provided to developers to help with AI development. The goal is to improve concentration on code development to optimize your work.
“We want to make it easy for you to go from idea to code, from code to the cloud and from the cloud to the world”, underlined Nadella, before beginning to address the solutions.
Among the main announcements, the following stand out:
1. GitHub Copilot general availability:GitHub Copilot is an AI programmer that provides comprehensive code-based programming suggestions and feedback. A technical preview of the product was first introduced last year, and now more is coming.
With the general availability of Copilot, more developers will have the opportunity to use these tools, that not only help them write code using AI, but also use it to understand that code and code better in the future.
Copilot was presented at Microsoft Build
2. Microsoft DevBox: This tool allows developers to modify a virtual machine and automatically provision it in the cloud, reducing limitations and delays. Now, developers can use solutions from the company and the cloud infused with AI to develop applications and deploy them anywhere.
“We are moving to a world where each application will be intelligent and updated in real time”, reflected Nadella, in the framework of his opening speech.
New patterns of hybrid AI applications for the devices in the environment
As developers explore intelligent cloud solutions with multiple devices and NPUs, the next step is to create hybrid applications with unique capabilities.
Developers must write code for specific ecosystems, such as chips. Instead of a hybrid solution, developers are forced into a walled garden, where they have to write code for each individual chipset to deliver functional applications.
It’s known as a walled garden to a practice used in technology that seeks to keep the user within a certain platform in order to obtain data or keep the information safe.
Other novelties< /p>
The new Live Share experience for apps in Teams takes meeting screen sharing to the next level,because it brings interactivity to the Teams meeting scene. Developers can create Live Share apps in Teams that allow participants to edit, annotate, zoom in/out, and interact with shared content in new ways.
The metaverse is creating a opportunity and a completely new feedback loop for businesses. The company activates the metaverse experience in all layers of its stack,so customers can more effectively model, automate, simulate and predict change within their industrial environments, and have a greater sense of presence in the new world of hybrid working and creating personalized immersive worlds to create new opportunities for connection and experimentation.
Also highlighted are cloud-native applications that provide new levels of performance, as well as higher reliability,including Azure Container Apps, a serverless container hosting service that allows developers to focus on applications rather than managing the underlying cloud infrastructure.
On the other hand is Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform, a new integrated platformthat unifies databases, analytics, and governanceto enable organizations to spend more time creating value rather than integrating and managing a fragmented data set.
Microsoft Store Ads, meanwhile, is a new product designed to help developers grow their businesses and bring their applications or video games to the right customers, at the right time.
In the coming months, developers will be able to participate in the pilot program, which will allow them to create advertising campaigns for the Microsoft Store through through Microsoft Advertising.