Today, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK to be used in conjunction with Windows 10 Insider Preview. The Preview SDK Build 17095 contains bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area.

The Preview SDK can be downloaded from developer section on Windows Insider.

For feedback and updates to the known issues, please see the developer forum. For new developer feature requests, head over to our Windows Platform UserVoice.

Things to note:

• This build is also available in the latest Visual Studio 2017 Preview (https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/preview/)
• This build works in conjunction with previously released SDKs and Visual Studio 2017. You can install this SDK and still also continue to submit your apps that target Windows 10 Creators build or earlier to the store.
• The Windows SDK will now formally only be supported by Visual Studio 2017 and greater. You can download the Visual Studio 2017 here.
• This build of the Windows SDK will install on Windows 10 Insider Preview and supported Windows operating systems.

Known Issues

• Cannot deploy to a device: When attempting to deploy to a mobile device, it fails with the following error: DEP0001: Unexpected Error: SmartDeviceException – Class not registered [0x80131500]

To work around this issue:

1. Go to Administrative Command Prompt
2. Run REGSVR32 “Program Files (x86)Windows Kits10bin10.0.17095.0x86SirepClient.dll”

• The following tools are not included with this release: 

Filtdump.exe

JSConstraintDebug.exe

Regwindmd.exe

Topedit.exe

What’s New:

• C++/WinRT Now Available:The C++/WinRT headers and cppwinrt compiler (cppwinrt.exe) are now included in the Windows SDK. The compiler comes in handy if you need to consume a third-party WinRT component or if you need to author your own WinRT components with C++/WinRT. The easiest way to get working with it after installing the Windows Insider Preview SDK is to start the Visual Studio Developer Command Prompt and run the compiler in that environment. Authoring support is currently experimental and subject to change. Stay tuned as we will publish more detailed instructions on how to use the compiler in the coming week.The ModernCPP blog has a deeper dive into the CppWinRT compiler. Please give us feedback by creating an issue at: https://github.com/microsoft/cppwinrt.

Breaking Changes

New MIDL key words.  

As a part of the “modernizing IDL” effort, several new keywords are added to the midlrt tool. These new keywords will cause build breaks if they are encountered in IDL files.

The new keywords are:

• event
• set
• get
• partial
• unsealed
• overridable
• protected
• importwinmd

If any of these keywords is used as an identifier, it will generate a build failure indicating a syntax error.

The error will be similar to:

1 >d:ossrconecorecomcombaseunittestastatestserverstestserver6idlremreleasetest.idl(12) : error MIDL2025 : [msg]syntax error [context]: expecting a declarator or * near “)”

To fix this, modify the identifier in error to an “@” prefix in front of the identifier. That will cause MIDL to treat the offending element as an identifier instead of a keyword.

API Updates and Additions

When targeting new APIs, consider writing your app to be adaptive in order to run correctly on the widest number of Windows 10 devices. Please see Dynamically detecting features with API contracts (10 by 10) for more information.

The following APIs have been added to the platform since the release of 16299.

namespace Windows.ApplicationModel {
  public enum AddResourcePackageOptions : uint
  public sealed class AppInstance
  public sealed class PackageCatalog {
    IAsyncOperationWithProgress<PackageCatalogAddResourcePackageResult, PackageInstallProgress> AddResourcePackageAsync(string resourcePackageFamilyName, string resourceID, AddResourcePackageOptions options);
    IAsyncOperation<PackageCatalogRemoveResourcePackagesResult> RemoveResourcePackagesAsync(IIterable<Package> resourcePackages);
  }
  public sealed class PackageCatalogAddResourcePackageResult
  public sealed class PackageCatalogRemoveResourcePackagesResult
  public struct PackageInstallProgress
  public enum StartupTaskState {
    EnabledByPolicy = 4,
  }
}
namespace Windows.ApplicationModel.Activation {
  public enum ActivationKind {
    BarcodeScannerProvider = 1022,
  }
  public sealed class BarcodeScannerPreviewActivatedEventArgs : IActivatedEventArgs, IActivatedEventArgsWithUser, IBarcodeScannerPreviewActivatedEventArgs
  public interface IBarcodeScannerPreviewActivatedEventArgs : IActivatedEventArgs
}
namespace Windows.ApplicationModel.Background {
  public enum BackgroundAccessRequestKind
  public static class BackgroundExecutionManager {
    public static IAsyncOperation<bool> RequestAccessKindAsync(BackgroundAccessRequestKind requestedAccess, string reason);
  }
  public sealed class CustomSystemEventTrigger : IBackgroundTrigger
  public enum CustomSystemEventTriggerRecurrence
  public sealed class MobileBroadbandPcoDataChangeTrigger : IBackgroundTrigger
  public sealed class NetworkOperatorDataUsageTrigger : IBackgroundTrigger
  public sealed class StorageLibraryChangeTrackerTrigger : IBackgroundTrigger
  public sealed class TetheringEntitlementCheckTrigger : IBackgroundTrigger
}
namespace Windows.ApplicationModel.Calls {
  public enum PhoneCallMedia {
    AudioAndRealTimeText = 2,
  }
  public sealed class VoipCallCoordinator {
    VoipPhoneCall RequestNewAppInitiatedCall(string context, string contactName, string contactNumber, string serviceName, VoipPhoneCallMedia media);
    VoipPhoneCall RequestNewIncomingCall(string context, string contactName, string contactNumber, Uri contactImage, string serviceName, Uri brandingImage, string callDetails, Uri ringtone, VoipPhoneCallMedia media, TimeSpan ringTimeout, string contactRemoteId);
  }
  public sealed class VoipPhoneCall {
    void NotifyCallAccepted(VoipPhoneCallMedia media);
  }
}
namespace Windows.ApplicationModel.Core {
  public sealed class AppListEntry {
    IAsyncOperation<bool> LaunchForUserAsync(User user);
  }
}
namespace Windows.ApplicationModel.DataTransfer {
  public sealed class DataPackagePropertySet : IIterable<IKeyValuePair<string, object>>, IMap<string, object> {
    string ContentSourceUserActivityJson { get; set; }
  }
  public sealed class DataPackagePropertySetView : IIterable<IKeyValuePair<string, object>>, IMapView<string, object> {
    string ContentSourceUserActivityJson { get; }
  }
  public static class StandardDataFormats {
    public static string UserActivityJsonArray { get; }
  }
}
namespace Windows.ApplicationModel.Store.Preview {
  public enum StoreSystemFeature {
    ArchitectureArm64 = 34,
  }
}
namespace Windows.ApplicationModel.Store.Preview.InstallControl {
  public sealed class AppInstallItem {
    bool LaunchAfterInstall { get; set; }
  }
  public sealed class AppInstallManager {
    IAsyncOperation<bool> GetIsPackageIdentityAllowedToInstallAsync(string correlationVector, string packageIdentityName, string publisherCertificateName);
    IAsyncOperation<bool> GetIsPackageIdentityAllowedToInstallForUserAsync(User user, string correlationVector, string packageIdentityName, string publisherCertificateName);
    IAsyncOperation<IVectorView<AppInstallItem>> SearchForAllUpdatesAsync(string correlationVector, string clientId, AppUpdateOptions updateOptions);
    IAsyncOperation<IVectorView<AppInstallItem>> SearchForAllUpdatesForUserAsync(User user, string correlationVector, string clientId, AppUpdateOptions updateOptions);
    IAsyncOperation<AppInstallItem> SearchForUpdatesAsync(string productId, string skuId, string correlationVector, string clientId, AppUpdateOptions updateOptions);
    IAsyncOperation<AppInstallItem> SearchForUpdatesForUserAsync(User user, string productId, string skuId, string correlationVector, string clientId, AppUpdateOptions updateOptions);
    IAsyncOperation<IVectorView<AppInstallItem>> StartProductInstallAsync(string productId, string flightId, string clientId, string correlationVector, AppInstallOptions installOptions);
    IAsyncOperation<IVectorView<AppInstallItem>> StartProductInstallForUserAsync(User user, string productId, string flightId, string clientId, string correlationVector, AppInstallOptions installOptions);
  }
  public sealed class AppInstallOptions
  public sealed class AppInstallStatus {
    bool IsStaged { get; }
  }
  public sealed class AppUpdateOptions
}
namespace Windows.ApplicationModel.UserActivities {
  public sealed class UserActivity {
    public UserActivity(string activityId);
    string ToJson();
    public static string ToJsonArray(IIterable<UserActivity> activities);
    public static UserActivity TryParseFromJson(string json);
    public static IVector<UserActivity> TryParseFromJsonArray(string json);
  }
  public sealed class UserActivityChannel {
    public static void DisableAutoSessionCreation();
    IAsyncOperation<IVector<UserActivitySessionHistoryItem>> GetRecentUserActivitiesAsync(int maxUniqueActivities);
    IAsyncOperation<IVector<UserActivitySessionHistoryItem>> GetSessionHistoryItemsForUserActivityAsync(string activityId, DateTime startTime);
    public static UserActivityChannel TryGetForWebAccount(WebAccount account);
  }
  public sealed class UserActivityRequest
  public sealed class UserActivityRequestedEventArgs
  public sealed class UserActivityRequestManager
  public sealed class UserActivitySessionHistoryItem
  public sealed class UserActivityVisualElements {
    string AttributionDisplayText { get; set; }
  }
}
namespace Windows.Devices.Bluetooth {
  public sealed class BluetoothAdapter {
    bool AreClassicSecureConnectionsSupported { get; }
    bool AreLowEnergySecureConnectionsSupported { get; }
  }
  public sealed class BluetoothDevice : IClosable {
    bool WasSecureConnectionUsedForPairing { get; }
  }
  public sealed class BluetoothLEDevice : IClosable {
    bool WasSecureConnectionUsedForPairing { get; }
  }
}
namespace Windows.Devices.Display {
  public sealed class DisplayMonitor
  public enum DisplayMonitorConnectionKind
  public enum DisplayMonitorDescriptorKind
  public enum DisplayMonitorPhysicalConnectorKind
  public enum DisplayMonitorUsageKind
}
namespace Windows.Devices.Input.Preview {
  public enum GazeDeviceConfigurationStatePreview
  public sealed class GazeDevicePreview
  public sealed class GazeDeviceWatcherAddedPreviewEventArgs
  public sealed class GazeDeviceWatcherPreview
  public sealed class GazeDeviceWatcherRemovedPreviewEventArgs
  public sealed class GazeDeviceWatcherUpdatedPreviewEventArgs
  public sealed class GazeEnteredPreviewEventArgs
  public sealed class GazeExitedPreviewEventArgs
  public sealed class GazeInputSourcePreview
  public sealed class GazeMovedPreviewEventArgs
  public sealed class GazePointPreview
}
namespace Windows.Devices.PointOfService {
  public sealed class BarcodeScannerReport {
    public BarcodeScannerReport(uint scanDataType, IBuffer scanData, IBuffer scanDataLabel);
  }
  public sealed class ClaimedBarcodeScanner : IClosable {
    bool IsVideoPreviewShownOnEnable { get; set; }
    void HideVideoPreview();
    IAsyncOperation<bool> ShowVideoPreviewAsync();
  }
  public sealed class UnifiedPosErrorData {
    public UnifiedPosErrorData(string message, UnifiedPosErrorSeverity severity, UnifiedPosErrorReason reason, uint extendedReason);
  }
}
namespace Windows.Devices.PointOfService.Provider {
  public sealed class BarcodeScannerDisableScannerRequest
  public sealed class BarcodeScannerDisableScannerRequestEventArgs
  public sealed class BarcodeScannerEnableScannerRequest
  public sealed class BarcodeScannerEnableScannerRequestEventArgs
  public sealed class BarcodeScannerGetSymbologyAttributesRequest
  public sealed class BarcodeScannerGetSymbologyAttributesRequestEventArgs
  public sealed class BarcodeScannerHideVideoPreviewRequest
  public sealed class BarcodeScannerHideVideoPreviewRequestEventArgs
  public sealed class BarcodeScannerProviderConnection : IClosable
  public sealed class BarcodeScannerProviderTriggerDetails
  public sealed class BarcodeScannerSetActiveSymbologiesRequest
  public sealed class BarcodeScannerSetActiveSymbologiesRequestEventArgs
  public sealed class BarcodeScannerSetSymbologyAttributesRequest
  public sealed class BarcodeScannerSetSymbologyAttributesRequestEventArgs
 public sealed class BarcodeScannerStartSoftwareTriggerRequest
  public sealed class BarcodeScannerStartSoftwareTriggerRequestEventArgs
  public sealed class BarcodeScannerStopSoftwareTriggerRequest
  public sealed class BarcodeScannerStopSoftwareTriggerRequestEventArgs
  public enum BarcodeScannerTriggerState
  public sealed class BarcodeSymbologyAttributesBuilder
}
namespace Windows.Foundation.Numerics {
  public struct Rational
}
namespace Windows.Globalization {
  public static class ApplicationLanguages {
    public static IVectorView<string> GetLanguagesForUser(User user);
  }
  public sealed class Language {
    LanguageLayoutDirection LayoutDirection { get; }
  }
  public enum LanguageLayoutDirection
}
namespace Windows.Graphics {
  public struct DisplayAdapterId
  public interface IGeometrySource2D
}
namespace Windows.Graphics.Capture {
  public sealed class Direct3D11CaptureFrame : IClosable
  public sealed class Direct3D11CaptureFramePool : IClosable
  public sealed class GraphicsCaptureItem
  public sealed class GraphicsCapturePicker
  public sealed class GraphicsCaptureSession : IClosable
}
namespace Windows.Graphics.DirectX {
  public enum DirectXColorSpace
}
namespace Windows.Graphics.Display {
  public sealed class AdvancedColorInfo
  public enum AdvancedColorKind
  public sealed class BrightnessOverrideSettings
  public sealed class ColorOverrideSettings
  public enum DisplayBrightnessOverrideScenario
  public enum DisplayColorOverrideScenario
  public sealed class DisplayEnhancementOverride
  public sealed class DisplayEnhancementOverrideCapabilities
  public sealed class DisplayEnhancementOverrideCapabilitiesChangedEventArgs
  public sealed class DisplayInformation {
    event TypedEventHandler<DisplayInformation, object> AdvancedColorInfoChanged;
    AdvancedColorInfo GetAdvancedColorInfo();
  }
  public enum HdrMetadataFormat
  public struct NitRange
}
namespace Windows.Graphics.Holographic {
  public sealed class HolographicCamera {
    bool CanOverrideViewport { get; }
  }
  public sealed class HolographicCameraPose {
    void OverrideProjectionTransform(HolographicStereoTransform projectionTransform);
    void OverrideViewport(Rect leftViewport, Rect rightViewport);
    void OverrideViewTransform(SpatialCoordinateSystem coordinateSystem, HolographicStereoTransform coordinateSystemToViewTransform);
  }
  public sealed class HolographicFramePresentationMonitor : IClosable
  public sealed class HolographicFramePresentationReport
  public sealed class HolographicSpace {
    HolographicSpaceUserPresence UserPresence { get; }
    event TypedEventHandler<HolographicSpace, object> UserPresenceChanged;
    HolographicFramePresentationMonitor CreateFramePresentationMonitor(uint maxQueuedReports);
    void WaitForNextFrameReady();
    void WaitForNextFrameReadyWithHeadStart(TimeSpan requestedHeadStartDuration);
  }
  public enum HolographicSpaceUserPresence
}
namespace Windows.Graphics.Imaging {
  public enum BitmapPixelFormat {
    P010 = 104,
  }
}
namespace Windows.Graphics.Printing {
  public sealed class PrintPageRange
  public sealed class PrintPageRangeOptions
  public sealed class PrintTaskOptions : IPrintTaskOptionsCore, IPrintTaskOptionsCoreProperties, IPrintTaskOptionsCoreUIConfiguration {
    IVector<PrintPageRange> CustomPageRanges { get; }
    PrintPageRangeOptions PageRangeOptions { get; }
  }
  public static class StandardPrintTaskOptions {
    public static string CustomPageRanges { get; }
  }
}
namespace Windows.Graphics.Printing.OptionDetails {
  public sealed class PrintBindingOptionDetails : IPrintItemListOptionDetails, IPrintOptionDetails {
    string Description { get; set; }
    string WarningText { get; set; }
  }
  public sealed class PrintBorderingOptionDetails : IPrintItemListOptionDetails, IPrintOptionDetails {
    string Description { get; set; }
    string WarningText { get; set; }
  }
  public sealed class PrintCollationOptionDetails : IPrintItemListOptionDetails, IPrintOptionDetails {
    string Description { get; set; }
    string WarningText { get; set; }
  }
  public sealed class PrintColorModeOptionDetails : IPrintItemListOptionDetails, IPrintOptionDetails {
    string Description { get; set; }
    string WarningText { get; set; }
  }
  public sealed class PrintCopiesOptionDetails : IPrintNumberOptionDetails, IPrintOptionDetails {
    string Description { get; set; }
    string WarningText { get; set; }
  }
  public sealed class PrintCustomItemListOptionDetails : IPrintCustomOptionDetails, IPrintItemListOptionDetails, IPrintOptionDetails {
    string Description { get; set; }
    string WarningText { get; set; }
    void AddItem(string itemId, string displayName, string description, IRandomAccessStreamWithContentType icon);
  }
  public sealed class PrintCustomTextOptionDetails : IPrintCustomOptionDetails, IPrintOptionDetails {
    string Description { get; set; }
    string WarningText { get; set; }
  }
  public sealed class PrintCustomToggleOptionDetails : IPrintCustomOptionDetails, IPrintOptionDetails
  public sealed class PrintDuplexOptionDetails : IPrintItemListOptionDetails, IPrintOptionDetails {
    string Description { get; set; }
    string WarningText { get; set; }
  }
  public sealed class PrintHolePunchOptionDetails : IPrintItemListOptionDetails, IPrintOptionDetails {
    string Description { get; set; }
    string WarningText { get; set; }
  }
  public sealed class PrintMediaSizeOptionDetails : IPrintItemListOptionDetails, IPrintOptionDetails {
    string Description { get; set; }
    string WarningText { get; set; }
  }
  public sealed class PrintMediaTypeOptionDetails : IPrintItemListOptionDetails, IPrintOptionDetails {
    string Description { get; set; }
    string WarningText { get; set; }
  }
  public enum PrintOptionType {
    Toggle = 4,
  }
  public sealed class PrintOrientationOptionDetails : IPrintItemListOptionDetails, IPrintOptionDetails {
    string Description { get; set; }
    string WarningText { get; set; }
  }
  public sealed class PrintPageRangeOptionDetails : IPrintOptionDetails
  public sealed class PrintQualityOptionDetails : IPrintItemListOptionDetails, IPrintOptionDetails {
    string Description { get; set; }
    string WarningText { get; set; }
  }
  public sealed class PrintStapleOptionDetails : IPrintItemListOptionDetails, IPrintOptionDetails {
    string Description { get; set; }
    string WarningText { get; set; }
  }
  public sealed class PrintTaskOptionDetails : IPrintTaskOptionsCore, IPrintTaskOptionsCoreUIConfiguration {
    PrintCustomToggleOptionDetails CreateToggleOption(string optionId, string displayName);
  }
}
namespace Windows.Management.Deployment {
  public sealed class PackageManager {
    IAsyncOperationWithProgress<DeploymentResult, DeploymentProgress> RequestAddPackageAsync(Uri packageUri, IIterable<Uri> dependencyPackageUris, DeploymentOptions deploymentOptions, PackageVolume targetVolume, IIterable<string> optionalPackageFamilyNames, IIterable<Uri> relatedPackageUris, IIterable<Uri> packageUrisToInstall);
  }
}
namespace Windows.Management.Update {
  public sealed class PreviewBuildsManager
  public sealed class PreviewBuildsState
}
namespace Windows.Media {
  public sealed class VideoFrame : IClosable, IMediaFrame {
    IAsyncAction CopyToAsync(VideoFrame frame, IReference<BitmapBounds> sourceBounds, IReference<BitmapBounds> destinationBounds);
    public static VideoFrame CreateAsDirect3D11SurfaceBacked(DirectXPixelFormat format, int width, int height);
    public static VideoFrame CreateAsDirect3D11SurfaceBacked(DirectXPixelFormat format, int width, int height, IDirect3DDevice device);
    public static VideoFrame CreateWithDirect3D11Surface(IDirect3DSurface surface);
    public static VideoFrame CreateWithSoftwareBitmap(SoftwareBitmap bitmap);
  }
}
namespace Windows.Media.Audio {
  public sealed class AudioGraph : IClosable {
    IAsyncOperation<CreateMediaSourceAudioInputNodeResult> CreateMediaSourceAudioInputNodeAsync(MediaSource mediaSource);
    IAsyncOperation<CreateMediaSourceAudioInputNodeResult> CreateMediaSourceAudioInputNodeAsync(MediaSource mediaSource, AudioNodeEmitter emitter);
  }
  public sealed class AudioGraphSettings {
    double MaxPlaybackSpeedFactor { get; set; }
  }
  public sealed class AudioStateMonitor
  public sealed class CreateMediaSourceAudioInputNodeResult
  public sealed class MediaSourceAudioInputNode : IAudioInputNode, IAudioInputNode2, IAudioNode, IClosable
  public enum MediaSourceAudioInputNodeCreationStatus
}
namespace Windows.Media.Capture {
  public sealed class CapturedFrame : IClosable, IContentTypeProvider, IInputStream, IOutputStream, IRandomAccessStream, IRandomAccessStreamWithContentType {
    BitmapPropertySet BitmapProperties { get; }
    CapturedFrameControlValues ControlValues { get; }
  }
  public enum KnownVideoProfile {
    HdrWithWcgPhoto = 8,
    HdrWithWcgVideo = 7,
    HighFrameRate = 5,
    VariablePhotoSequence = 6,
    VideoHdr8 = 9,
  }
  public sealed class MediaCaptureSettings {
    IDirect3DDevice Direct3D11Device { get; }
  }
  public sealed class MediaCaptureVideoProfile {
    IVectorView<MediaFrameSourceInfo> FrameSourceInfos { get; }
    IMapView<Guid, object> Properties { get; }
  }
  public sealed class MediaCaptureVideoProfileMediaDescription {
    IMapView<Guid, object> Properties { get; }
    string Subtype { get; }
  }
}
namespace Windows.Media.Capture.Frames {
  public sealed class AudioMediaFrame
  public sealed class MediaFrameFormat {
    AudioEncodingProperties AudioEncodingProperties { get; }
  }
  public sealed class MediaFrameReference : IClosable {
    AudioMediaFrame AudioMediaFrame { get; }
  }
  public sealed class MediaFrameSourceController {
    AudioDeviceController AudioDeviceController { get; }
  }
  public sealed class MediaFrameSourceInfo {
    string ProfileId { get; }
    IVectorView<MediaCaptureVideoProfileMediaDescription> VideoProfileMediaDescription { get; }
  }
  public enum MediaFrameSourceKind {
    Audio = 4,
    Image = 5,
  }
}
namespace Windows.Media.Core {
  public sealed class AudioStreamDescriptor : IMediaStreamDescriptor, IMediaStreamDescriptor2 {
    AudioStreamDescriptor Copy();
  }
  public sealed class MediaBindingEventArgs {
    void SetDownloadOperation(DownloadOperation downloadOperation);
  }
  public sealed class MediaSource : IClosable, IMediaPlaybackSource {
    DownloadOperation DownloadOperation { get; }
    public static MediaSource CreateFromDownloadOperation(DownloadOperation downloadOperation);
  }
  public sealed class TimedMetadataStreamDescriptor : IMediaStreamDescriptor, IMediaStreamDescriptor2
  public sealed class VideoStreamDescriptor : IMediaStreamDescriptor, IMediaStreamDescriptor2 {
    VideoStreamDescriptor Copy();
  }
}
namespace Windows.Media.Devices {
  public sealed class VideoDeviceController : IMediaDeviceController {
    VideoTemporalDenoisingControl VideoTemporalDenoisingControl { get; }
  }
  public sealed class VideoTemporalDenoisingControl
  public enum VideoTemporalDenoisingMode
}
namespace Windows.Media.DialProtocol {
  public sealed class DialReceiverApp {
    IAsyncOperation<string> GetUniqueDeviceNameAsync();
  }
}
namespace Windows.Media.Effects {
  public sealed class VideoTransformEffectDefinition : IVideoEffectDefinition {
    VideoTransformSphericalProjection SphericalProjection { get; }
  }
  public sealed class VideoTransformSphericalProjection
}
namespace Windows.Media.MediaProperties {
  public sealed class AudioEncodingProperties : IMediaEncodingProperties {
    AudioEncodingProperties Copy();
  }
  public sealed class ContainerEncodingProperties : IMediaEncodingProperties {
    ContainerEncodingProperties Copy();
  }
  public sealed class ImageEncodingProperties : IMediaEncodingProperties {
    ImageEncodingProperties Copy();
  }
  public sealed class MediaEncodingProfile {
    IVector<TimedMetadataStreamDescriptor> GetTimedMetadataTracks();
    void SetTimedMetadataTracks(IIterable<TimedMetadataStreamDescriptor> value);
  }
  public static class MediaEncodingSubtypes {
    public static string P010 { get; }
  }
  public enum MediaPixelFormat {
    P010 = 2,
  }
  public sealed class TimedMetadataEncodingProperties : IMediaEncodingProperties
  public sealed class VideoEncodingProperties : IMediaEncodingProperties {
    VideoEncodingProperties Copy();
  }
}
namespace Windows.Media.Playback {
  public sealed class MediaPlaybackSession {
    MediaRotation PlaybackRotation { get; set; }
    MediaPlaybackSessionOutputDegradationPolicyState GetOutputDegradationPolicyState();
  }
  public sealed class MediaPlaybackSessionOutputDegradationPolicyState
  public enum MediaPlaybackSessionVideoConstrictionReason
  public sealed class MediaPlayer : IClosable {
    AudioStateMonitor AudioStateMonitor { get; }
  }
}
namespace Windows.Media.SpeechSynthesis {
  public enum SpeechAppendedSilence
  public enum SpeechPunctuationSilence
  public sealed class SpeechSynthesizerOptions {
    SpeechAppendedSilence AppendedSilence { get; set; }
    SpeechPunctuationSilence PunctuationSilence { get; set; }
  }
}
namespace Windows.Media.Streaming.Adaptive {
  public sealed class AdaptiveMediaSourceDiagnosticAvailableEventArgs {
    string ResourceContentType { get; }
    IReference<TimeSpan> ResourceDuration { get; }
  }
  public sealed class AdaptiveMediaSourceDownloadCompletedEventArgs {
    string ResourceContentType { get; }
    IReference<TimeSpan> ResourceDuration { get; }
  }
  public sealed class AdaptiveMediaSourceDownloadFailedEventArgs {
    string ResourceContentType { get; }
    IReference<TimeSpan> ResourceDuration { get; }
  }
  public sealed class AdaptiveMediaSourceDownloadRequestedEventArgs {
    string ResourceContentType { get; }
    IReference<TimeSpan> ResourceDuration { get; }
  }
}
namespace Windows.Networking.BackgroundTransfer {
  public sealed class DownloadOperation : IBackgroundTransferOperation, IBackgroundTransferOperationPriority {
    void MakeCurrentInTransferGroup();
  }
  public sealed class UploadOperation : IBackgroundTransferOperation, IBackgroundTransferOperationPriority {
    void MakeCurrentInTransferGroup();
  }
}
namespace Windows.Networking.Connectivity {
  public sealed class CellularApnContext {
    string ProfileName { get; set; }
  }
  public sealed class ConnectionProfileFilter {
    IReference<Guid> PurposeGuid { get; set; }
  }
  public sealed class WwanConnectionProfileDetails {
    WwanNetworkIPKind IPKind { get; }
    IVectorView<Guid> PurposeGuids { get; }
  }
  public enum WwanNetworkIPKind
}
namespace Windows.Networking.NetworkOperators {
  public sealed class ESim
  public sealed class ESimAddedEventArgs
  public enum ESimAuthenticationPreference
  public sealed class ESimDownloadProfileMetadataResult
  public static class ESimManager
  public sealed class ESimOperationResult
  public enum ESimOperationStatus
  public sealed class ESimPolicy
  public sealed class ESimProfile
  public enum ESimProfileClass
  public struct ESimProfileInstallProgress
  public sealed class ESimProfileMetadata
  public enum ESimProfileMetadataState
  public sealed class ESimProfilePolicy
  public enum ESimProfileState
  public sealed class ESimRemovedEventArgs
  public sealed class ESimServiceInfo
  public enum ESimState
  public sealed class ESimUpdatedEventArgs
  public sealed class ESimWatcher
  public enum ESimWatcherStatus
  public sealed class MobileBroadbandAntennaSar {
    public MobileBroadbandAntennaSar(int antennaIndex, int sarBackoffIndex);
  }
  public sealed class MobileBroadbandModem {
    bool IsInEmergencyCallMode { get; }
    event TypedEventHandler<MobileBroadbandModem, object> IsInEmergencyCallModeChanged;
    IAsyncOperation<MobileBroadbandPco> TryGetPcoAsync();
  }
  public sealed class MobileBroadbandModemIsolation
  public sealed class MobileBroadbandPco
  public sealed class MobileBroadbandPcoDataChangeTriggerDetails
  public enum NetworkOperatorDataUsageNotificationKind
  public sealed class NetworkOperatorDataUsageTriggerDetails
  public sealed class TetheringEntitlementCheckTriggerDetails
}
namespace Windows.Networking.Sockets {
  public sealed class MessageWebSocket : IClosable, IWebSocket {
    IAsyncOperationWithProgress<uint, uint> SendFinalFrameAsync(IBuffer data);
    IAsyncOperationWithProgress<uint, uint> SendNonfinalFrameAsync(IBuffer data);
  }
  public sealed class ServerMessageWebSocket : IClosable
  public sealed class ServerMessageWebSocketControl
  public sealed class ServerMessageWebSocketInformation
  public sealed class ServerStreamWebSocket : IClosable
  public sealed class ServerStreamWebSocketInformation
}
namespace Windows.Networking.Vpn {
  public sealed class VpnChannel {
    object CurrentRequestTransportContext { get; }
    void AddAndAssociateTransport(object transport, object context);
    ControlChannelTriggerStatus GetSlotTypeForTransportContext(object context);
    void ReplaceAndAssociateTransport(object transport, object context);
    void StartReconnectingTransport(object transport, object context);
    void StartWithTrafficFilter(IIterable<HostName> assignedClientIpv4Addresses, IIterable<HostName> assignedClientIpv6Addresses, VpnInterfaceId vpninterfaceId, VpnRouteAssignment assignedRoutes, VpnDomainNameAssignment assignedNamespace, uint mtuSize, uint maxFrameSize, bool reserved, IIterable<object> transports, VpnTrafficFilterAssignment assignedTrafficFilters);
  }
  public sealed class VpnPacketBuffer {
    object TransportContext { get; set; }
  }
}
namespace Windows.Security.Authentication.Identity.Provider {
  public enum SecondaryAuthenticationFactorAuthenticationMessage {
    CanceledByUser = 22,
    CenterHand = 23,
    ConnectionRequired = 20,
    DeviceUnavailable = 28,
    MoveHandCloser = 24,
    MoveHandFarther = 25,
    PlaceHandAbove = 26,
    RecognitionFailed = 27,
    TimeLimitExceeded = 21,
  }
}
namespace Windows.Security.Authentication.Web.Core {
  public sealed class FindAllAccountsResult
  public enum FindAllWebAccountsStatus
  public static class WebAuthenticationCoreManager {
    public static IAsyncOperation<FindAllAccountsResult> FindAllAccountsAsync(WebAccountProvider provider);
    public static IAsyncOperation<FindAllAccountsResult> FindAllAccountsAsync(WebAccountProvider provider, string clientId);
    public static IAsyncOperation<WebAccountProvider> FindSystemAccountProviderAsync(string webAccountProviderId);
    public static IAsyncOperation<WebAccountProvider> FindSystemAccountProviderAsync(string webAccountProviderId, string authority);
    public static IAsyncOperation<WebAccountProvider> FindSystemAccountProviderAsync(string webAccountProviderId, string authority, User user);
  }
}
namespace Windows.Security.Authentication.Web.Provider {
  public sealed class WebProviderTokenRequest {
    string ApplicationPackageFamilyName { get; }
    string ApplicationProcessName { get; }
    IAsyncOperation<bool> CheckApplicationForCapabilityAsync(string capabilityName);
  }
}
namespace Windows.Security.Credentials {
  public sealed class WebAccountProvider {
    bool IsSystemProvider { get; }
  }
}
namespace Windows.Services.Maps {
  public sealed class MapRouteDrivingOptions {
    IReference<DateTime> DepartureTime { get; set; }
  }
  public sealed class PlaceInfo {
    public static PlaceInfo CreateFromAddress(string displayAddress);
    public static PlaceInfo CreateFromAddress(string displayAddress, string displayName);
  }
}
namespace Windows.Services.Store {
  public sealed class StoreCanAcquireLicenseResult
  public enum StoreCanLicenseStatus
  public sealed class StoreContext {
    bool CanSilentlyDownloadStorePackageUpdates { get; }
    IAsyncOperation<StoreCanAcquireLicenseResult> CanAcquireStoreLicenseAsync(string productStoreId);
    IAsyncOperation<StoreCanAcquireLicenseResult> CanAcquireStoreLicenseForOptionalPackageAsync(Package optionalPackage);
    IAsyncOperationWithProgress<StorePackageUpdateResult, StorePackageUpdateStatus> DownloadAndInstallStorePackagesAsync(IIterable<string> storeIds);
    IAsyncOperation<IVectorView<StoreQueueItem>> GetAssociatedStoreQueueItemsAsync();
    IAsyncOperation<StoreProductQueryResult> GetStoreProductsAsync(IIterable<string> productKinds, IIterable<string> storeIds, StoreProductOptions storeProductOptions);
    IAsyncOperation<IVectorView<StoreQueueItem>> GetStoreQueueItemsAsync(IIterable<string> storeIds);
    IAsyncOperationWithProgress<StorePackageUpdateResult, StorePackageUpdateStatus> RequestDownloadAndInstallStorePackagesAsync(IIterable<string> storeIds, StorePackageInstallOptions storePackageInstallOptions);
    IAsyncOperation<StoreUninstallStorePackageResult> RequestUninstallStorePackageAsync(Package package);
    IAsyncOperation<StoreUninstallStorePackageResult> RequestUninstallStorePackageByStoreIdAsync(string storeId);
   IAsyncOperationWithProgress<StorePackageUpdateResult, StorePackageUpdateStatus> TrySilentDownloadAndInstallStorePackageUpdatesAsync(IIterable<StorePackageUpdate> storePackageUpdates);
    IAsyncOperationWithProgress<StorePackageUpdateResult, StorePackageUpdateStatus> TrySilentDownloadStorePackageUpdatesAsync(IIterable<StorePackageUpdate> storePackageUpdates);
    IAsyncOperation<StoreUninstallStorePackageResult> UninstallStorePackageAsync(Package package);
    IAsyncOperation<StoreUninstallStorePackageResult> UninstallStorePackageByStoreIdAsync(string storeId);
  }
  public sealed class StorePackageInstallOptions
  public sealed class StorePackageUpdateResult {
    IVectorView<StoreQueueItem> StoreQueueItems { get; }
  }
  public sealed class StoreProductOptions
  public sealed class StoreQueueItem
  public sealed class StoreQueueItemCompletedEventArgs
  public enum StoreQueueItemExtendedState
  public enum StoreQueueItemKind
  public enum StoreQueueItemState
  public sealed class StoreQueueItemStatus
  public sealed class StoreUninstallStorePackageResult
  public enum StoreUninstallStorePackageStatus
}
namespace Windows.Storage {
  public sealed class StorageFolder : IStorageFolder, IStorageFolder2, IStorageFolderQueryOperations, IStorageItem, IStorageItem2, IStorageItemProperties, IStorageItemProperties2, IStorageItemPropertiesWithProvider {
    StorageLibraryChangeTracker TryGetChangeTracker();
  }
}
namespace Windows.Storage.Provider {
  public interface IStorageProviderUriSource
  public sealed class StorageProviderGetContentInfoForPathResult
  public sealed class StorageProviderGetPathForContentUriResult
  public enum StorageProviderUriSourceStatus
}
namespace Windows.Storage.Search {
  public sealed class StorageLibraryChangeTrackerTriggerDetails
}
namespace Windows.System {
  public sealed class AppActivationResult
  public sealed class AppDiagnosticInfo {
    IAsyncOperation<AppActivationResult> LaunchAsync();
  }
  public sealed class AppExecutionStateChangeResult
  public sealed class AppResourceGroupInfo {
    IAsyncOperation<AppExecutionStateChangeResult> StartResumeAsync();
    IAsyncOperation<AppExecutionStateChangeResult> StartSuspendAsync();
    IAsyncOperation<AppExecutionStateChangeResult> StartTerminateAsync();
  }
  public enum AutoUpdateTimeZoneStatus
  public static class TimeZoneSettings {
    public static IAsyncOperation<AutoUpdateTimeZoneStatus> AutoUpdateTimeZoneAsync(TimeSpan timeout);
  }
}
namespace Windows.System.Diagnostics {
  public sealed class DiagnosticInvoker {
    IAsyncOperationWithProgress<DiagnosticActionResult, DiagnosticActionState> RunDiagnosticActionFromStringAsync(string context);
  }
}
namespace Windows.System.Diagnostics.DevicePortal {
  public sealed class DevicePortalConnection {
    ServerMessageWebSocket GetServerMessageWebSocketForRequest(HttpRequestMessage request);
    ServerMessageWebSocket GetServerMessageWebSocketForRequest(HttpRequestMessage request, SocketMessageType messageType, string protocol);
    ServerMessageWebSocket GetServerMessageWebSocketForRequest(HttpRequestMessage request, SocketMessageType messageType, string protocol, uint outboundBufferSizeInBytes, uint maxMessageSize, MessageWebSocketReceiveMode receiveMode);
    ServerStreamWebSocket GetServerStreamWebSocketForRequest(HttpRequestMessage request);
    ServerStreamWebSocket GetServerStreamWebSocketForRequest(HttpRequestMessage request, string protocol, uint outboundBufferSizeInBytes, bool noDelay);
  }
  public sealed class DevicePortalConnectionRequestReceivedEventArgs {
    bool IsWebSocketUpgradeRequest { get; }
    IVectorView<string> WebSocketProtocolsRequested { get; }
    Deferral GetDeferral();
  }
}
namespace Windows.System.Inventory {
  public sealed class InstalledDesktopApp : IStringable
}
namespace Windows.System.Profile {
  public static class AnalyticsInfo {
    public static IAsyncOperation<IMapView<string, string>> GetSystemPropertiesAsync(IIterable<string> attributeNames);
  }
}
namespace Windows.System.RemoteSystems {
  public sealed class RemoteSystem {
    RemoteSystemPlatform Platform { get; }
  }
  public sealed class RemoteSystemEnumerationCompletedEventArgs
  public enum RemoteSystemPlatform
  public sealed class RemoteSystemWatcher {
    event TypedEventHandler<RemoteSystemWatcher, RemoteSystemEnumerationCompletedEventArgs> EnumerationCompleted;
    event TypedEventHandler<RemoteSystemWatcher, RemoteSystemWatcherErrorOccurredEventArgs> ErrorOccurred;
  }
  public enum RemoteSystemWatcherError
  public sealed class RemoteSystemWatcherErrorOccurredEventArgs
}
namespace Windows.System.UserProfile {
  public static class GlobalizationPreferences {
    public static GlobalizationPreferencesForUser GetForUser(User user);
  }
  public sealed class GlobalizationPreferencesForUser
}
namespace Windows.UI.ApplicationSettings {
  public sealed class AccountsSettingsPane {
    public static IAsyncAction ShowAddAccountForUserAsync(User user);
    public static IAsyncAction ShowManageAccountsForUserAsync(User user);
  }
  public sealed class AccountsSettingsPaneCommandsRequestedEventArgs {
    User User { get; }
  }
}
namespace Windows.UI.Composition {
  public sealed class AnimationController : CompositionObject
  public enum AnimationControllerProgressBehavior
  public sealed class BounceScalarNaturalMotionAnimation : ScalarNaturalMotionAnimation
  public sealed class BounceVector2NaturalMotionAnimation : Vector2NaturalMotionAnimation
  public sealed class BounceVector3NaturalMotionAnimation : Vector3NaturalMotionAnimation
  public sealed class CompositionContainerShape : CompositionShape
  public sealed class CompositionEllipseGeometry : CompositionGeometry
  public class CompositionGeometry : CompositionObject
  public class CompositionLight : CompositionObject {
    bool IsEnabled { get; set; }
  }
  public sealed class CompositionLineGeometry : CompositionGeometry
  public class CompositionObject : IClosable {
    AnimationController TryGetAnimationController(string propertyName);
  }
  public sealed class CompositionPath : IGeometrySource2D
  public sealed class CompositionPathGeometry : CompositionGeometry
  public sealed class CompositionRectangleGeometry : CompositionGeometry
  public sealed class CompositionRoundedRectangleGeometry : CompositionGeometry
  public class CompositionShape : CompositionObject
  public sealed class CompositionShapeCollection : CompositionObject, IIterable<CompositionShape>, IVector<CompositionShape>
  public sealed class CompositionSpriteShape : CompositionShape
  public enum CompositionStrokeCap
  public sealed class CompositionStrokeDashArray : CompositionObject, IIterable<float>, IVector<float>
  public enum CompositionStrokeLineJoin
  public sealed class CompositionViewBox : CompositionObject
  public sealed class Compositor : IClosable {
    string Comment { get; set; }
    float GlobalPlaybackRate { get; set; }
    public static float MaxGlobalPlaybackRate { get; }
    public static float MinGlobalPlaybackRate { get; }
    BounceScalarNaturalMotionAnimation CreateBounceScalarAnimation();
    BounceVector2NaturalMotionAnimation CreateBounceVector2Animation();
    BounceVector3NaturalMotionAnimation CreateBounceVector3Animation();
    CompositionContainerShape CreateContainerShape();
    CompositionEllipseGeometry CreateEllipseGeometry();
    CompositionLineGeometry CreateLineGeometry();
    CompositionPathGeometry CreatePathGeometry();
    CompositionPathGeometry CreatePathGeometry(CompositionPath path);
    PathKeyFrameAnimation CreatePathKeyFrameAnimation();
    CompositionRectangleGeometry CreateRectangleGeometry();
    CompositionRoundedRectangleGeometry CreateRoundedRectangleGeometry();
    ShapeVisual CreateShapeVisual();
    CompositionSpriteShape CreateSpriteShape();
    CompositionSpriteShape CreateSpriteShape(CompositionGeometry geometry);
    CompositionViewBox CreateViewBox();
    IAsyncAction RequestCommitAsync();
  }
  public sealed class PathKeyFrameAnimation : KeyFrameAnimation
  public sealed class PointLight : CompositionLight {
    float MaxAttenuationCutoff { get; set; }
    float MinAttenuationCutoff { get; set; }
  }
  public sealed class ShapeVisual : ContainerVisual
  public sealed class SpotLight : CompositionLight {
    float MaxAttenuationCutoff { get; set; }
    float MinAttenuationCutoff { get; set; }
  }
}
namespace Windows.UI.Composition.Core {
  public sealed class CompositorController : IClosable
}
namespace Windows.UI.Composition.Desktop {
  public sealed class DesktopWindowTarget : CompositionTarget
}
namespace Windows.UI.Composition.Diagnostics {
  public sealed class CompositionDebugHeatMaps
  public enum CompositionDebugOverdrawContentKinds : uint
  public sealed class CompositionDebugSettings
}
namespace Windows.UI.Composition.Interactions {
  public enum VisualInteractionSourceRedirectionMode {
    CapableTouchpadAndPointerWheel = 3,
    PointerWheelOnly = 2,
  }
}
namespace Windows.UI.Core {
  public enum AppViewBackButtonVisibility {
    Disabled = 2,
  }
  public sealed class CoreComponentInputSource : ICoreInputSourceBase, ICorePointerInputSource, ICorePointerInputSource2 {
    DispatcherQueue DispatcherQueue { get; }
  }
  public sealed class CoreIndependentInputSource : ICoreInputSourceBase, ICorePointerInputSource, ICorePointerInputSource2 {
    DispatcherQueue DispatcherQueue { get; }
  }
  public interface ICorePointerInputSource2 : ICorePointerInputSource
}
namespace Windows.UI.Input.Core {
  public sealed class RadialControllerIndependentInputSource {
    DispatcherQueue DispatcherQueue { get; }
  }
}
namespace Windows.UI.Input.Inking {
  public sealed class InkDrawingAttributes {
    InkModelerAttributes ModelerAttributes { get; }
  }
  public sealed class InkInputConfiguration
  public sealed class InkModelerAttributes
  public sealed class InkPresenter {
    InkInputConfiguration InputConfiguration { get; }
 }
}
namespace Windows.UI.Input.Spatial {
  public sealed class SpatialInteractionController {
    BatteryReport TryGetBatteryReport();
  }
}
namespace Windows.UI.Notifications {
  public sealed class ScheduledToastNotification {
    IReference<DateTime> ExpirationTime { get; set; }
  }
}
namespace Windows.UI.StartScreen {
  public sealed class TileMixedRealityModel {
    TileMixedRealityModelActivationBehavior ActivationBehavior { get; set; }
  }
  public enum TileMixedRealityModelActivationBehavior
}
namespace Windows.UI.Text {
  public sealed class ContentLinkInfo
  public sealed class RichEditTextRange : ITextRange
  public enum TextRangeUnit {
    ContentLink = 32,
  }
}
namespace Windows.UI.ViewManagement.Core {
  public sealed class CoreInputView {
    event TypedEventHandler<CoreInputView, object> XYFocusTransferredToPrimaryView;
    event TypedEventHandler<CoreInputView, CoreInputViewTransferringXYFocusEventArgs> XYFocusTransferringFromPrimaryView;
    bool TryTransferXYFocusToPrimaryView(Rect origin, CoreInputViewXYFocusTransferDirection direction);
  }
  public sealed class CoreInputViewTransferringXYFocusEventArgs
  public enum CoreInputViewXYFocusTransferDirection
}
namespace Windows.UI.WebUI {
  public sealed class WebUIBarcodeScannerPreviewActivatedEventArgs : IActivatedEventArgs, IActivatedEventArgsDeferral, IActivatedEventArgsWithUser, IBarcodeScannerPreviewActivatedEventArgs
  public sealed class WebUILaunchActivatedEventArgs : IActivatedEventArgs, IActivatedEventArgsDeferral, IActivatedEventArgsWithUser, IApplicationViewActivatedEventArgs, ILaunchActivatedEventArgs, ILaunchActivatedEventArgs2, IPrelaunchActivatedEventArgs {
    TileActivatedInfo TileActivatedInfo { get; }
  }
}
namespace Windows.UI.Xaml {
  public sealed class BringIntoViewOptions {
    double HorizontalAlignmentRatio { get; set; }
    double HorizontalOffset { get; set; }
    double VerticalAlignmentRatio { get; set; }
    double VerticalOffset { get; set; }
  }
  public sealed class BringIntoViewRequestedEventArgs : RoutedEventArgs
  public sealed class ElementSoundPlayer {
    public static ElementSpatialAudioMode SpatialAudioMode { get; set; }
  }
  public enum ElementSpatialAudioMode
  public enum FocusVisualKind {
    Reveal = 2,
  }
  public class UIElement : DependencyObject {
    public static RoutedEvent BringIntoViewRequestedEvent { get; }
    public static RoutedEvent ContextRequestedEvent { get; }
    KeyboardAcceleratorPlacementMode KeyboardAcceleratorPlacementMode { get; set; }
    public static DependencyProperty KeyboardAcceleratorPlacementModeProperty { get; }
    DependencyObject KeyboardAcceleratorPlacementTarget { get; set; }
    public static DependencyProperty KeyboardAcceleratorPlacementTargetProperty { get; }
    DependencyObject KeyTipTarget { get; set; }
    public static DependencyProperty KeyTipTargetProperty { get; }
    event TypedEventHandler<UIElement, BringIntoViewRequestedEventArgs> BringIntoViewRequested;
    virtual void OnBringIntoViewRequested(BringIntoViewRequestedEventArgs e);
    virtual void OnKeyboardAcceleratorInvoked(KeyboardAcceleratorInvokedEventArgs args);
    public static void RegisterAsScrollPort(UIElement element);
  }
}
namespace Windows.UI.Xaml.Automation {
  public sealed class AutomationElementIdentifiers {
    public static AutomationProperty HeadingLevelProperty { get; }
  }
  public sealed class AutomationProperties {
    public static DependencyProperty HeadingLevelProperty { get; }
    public static AutomationHeadingLevel GetHeadingLevel(DependencyObject element);
    public static void SetHeadingLevel(DependencyObject element, AutomationHeadingLevel value);
  }
}
namespace Windows.UI.Xaml.Automation.Peers {
  public enum AutomationHeadingLevel
  public class AutomationPeer : DependencyObject {
    AutomationHeadingLevel GetHeadingLevel();
    virtual AutomationHeadingLevel GetHeadingLevelCore();
  }
  public sealed class AutoSuggestBoxAutomationPeer : FrameworkElementAutomationPeer, IInvokeProvider {
    void Invoke();
  }
  public class CalendarDatePickerAutomationPeer : FrameworkElementAutomationPeer, IInvokeProvider, IValueProvider
  public class TreeViewItemAutomationPeer : ListViewItemAutomationPeer, IExpandCollapseProvider
  public class TreeViewListAutomationPeer : SelectorAutomationPeer
}
namespace Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls {
  public class AppBarButton : Button, ICommandBarElement, ICommandBarElement2 {
    string KeyboardAcceleratorTextOverride { get; set; }
    public static DependencyProperty KeyboardAcceleratorTextOverrideProperty { get; }
    AppBarButtonTemplateSettings TemplateSettings { get; }
  }
  public class AppBarToggleButton : ToggleButton, ICommandBarElement, ICommandBarElement2 {
    string KeyboardAcceleratorTextOverride { get; set; }
    public static DependencyProperty KeyboardAcceleratorTextOverrideProperty { get; }
    AppBarToggleButtonTemplateSettings TemplateSettings { get; }
  }
  public sealed class ContentLinkChangedEventArgs
  public enum ContentLinkChangeKind
  public sealed class HandwritingPanelClosedEventArgs
  public sealed class HandwritingPanelOpenedEventArgs
  public enum HandwritingPanelPlacementAlignment
  public class HandwritingView : Control
  public class MediaTransportControls : Control {
    bool IsCompactOverlayButtonVisible { get; set; }
    public static DependencyProperty IsCompactOverlayButtonVisibleProperty { get; }
    bool IsCompactOverlayEnabled { get; set; }
    public static DependencyProperty IsCompactOverlayEnabledProperty { get; }
  }
  public class MenuFlyoutItem : MenuFlyoutItemBase {
    string KeyboardAcceleratorTextOverride { get; set; }
    public static DependencyProperty KeyboardAcceleratorTextOverrideProperty { get; }
    MenuFlyoutItemTemplateSettings TemplateSettings { get; }
  }
  public class NavigationView : ContentControl {
    NavigationViewBackButtonVisible IsBackButtonVisible { get; set; }
    public static DependencyProperty IsBackButtonVisibleProperty { get; }
    bool IsBackEnabled { get; set; }
    public static DependencyProperty IsBackEnabledProperty { get; }
    string PaneTitle { get; set; }
    public static DependencyProperty PaneTitleProperty { get; }
    event TypedEventHandler<NavigationView, NavigationViewBackRequestedEventArgs> BackRequested;
    event TypedEventHandler<NavigationView, object> PaneClosed;
    event TypedEventHandler<NavigationView, NavigationViewPaneClosingEventArgs> PaneClosing;
    event TypedEventHandler<NavigationView, object> PaneOpened;
    event TypedEventHandler<NavigationView, object> PaneOpening;
  }
  public enum NavigationViewBackButtonVisible
 public sealed class NavigationViewBackRequestedEventArgs
  public sealed class NavigationViewPaneClosingEventArgs
  public class RefreshContainer : ContentControl
  public sealed class RefreshInteractionRatioChangedEventArgs
  public enum RefreshPullDirection
  public sealed class RefreshRequestedEventArgs
  public sealed class RefreshStateChangedEventArgs
  public class RefreshVisualizer : Control
  public enum RefreshVisualizerOrientation
  public enum RefreshVisualizerState
  public class RichEditBox : Control {
    SolidColorBrush ContentLinkBackgroundColor { get; set; }
    public static DependencyProperty ContentLinkBackgroundColorProperty { get; }
    SolidColorBrush ContentLinkForegroundColor { get; set; }
    public static DependencyProperty ContentLinkForegroundColorProperty { get; }
    ContentLinkProviderCollection ContentLinkProviders { get; set; }
    public static DependencyProperty ContentLinkProvidersProperty { get; }
    HandwritingView HandwritingView { get; set; }
    public static DependencyProperty HandwritingViewProperty { get; }
    bool IsHandwritingViewEnabled { get; set; }
    public static DependencyProperty IsHandwritingViewEnabledProperty { get; }
    event TypedEventHandler<RichEditBox, ContentLinkChangedEventArgs> ContentLinkChanged;
    event TypedEventHandler<RichEditBox, ContentLinkInvokedEventArgs> ContentLinkInvoked;
  }
  public class TextBox : Control {
    HandwritingView HandwritingView { get; set; }
    public static DependencyProperty HandwritingViewProperty { get; }
    bool IsHandwritingViewEnabled { get; set; }
    public static DependencyProperty IsHandwritingViewEnabledProperty { get; }
  }
  public class TreeView : Control
  public sealed class TreeViewCollapsedEventArgs
  public sealed class TreeViewExpandingEventArgs
  public class TreeViewItem : ListViewItem
  public sealed class TreeViewItemInvokedEventArgs
  public class TreeViewItemTemplateSettings : DependencyObject
  public class TreeViewList : ListView
  public class TreeViewNode : DependencyObject
  public enum TreeViewSelectionMode
  public sealed class WebView : FrameworkElement {
    event TypedEventHandler<WebView, WebViewSeparateProcessLostEventArgs> SeparateProcessLost;
  }
  public enum WebViewExecutionMode {
    SeparateProcess = 2,
  }
  public enum WebViewPermissionType {
    Screen = 5,
    WebVR = 6,
  }
  public sealed class WebViewSeparateProcessLostEventArgs
}
namespace Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Maps {
  public sealed class MapControl : Control {
    string Region { get; set; }
    public static DependencyProperty RegionProperty { get; }
  }
  public class MapElement : DependencyObject {
    bool IsEnabled { get; set; }
    public static DependencyProperty IsEnabledProperty { get; }
  }
}
namespace Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Primitives {
  public sealed class AppBarButtonTemplateSettings : DependencyObject
  public sealed class AppBarToggleButtonTemplateSettings : DependencyObject
  public sealed class MenuFlyoutItemTemplateSettings : DependencyObject
}
namespace Windows.UI.Xaml.Documents {
  public sealed class ContactContentLinkProvider : ContentLinkProvider
  public sealed class ContentLink : Inline
  public sealed class ContentLinkInvokedEventArgs
  public class ContentLinkProvider : DependencyObject
  public sealed class ContentLinkProviderCollection : IIterable<ContentLinkProvider>, IVector<ContentLinkProvider>
  public sealed class PlaceContentLinkProvider : ContentLinkProvider
}
namespace Windows.UI.Xaml.Hosting {
  public sealed class XamlBridge : IClosable
}
namespace Windows.UI.Xaml.Input {
  public sealed class FocusManager {
    public static IAsyncOperation<FocusMovementResult> TryFocusAsync(DependencyObject element, FocusState value);
    public static IAsyncOperation<FocusMovementResult> TryMoveFocusAsync(FocusNavigationDirection focusNavigationDirection);
    public static IAsyncOperation<FocusMovementResult> TryMoveFocusAsync(FocusNavigationDirection focusNavigationDirection, FindNextElementOptions focusNavigationOptions);
  }
  public sealed class FocusMovementResult
  public sealed class GettingFocusEventArgs : RoutedEventArgs {
    bool TryCancel();
    bool TrySetNewFocusedElement(DependencyObject element);
  }
  public sealed class KeyboardAcceleratorInvokedEventArgs {
    KeyboardAccelerator KeyboardAccelerator { get; }
  }
  public enum KeyboardAcceleratorPlacementMode
  public sealed class LosingFocusEventArgs : RoutedEventArgs {
    bool TryCancel();
    bool TrySetNewFocusedElement(DependencyObject element);
  }
}
namespace Windows.UI.Xaml.Media {
  public sealed class CompositionTarget {
    public static event EventHandler<RenderedEventArgs> Rendered;
  }
  public sealed class RenderedEventArgs
}
namespace Windows.Web.UI {
  public interface IWebViewControl
  public sealed class WebViewControlContentLoadingEventArgs
  public sealed class WebViewControlDeferredPermissionRequest
  public sealed class WebViewControlDOMContentLoadedEventArgs
  public sealed class WebViewControlLongRunningScriptDetectedEventArgs
  public sealed class WebViewControlNavigationCompletedEventArgs
  public sealed class WebViewControlNavigationStartingEventArgs
  public sealed class WebViewControlNewWindowRequestedEventArgs
  public sealed class WebViewControlPermissionRequest
  public sealed class WebViewControlPermissionRequestedEventArgs
  public enum WebViewControlPermissionState
  public enum WebViewControlPermissionType
  public sealed class WebViewControlScriptNotifyEventArgs
  public sealed class WebViewControlSettings
  public sealed class WebViewControlUnsupportedUriSchemeIdentifiedEventArgs
  public sealed class WebViewControlUnviewableContentIdentifiedEventArgs
  public sealed class WebViewControlWebResourceRequestedEventArgs
}
namespace Windows.Web.UI.Interop {
  public sealed class WebViewControl : IWebViewControl
  public sealed class WebViewControlAcceleratorKeyPressedEventArgs
  public enum WebViewControlAcceleratorKeyRoutingStage
  public enum WebViewControlMoveFocusReason
  public sealed class WebViewControlMoveFocusRequestedEventArgs
  public sealed class WebViewControlProcess
  public enum WebViewControlProcessCapabilityState
  public sealed class WebViewControlProcessOptions
}

The post Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 17095 now available appeared first on Windows Developer Blog.

Today, we are releasing the February 2018 Security and Quality Rollup.

Security

No new security fixes. See .NET Framework January 2018 Security and Quality Rollup for the latest security updates.

Quality and Reliability

This release contains the following quality and reliability improvements. It includes the same quality improvements that were part of the January 2018 Preview of Quality Rollup.

ASP.NET

• Behavior change of HttpCookieCollection.Set, in .NET Framework 4.5.2 and later. If the app uses Set-Cookie header and also use Cookies.Set to add new cookie, the cookie set via Set-Cookie will not be in the response. [513614]

Identity

• UserPrincipal.GetAuthorizationGroups does not use Kerberos transition when it should, and LDAP operation fails if a group has an SID in its sidHistory, for .NET Framework 4.6.2. [484146]

SQL

• SqlConnection can hang in Close/Dispose after getting network exception during SqlBulkCopy writes, for .NET Framework 4.6 and later. [523503]

WCF

• Deadlock between SharedTcpTransportManager.OnClose and OnReceiveComplete causing hang. [454558]

Note: Additional information on these improvements is not available. The VSTS bug number provided with each improvement is a unique ID that you can give Microsoft Customer Support, include in StackOverflow commentsor use in web searches.

Getting the Update

The Security and Quality Rollup is available via Windows Update, Windows Server Update Services, Microsoft Update Catalog, and Docker.

Guidance

The February 2018 Rollup does not contain new security fixes. As a result, it is an optional update. If you want the latest fixes and improvements, you are recommended to install the appropriate updates in the following table.

If you want to install the minimum set of updates, you are recommended to:

• Install the Windows 10 LCU if you are on Windows 10.
• Do not install February 2018 .NET Framework updates.

Microsoft Update Catalog

You can get the update via the Microsoft Update Catalog. For Windows 10, .NET Framework updates are part of the Windows 10 Monthly Rollup.

Docker Images

Docker images have been updated (or are in the process of being updated) as part of today’s release.

• microsoft/aspnet
• microsoft/dotnet-framework
• microsoft/dotnet-framework-build
• microsoft/dotnet-framework-samples
• microsoft/wcf

Note: Look at the “Tags” view in each repository to see the updated Docker image tags.

Note: Please look at .NET Docker Announcements for more information on .NET and Docker.

Previous Monthly Rollups

The last few .NET Framework Monthly updates are listed below for your convenience:

• January 2018 Preview of Quality Rollup
• January 2018 Security and Quality Rollup
• November 2017 Security and Quality Rollup

This blog post was authored by the Microsoft Build Team.

On May 7–9, brilliant developers and industry game-changers will meet at Microsoft Build in Seattle, Washington. Creators of all kinds will gather to spark ideas, get inspired, and build what’s next. Save the date to register tomorrow for your ringside seat.

Spend three days exploring AI, mixed reality, cloud, data, and quantum. Here’s a preview of what you can expect:

• Celebrate your community of tech pioneers with a keynote address by Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, and sessions led by leading developers behind solutions that are changing the world.
• Choose your own adventure with meetups, deep dives, and more. You can sample a bit of everything or focus on the area that most intrigues you. The schedule is yours to build.
• Get ready to code with demos and labs on emerging tech and push your edge toward mastery. There’s a wealth of learning opportunities that are just your flavor.
• Mingle with your tribe, bouncing ideas off product engineers, hanging out with new connections, or sharing strategies over one of Seattle’s famous brews.

Innovative software is transforming the world in remarkable ways—and you can be at the epicenter of it all at Microsoft Build. Registration starts Thursday, Feb. 15 at 9 a.m. PST.

Microsoft Build sells out every year. Save the date, and don’t miss your chance to create tomorrow.

This blog post was co-authored by Vijay Nagarajan, Senior Program Manger and Kiran Madnani, Principal PM Manager, Azure Infrastructure Management

Application Insights is an extensible application performance management (APM) service for web developers on multiple platforms. Customers use Application Insights to monitor live web applications, detect performance anomalies, diagnose issues and to understand usage patterns. In addition to the alerts on application health based on different metrics, you can now monitor e-log files by setting up a query to run at specified intervals and trigger alerts based on the result. For example, let’s say you deployed a new fix for a specific exception and want to make sure it doesn’t surface again. You can now setup an alert to trigger if that exception appears in your Application Insights trace file.

Log Alerts for Application Insights can be accessed from the new Azure Alerts experience. Learn more about Azure Alerts (preview). Create a new alert and specify the target resource to be Application Insights:

Log Analytics customers will find a familiar interface for creating alerts. Much like Log Analytics, log alerts support two types:

• Number of Records: Triggers alerts based on the number of records returned for query on Application Insights. For example: Want an alert every time your webapp gives a 500 response. Create a log alert of type number of records and threshold set as one with query: requests | where resultCode == "500"
• Metric Measurement: Triggers alerts based on pattern of numeric value aggregated by the query on Application Insights. For example, want an alert if duration of your ping/availability tests on Application Insights across regions is on average very high for two consecutive periods of 15 minutes. Create a log alert of type metric measurement with trigger on continuous breach more than two and aggregation on AggregateValue with query: availabilityResults | summarize AggregatedValue = avg(duration) by bin(timestamp, 15m)

More details on log alerts can be found in Microsoft Azure Documentation for Log Alerts. Here is a short video to help you get started with Log Alerts for Application (preview).

The Log Alerts for Application Insights and the new alerts experience are both in preview and will be rolling out in a scheduled manner to all regions from today. We would love to hear your feedback, email us at: azurealertsfeedback@microsoft.com.

We continue to expand the Azure Marketplace ecosystem. In January 2018, 32 new offers successfully met the onboarding criteria and went live. See details of the new offers below:

Whether your team is small or large, staying on top of essential information in a timely and efficient manner is key in any successful project. In previous blog posts, we introduced new notification experiences that help you stay updated about team activities such as build failures and work item assignments without having to switch context outside of the Visual Studio IDE.

New toast notifications

With notifications, we saw an opportunity to improve your productivity by alerting you of important events, right on the IDE. We kicked-off our efforts by giving you the ability to be notified about the status of a single build definition. Your feedback to that initial experience was fairly positive, and we decided to expand the scope from a single tracked build definition, to notifying you about all build definitions as well as work item assignments, under a VSTS account.

After expanding the initial scope, you gave us feedback about areas we could improve next (e.g. notifications were not optimized for discovery, call to actions needed clarity & missed notifications were not surfaced), and we set out to not only continue expanding the feature’s scope, but to improve the overall experience of how we notify you inside the IDE.

As a result, in the most recent update to the Continuous Delivery Tools for Visual Studio extension,  we have introduced a new toast notification mechanism.

The new toast notification appears in the top right corner of the IDE, and whenever not acted upon or dismissed by you, it retracts to the notification flag, indicating it can be found inside the Notifications tool window.

For now, toast notifications are gather under a “Miscellaneous” category. As we experiment and refine further, expect to see new categories grouping related toast notifications together.

Looking ahead

As next steps in our notifications roadmap, we’ll be listening closely to your feedback and continue to fine-tune the new toast notification to ensure Visual Studio developers have a great notification experience. We’ll also look to expand the events you can be notified about, as well as customizing the notification experience even further. Stay tuned for future announcements.

Please Share Your Feedback

User feedback continues to be an essential part of our development efforts. On this release, we added a feedback button to simplify how you can send us feedback. We’ll love to hear your thoughts about the overall experience (e.g. new UI design, animation, timing, etc).

Please download or update the Continuous Delivery Tools for Visual Studio extension (aka.ms/cd4vs), and try out this new notification experience, either by creating a new Continuous Delivery pipeline, or by getting a coworker on your same VSTS account to assign you a work item.

Let us know what you think about this experience and what new notification scenarios you like us to explore next, either via the toast’s feedback button, Twitter or our team alias vsdevops@microsoft.com.

Ruben Rios, Program Manager, Visual Studio @rub8n Ruben is a Program Manager on the Visual Studio IDE platform team. During his time at Microsoft, he’s helped build tools and services for web & mobile devs in both Visual Studio and the Microsoft Edge F12 dev tools. Before joining Microsoft, he was a professional web developer and has always been passionate about UX.

We increasingly see that every enterprise is formulating, if not already executing, a cloud-first strategy for their on-premise enterprise data management to benefit from inherent elasticity, flexibility and performance of a cloud data warehouse like Azure SQL Data Warehouse (Azure SQL DW).

The common challenge for moving Azure SQL DW is the complexity of shifting decades of on-premise data management to the cloud . Over years, enterprises have built complex disparate suites of applications such as point of sales, logistics, analytics, and reporting that communicate with a central database. Many apps can’t simply use any database other than the one they were written for originally.

Microsoft has partnered with Datometry to simplify our customer’s journey to the cloud. Re-platforming from Teradata Data Warehouse to SQL DW can be completed in weeks, not years, and at a fraction of the costs compared to traditional migration. With Datometry’s Adaptive Data Virtualization technology, existing Teradata applications can run instantly and natively on Azure SQL DW without rewriting or redesigning the legacy applications.

In the Case Study discussed in this blog post, a Fortune 100 retailer was looking to move their custom business intelligence application with close to 40 million application queries executed per week to Azure SQL DW. This allowed the retailer to take advantage of the performance and security that Azure offers. Their own analysis found rewriting the applications would cost in the tens of millions of dollars and would take multiple years.

Datometry Hyper-Q translates the application queries and results on the fly and doesn’t do any processing of application queries, which means that the heavy computation is left for Azure SQL DW with its MPP architecture. Typically, the translation of application queries takes between five milliseconds and 200 milliseconds. Most of the time customer’s database queries are usually running for seconds or even minutes at a time, so the performance overhead is negligible and often undetectable by monitoring.

In addition, if Hyper-Q encounters functions on stored procedures that are present in the existing database but missing in Azure SQL DW, it emulates them. Stored procedures consist not only of SQL, but of control flow code such as loops. The end result is typically a series of individual statements that are executed against the target database. Hyper-Q unrolls the stored procedures and translates them into individual statements in a syntax that is understood by Azure SQL DW. This allows existing stored procedures to be used even though the target database does not support them.

With this solution, customers can easily accelerate their journey to the cloud while maintaining application up time. Find out more about Azure SQL Data Warehouse and easily get started with a Datometry for Azure SQL Data Warehouse demo.

For anything Azure SQL DW relater question, email AskSQLDW@microsoft.com and sign up here for engineering support for your Azure SQL DW proof of concept.

We are happy to announce that Azure Site Recovery (ASR) now provides you the ability to setup Disaster Recovery (DR) for IaaS VMs using managed disks. With this feature, ASR fulfills an important requirement to become an all-encompassing DR solution for all of your production applications hosted on laaS VMs in Azure, including applications hosted on VMs with managed disks.

Managed disks provide several advantages including simplification of storage management and guaranteeing industry-leading durability and availability for disk storage. 

When you protect virtual machines on managed disks, Azure Site Recovery creates a replica managed disk in the target region corresponding to each managed disk of your production VM in the primary region. This replica disk acts as the data store for the source disk in the primary region, thus eliminating the need to create and manage multiple storage accounts in the target region to store data for your protected machines.

Let us look at an example of protecting a virtual machine with five managed disks. As shown below in Fig 1 and Fig 2,

• You can enable protection for the Virtual machine via the virtual machine experience or through the recovery services vault experience.If you plan to use the virtual machine experience to enable protection, please pre-create a recovery services vault in your subscription before enabling protection for your virtual machine. This is a temporary pre-requisite.
• You can also choose to specify the type of replica managed disk as standard or premium, depending on your performance requirements. 
• While setting up protection, a cache storage account is created per recovery services vault in the source region and re-used across your protected VMs. This cache storage account stores any data changes on your protected machines temporarily, until our service transfers it to the secondary region. One cache storage account is sufficient to handle the data changes for multiple protected VMs. However, we also provide you the ability to customize and specify the cache storage account per VM.

Fig 1: Protecting via the virtual machine experience

Fig 2: Protecting via the recovery services vault experience

This feature is deployed in all Azure production regions where ASR is supported. We will be rolling out this capability to national clouds soon.

Start using Azure Site Recovery today. Visit the Azure Site Recovery forum on MSDN for additional information and to engage with other customers. You can also use the ASR User Voice to let us know what features you want us to enable next.

We are pleased to announce the release of the Visual Studio Preview (15.6 Preview 5). This preview of Visual Studio includes the Preview SDK Build 17095 as an optional component.

Download the Visual Studio 2017 Preview (https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/preview/) and give us feedback on the integration and setup experience.

For feedback and updates to the known issues, please see the developer forum. For new developer feature requests, head over to our Windows Platform UserVoice.

For Visual Studio specific release notes, see release notes.

Known Issues

• Cannot deploy to a device: When attempting to deploy to a mobile device, it fails with the following error: DEP0001: Unexpected Error: SmartDeviceException – Class not registered [0x80131500]

To work around this issue:

1. Go to Administrative Command Prompt
2. Run REGSVR32 “Program Files (x86)Windows Kits10bin10.0.17095.0x86SirepClient.dll”

• The following tools are not included with this release: 

Filtdump.exe

JSConstraintDebug.exe

Regwindmd.exe

Topedit.exe

What’s New:

• C++/WinRT Now Available:The C++/WinRT headers and cppwinrt compiler (cppwinrt.exe) are now included in the Windows SDK. The compiler comes in handy if you need to consume a third-party WinRT component or if you need to author your own WinRT components with C++/WinRT. The easiest way to get working with it after installing the Windows Insider Preview SDK is to start the Visual Studio Developer Command Prompt and run the compiler in that environment. Authoring support is currently experimental and subject to change. Stay tuned as we will publish more detailed instructions on how to use the compiler in the coming week.The ModernCPP blog has a deeper dive into the CppWinRT compiler. Please give us feedback by creating an issue at: https://github.com/microsoft/cppwinrt.

Accessing New APIs

In order to access the new APIs, you will need to modify the Target Platform Version of your app to be 10.0.17095.0. By default, the Target Platform Version will target the Windows Fall Creators Update version.

When targeting new APIs, consider writing your app to be adaptive in order to run correctly on the widest number of Windows 10 devices. Please see Dynamically detecting features with API contracts (10 by 10) for more information.

For a list of the New APIs available with this release, see the Windows 10 SDK Preview blog post.

The post Visual Studio Preview (15.6 Preview 5) now available appeared first on Windows Developer Blog.

For everyone from enterprise programmers to data scientists, Python is one of the most popular dynamic languages for software development. Anaconda, the most popular Python data science platform, provides 6 million users with a streamlined Python environment on Windows, Mac or Linux. And starting today, Visual Studio Code, Microsoft's free and cross-platform code editor, is included in the Anaconda distribution!

Visual Studio Code can easily be installed at the same time as Anaconda, providing a great editing and debugging experience for Python users, with special features tailor-made for Anaconda users. This is another example of Microsoft’s continued investment in the Python community, following our release of an official Python extension for VS Code, strong support for Python in Azure Machine Learning Studio and SQL Server, and Azure Notebooks, which has been increasingly adopted as a learning platform by leading universities such as the University of Cambridge. Microsoft is committed to helping Python developers build anywhere and on any platform.

The Microsoft Python Extension for Visual Studio Code is the heart of our Python experience. Its original creator now works full time on the extension, with the rest of our Python core developer team. Since creating a team around this beloved extension, we have extended support for Anaconda environments, streamlined its linting support, closed over 150 issues submitted by our great community, and we are only just getting started! The Microsoft Python Extension for Visual Studio Code is actively developed in our GitHub repository, and is the most downloaded extension in the VS Code marketplace with over 6 million downloads to-date, and a 4.7/5.0 rating.

Download Anaconda 5.1 now and check out the Visual Studio Code Python experience! Let us know what you think by providing us with feedback at our GitHub repository.

Building experiences for the Surface Hub requires developers to tailor their apps for the big screen and multiple users interacting with different components at the same time. Gian Paolo Santopaolo came to Redmond all the way from Switzerland to share best practices for developing engaging and natural user experiences for the Surface Hub. He has spent the last 6 years as a Windows MVP, designing and developing natural user experiences for various devices including the Microsoft Surface Hub and Microsoft HoloLens. During this time, Gian Paolo has developed many open source components and helpers to enable developers to build better and more personal UWP apps for every device and scenario.

Watch the full video above and feel free to reach out on Twitter or in the comments below for questions or comments.

Happy coding!

The post #ifdef WINDOWS – One Developer’s Guide to the Surface Hub appeared first on Windows Developer Blog.

We are excited to share the general availability of ExpressRoute monitoring with Network Performance Monitor (NPM). A few months ago, we announced ExpressRoute Monitor with NPM in public preview. Since then, we’ve seen lots of users monitor their Azure ExpressRoute private peering connections, and working with customers we’ve gathered a lot of great feedback. While we’re not done working to make ExpressRoute monitoring best in class, we’re ready and eager for everyone to get their hands on it. In this post, I’ll take you through some of the capabilities that ExpressRoute Monitor provides. To get started, watch a brief demo video explaining ExpressRoute monitoring capability in Network Performance Monitor.

Monitor connectivity to Azure VNETs, over ExpressRoute

NPM can monitor the packet loss and network latency between your on-premises resources (branch offices, datacenters, and office sites) and Azure VNETs connected through an ExpressRoute. You can setup alerts to get proactively notified whenever the loss or latency crosses the threshold. In addition to viewing the near real-time values and historical trends of the performance data, you can use the network state recorder to go back in time to view particular network state in order to investigate the difficult-to-catch transient issues.

Get end-to-end visibility into the ExpressRoute connections

Since an ExpressRoute connection comprises of various components, it is extremely difficult to identify the bottleneck when high latency is experienced while connecting to an Azure workload. Now, you can get the required end-to-end visibility through NPM’s interactive topology view. You can not only view all the constituent components, your on-premises network, circuit provider edge, ExpressRoute circuit, Microsoft edge, and Azure VMs, but also the latency contributed by each hop to help you identify the troublesome segment.

The following snippet illustrates a topology view where the Azure VM on the left is connected to the on-premises VM on the right, over primary and secondary ExpressRoute connections. The Microsoft router at the Azure edge and the service provider router at the customer edge are also depicted. The nine on-premises hops (depicted by dashed lines) are initially compressed. 

You can also choose to expand the map to view all the on-premises hops and understand the latency contributed by each hop.

Understand bandwidth utilization

This capability lets you view the bandwidth utilization trends for both the primary and secondary ExpressRoute circuits, and as a result, helps you in capacity planning. Not only can you view the aggregated bandwidth utilization for all the private peering connections of the ExpressRoute circuit, but you can also drill-down to understand the bandwidth utilization trend for each VNET. This will help you identify the VNETs that are consuming most of your circuit bandwidth.

You can also setup alerts to notify when the bandwidth consumed by a VNET crosses the threshold.

Diagnose ExpressRoute connectivity issues

NPM helps you diagnose several circuit connectivity issues. Below are examples of possible issue.

Circuit is down - NPM notifies you as soon as the connectivity between your on-premises resources and Azure VNETs is lost. This will help you take proactive action before receiving user escalations and reduce the downtime.

Traffic not flowing through intended circuit - NPM can notify you whenever the traffic is unexpectedly not flowing through the intended ExpressRoute circuit. This can happen if the circuit is down and the traffic is flowing through the backup route, or if there is a routing issue. This information will help you proactively manage any configuration issues in your routing policies and ensure that the most optimal and secure route is used.

Traffic not flowing through primary circuit - The capability notifies you when the traffic is flowing through the secondary ExpressRoute circuit. Even though you will not experience any connectivity issues in this case, proactively troubleshooting the issues with the primary circuit will make you better prepared.

Degradation due to peak utilization - You can correlate the bandwidth utilization trend with the latency trend to identify whether the Azure workload degradation is due to a peak in bandwidth utilization, or not, and take action accordingly.

Create custom queries and views

All data that is exposed graphically through NPM’s UI are also available natively in Log Analytics search. You can perform interactive analysis of data in the repository, correlate data from different sources, create custom alerts and views, and export the data to Excel, PowerBI, or a shareable link.

Get started

To get started, see the detailed instructions on how to setup ExpressRoute Monitor in NPM and learn more about the other capabilities in NPM.

Please send your feedback

There are a few different routes to give feedback:

• UserVoice: Post new ideas for Network Performance Monitor on our UserVoice page.
• Join our cohort: We’re always interested in having new customers join our cohorts to get early access to new features and help us improve NPM going forward. If you are interested in joining our cohorts, simply fill out this quick survey.

Kevin Gallo, VP of Windows Developer Platform, is hosting the next Windows Community Standup on February 22, 2018 at 12:00pm PST on Channel 9! 

Kevin will be joined by Andrew Whitechapel to discuss the latest updates to the application model which will be available in the next update for Windows 10. Andrew and Kevin will discuss multi-instance, broader file access, and UWP console applications. We will also be answering your questions live.  

Windows community standup is a monthly online broadcast where we provide additional transparency on what we are building and why we are excited. As always, we welcome your feedback. 

Once again, please tune in on February 22, 2018 at 12:00pm PST on https://channel9.msdn.com.

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While ggplot2 (and its various extensions) is often the go-to package for graphics in R these days, if you need to step outside the boundaries of what ggplot2 can do, you can always step back to base R graphics (and the built-in lattice package) and customize to your hearts content.

The problem is that (unlike for ggplot2) the default look for base graphics is kinda ... meh. That being said, the base graphics system offers almost unlimited flexibility, both via function options and via the par system for modifying layouts and graphic defaults. As Colin Gallespie explains in a recent blog post, you can take a scatterplot that looks, by default, like this:

and with a little extra code, make it look like this:

Find out how in Colin's blog post, linked below.

The Jumping Rivers Blog: Styling Base R Graphics

The Microsoft Store team has updated the Microsoft Store App Developer Agreement and Microsoft Store Policies as of February 14th.  

The new version (8.2) of the Microsoft Store App Developer Agreement is available here. This update is particularly relevant to developers based in New Zealand or Australia who sell apps and/or in-app products. For more info, view the change history. The next time you log in to the Dev Center dashboard, you may be prompted to accept the new agreement, depending on your account location. 

We’ve also updated the Microsoft Store Policies, which you can view here. The updated policies clarify the requirements for storing or transmitting personal information, and add a new requirement stating that apps using app-specific authentication can only be published from company accounts. For more info, view the change history.   

If you have feedback on the policies, please let us know by commenting in the Microsoft Store forum. 

The post Updated Microsoft Store App Developer Agreement and Microsoft Store Policies appeared first on Windows Developer Blog.

This post was authored by the Microsoft Cognitive Services Team.

We understand that the commitments we make about data are essential for any organization. To give customers more control, we’ve updated our Cognitive Services terms for customer data. Here’s what this means for our customers.

On February 1, we started moving Cognitive Services under the same terms as other Azure services. Under the new terms, Cognitive Services customers own, and can manage and delete their customer data. With this change, many Cognitive Services are now aligned with the same terms that apply to other Azure services.

Terms for Computer Vision, Face, Content Moderator, Text Analytics, and Bing Speech services have already changed, with updates coming to Language Understanding on March 1 and Microsoft Translator on May 1. As new products are added to Cognitive Services, they will align with the same standards as other Azure services, with the exception of Bing Search Services.

Bing Search Services data will continue to be treated differently than other customer data. For example, we use search queries that you provide to Bing Search Services to improve our search algorithms over time.

We are making these updates because we strive to be transparent in our privacy practices and responsibly manage the data we store and process on behalf of our customers.

For more information, please take a look at the Cognitive Services section of our Trust Center, a resource for customers to learn how we implement and support security, privacy, compliance, transparency in all our cloud products and services.

-The Microsoft Cognitive Services Team

You probably saw Boston Dynamics' robots achieve another milestone this week: not only can one of their robots open and pass through a door, it will cooperate and politely hold the door as a fellow robot passes through:

While impressive, the feat still isn't quite up to human standards:

GREAT JOB BOSTON DYNAMICS. YOU NAILED THE WAY I, A NORMAL HUMAN, ALWAYS ENTER A ROOM. pic.twitter.com/OGmGTKHnC1

— Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) February 13, 2018

That's all for the blog for this week. We'll be back next week — have a great weekend!

On Wednesday, Microsoft CVP, Charlotte Yarkoni announced Microsoft for Startups, a new program that delivers access to technology, go-to-market and community benefits that helps startups grow their customer and revenue base. Of note, the program provides startups with up to $120,000 in free Azure credits, enterprise grade technical support and development tools – supporting the languages of their choice, such as Node.js, Java and .NET.

The Go gopher has cause to celebrate as the Azure SDK for Go became generally available, including an Azure for Go developers documentation hub that brings together quickstarts, code samples, and API reference to manage and interact with Azure services from your Go applications.

Now in preview

Preview of Log Alerts feature for Application Insights - You can now create alerts that automatically run log queries at regular intervals from Azure Log Analytics and Application Insights. If the results of the log query match particular criteria, it will create an alert record and automatically run one or more actions to proactively notify you of the alert, or invoke another process, such as running runbooks using Action Groups.

Microsoft Azure Data Lake Storage in Storage Explorer – public preview - With the release of Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS) resources in Azure Storage Explorer, you can freely navigate ADLS resources, you can upload and download folders and files, you can copy and paste files across folders or ADLS accounts and you can easily perform CRUD operations for your folders and files.

Faster Application Deployment in Azure AD Application Proxy - You can now use PowerShell to manage deployment of your Azure AD Application Proxy using the new preview of the AzureAD Powershell module. Using these cmdlets will also help you build and maintain a standardized and predictable process for deploying Application Proxy applications in your environment.

Now generally available

Build Go apps for Azure with the Go SDK, now generally available - The Azure SDK for Go is now generally available to help developers build apps for Azure with Go. The SDK features support for connecting to data sources including Cosmos DB and Azure Storage, deploying Azure resources programmatically, authenticating users, and much more.

Azure Redis Cache geo-replication is now generally available - Azure Redis Cache geo-replication is a valuable tool to protect your important data against unforeseeable disasters. Redis Cache joins a growing list of Azure services that enable developers and IT pros to build disaster recovery plans for your services running on the cloud. This ensures the availability of mission-critical applications, even in the unlikely event of a widespread regional failure.

Build Go apps for Azure with the Go SDK, now generally available - The Azure SDK for Go is now generally available to help developers build apps for Azure with Go. The SDK features support for connecting to data sources including Cosmos DB and Azure Storage, deploying Azure resources programmatically, authenticating users, and much more.

Application consistent backup for Linux VMs using Azure Backup is generally available - Application consistent backup ensures that the backed-up data is transactionally consistent, and that applications will boot up post VM restore. To ensure transactional consistency, applications need to be quiesced and there should be no unfinished transactions when taking a VM snapshot.

ExpressRoute monitoring with Network Performance Monitor (NPM) is now generally available - NPM, part of Microsoft Operations Management Suite (OMS), is a cloud-based network monitoring solution that monitors connectivity between Azure cloud deployments and on-premises locations. NPM support is now generally available for monitoring network performance over ExpressRoute circuits that are configured to use Private Peering, which enables you to identify and eliminate network issues.

News & updates

Microsoft partners with National Science Foundation to empower data science breakthroughs - Learn how Microsoft has partnered with the National Science Foundation (NSF). Microsoft is committed to a continued partnership with the National Science Foundation in its efforts to bring the power of the cloud to research computing in academia.

Azure IoT SDKs released new Long-Term Support branch - The Long-Term Support (LTS) branch for the Azure IoT SDKs offers customers a guarantee that they will benefit from any necessary security or critical bug fixes with minimal impact to their device’s code. At the same time, developers can access latest updates in the master branch of the repositories, staying on top of the technology and features, with a faster response and resolution time to posted issues.

Microsoft partners with National Science Foundation to empower data science breakthroughs - Learn how Microsoft has partnered with the National Science Foundation (NSF). Microsoft is committed to a continued partnership with the National Science Foundation in its efforts to bring the power of the cloud to research computing in academia.

Create tomorrow today with emerging tech at Microsoft Build - Registration for Microsoft Build started on Thursday, February 15th. Spanning three days at the epicenter of emerging tech, Build brings together developers, game-changers, and like-minded professionals to imagine what's next in cloud, artificial intelligence, mixed reality and more.

Azure Marketplace new offers in January 2018 - The Azure Marketplace is the premier destination for all your software needs – certified and optimized to run on Azure. Find, try, purchase, and provision applications & services from hundreds of leading software providers. In January, we published over 30 new offers.

Simplify cloud adoption with Azure SQL Data Warehouse and Datometry - Microsoft has partnered with Datometry to simplify our customer’s journey to the cloud. With Datometry’s Adaptive Data Virtualization technology, existing Teradata applications can run instantly and natively on Azure SQL DW without rewriting or redesigning the legacy applications.

Protect machines using managed disks between Azure regions using Azure Site Recovery - Azure Site Recovery (ASR) now provides you with the ability to set up Disaster Recovery (DR) for IaaS VMs using managed disks. With this feature, ASR fulfills an important requirement to become an all-encompassing DR solution for all of your production applications hosted on laaS VMs in Azure, including applications hosted on VMs with managed disks.

Microsoft updates Cognitive Services terms - Recently, we started moving Cognitive Services under the same terms as other Azure services. Under the new terms, Cognitive Services customers own, and can manage and delete their customer data. With this change, many Cognitive Services are now aligned with the same terms that apply to other Azure services.

Technical articles

New reference architecture for Jenkins on Azure - The patterns & practices (p&p) group of the Azure Customer Advisory Team (Azure CAT), has published a new reference architecture for deploying and running a Jenkins server on Azure with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Use the best practices in this reference architecture to set up a Jenkins server on the Azure platform.

Developer Spotlight: Serverless and Mobile

How to Build a Notification That You Won't Hate - Burke Holland shows how he uses Azure Functions and Logic Apps connected to a LIFX lightbulb for receiving his Twitter notifications.

Code First in the Cloud: Going Serverless with Azure - Jeremy Likness recently presented this topic at South Florida Code Camp, and he went the extra distance to make it all available online in this blog post that includes his deck, demos, and more.

Serverless Doorbell — Azure Functions and Ring.com (Part 1) - Jeff Hollan connected his Ring video doorbell to Azure Functions, Azure Cosmos DB, Event Grid, Logic Apps, and Video Indexer to create his own doorstep version of HAL 9000. Also: Part 2 | Part 3

Distribute Apps Faster with Visual Studio App Center and Azure Functions, Part I - Patrick Nikoletich shows how to set up a continuous release pipeline that redistributes your app to beta testers, without any manual work, based on crash and analytics data.

Better Decisions Through Better Analytics: Visual Studio App Center with Azure Application Insights - Blanca Delgado Parra shows how you can use App Center Analytics and Application Insights together to help you make decisions in your app.

Service updates

• Public preview: Automatic OS image updates in virtual machine scale sets
• Azure Analysis Services available in Central US

Azure shows