iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

This is neat. Like I'm pretty sure I was doing this 30 years ago, but still, neat ;-) learn.microsoft.com/windows/powe...

021

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Another Monday, another set of lift door numbers from the Windows Documentation Team building in Redmond (where it is very rainy by the way, but no local flooding). Left: 89 Right: 84

030

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Hands up if this brings back any memories!

The new Windows EDIT doing what editors used to do..

150

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

As I come into the building where the Windows Developer Documentation Writers sits, I note which elevator door opens first. As of now, the total is Left: 85, Right: 81. Which will get to 100 first?

An entry way with two elevator doors side by side

140

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

The office nerds held a special "show and tell" in honor of #ChuckPeddleDay. Chuck designed the 6502 CPU that made so many home computers possible and led to the microcomputer revolution of the 1980s.

An original KIM-1 single board computer system, and a "modern" remake. The KIM-1 was a trainer / dev board for thed 6502 from 1976.

0144

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Top tip: When asking your AI system of choice about Windows developer topics, preface your query with something to the effect of "Referencing the latest Microsoft documentation.."

line drawing graphic of a brain and cogs. hand-drawn by a human!

031

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

What a sunrise over Microsoft Redmond this morning! Just to let you know we're in the middle of a radical overhaul of our Windows developer documentation. Be sure to send us your feedback and ideas!

Panorama from office balcony building on campus

Looking over 148th ave at a red sky between offices.

031

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

What's new for Windows developers this month? msft.it/63327tpHD1

C# Sample Code to use new image generation APIs

021

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

#WinAppSDK 2.0 Experimental 2.0 includes bug fixes & APIs for features such as AI Image Generation and Text Rewriting, and new SplitMenuFlyoutItem control. msft.it/63327t3mAf #WASDKday

Windows App SDK Experimental - man performing chemistry.

001

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

#WinAppSDK 2.0 Experimental 2.0 (2.0.0-experimental3) has shipped! Release notes: msft.it/63328t3mve

Mr Burns saying Release the Release Notes

011

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

#WindowsAppSDK 1.8.3 (1.8.251106002) has shipped! A servicing release including updated Windows ML features & critical bug fixes for 1.8 release. Release notes: msft.it/63325t3moL

102

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

We just updated the Microsoft PowerToys documentation. What do you think? msft.it/63326tMWLs #Windows #PowerToys

The new and improved PowerToys documentation

020

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Use Windows from within your Quest headset! msft.it/63329tEYWb

A person with a headset looking at virtual Windows displays

000

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

This tutorial shows you how to use GitHub Copilot to quickly create a C++ console application in Visual Studio. It's Conway's Game of Life, a cellular automaton! msft.it/63323tBATl

Console running a text version of the classic game of Life.

030

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Some pictures from the past weekend's Portland Retro Game Expo! There was a LOT more to it of course, but these Microsoft-related images stood out. Follow @scott.hanselman.com for more!

A giant Clippy against a photo backdrop of Word. Clippy has a speech bubble "it looks like you're attending the Portland Retro Gaming Expo. Would you like help?"

A copy of MSDN with a LOT of CD-ROMs free to whoever would volunteer to archive it.

010

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

#WindowsAppSDK 1.7.5 (1.7.251014001) has shipped! This is a servicing release that includes critical bug fixes for the 1.7 release. Release notes: msft.it/63329sf2tN #WASDKday

001

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

This is a servicing release of WindowsAppSDK that includes an upgraded ONNX runtime and critical bug fixes for the 1.8 release. Release notes: msft.it/63321s4Qj5 #WinUIWednesday

000

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

The trees around the Microsoft campus have exploded into reds, oranges, and golds. It’s such a beautiful time of year! #autumn

A maple tree with orange and red foilage in a courtyard on MS campus.

040

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

#WinAppSDK 2.0 Experimental 1 (2.0.250930001-experimental1) has shipped! Bug fixes & APIs for features such as Windows ML Model Catalogs. Release notes: msft.it/63322sx8rs

010

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

The grey skies and rain are back in Redmond. Obviously we need to go get our coffees, otherwise we'll be in our offices working on the Windows developer documentation as per usual.

View of a damp walkway between office buildings. Lots of trees and puddles.

120

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Happy Wednesday from the Windows Developer Docs team HQ.

Sun illimuninates fallen leaves in the courtyard by the Microsoft offices of the docs team.

030

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

#WindowsAppSDK 1.8.1 (1.8.250916003) has shipped! This release includes new #WindowsML APIs and critical bug fixes for the 1.8 release. msft.it/63326sqa2j #WinUIWednesday

010

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

#WindowsAppSDK 1.8.0 (1.8.250907003) released! This is the latest stable version of the Windows App SDK. Release notes: msft.it/63327sWqlB

010

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

#WindowsAppSDK 1.7.4 (1.7.250909003) has shipped! This is a servicing release that includes critical bug fixes for the 1.7 release. Release notes: msft.it/63322sWqig…

132

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

#WindowsAppSDK 1.8.0 (1.8.250907003) released! This is the latest stable version of the Windows App SDK Release notes: msft.it/63326si2Rq #WinUIWednesday

012

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Windowng with WinUI and the Windows App SDK: learn about the relationship between the classes and APIs that you use to manage windows in your app. msft.it/63328seeap #WinUIWednesday

This diagram shows the relationship between the classes and APIs that you use to manage windows in your app, and which classes are responsible for each part of window management

131

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

The first day back after the Labor Day weekend has a "back to school" feel about it. The gray weather has also arrived (uninvited) over Microsoft HQ in Redmond. Today: coffee and Sprint planning!☕🏃‍♀️

A coffee being held at arm's length, with a courtyard on Microsoft campus in the background. Looks like a gray day.

000

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

🚀 Available as a Limited Access Feature - New guide shows how to integrate Windows XDR with Continuity SDK for Android & Windows apps. msft.it/63322skUCE #WindowsDev

Illustration represeting a desktop computer and a mobile device.

012

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

🚀 Available as a Limited Access Feature - New guide shows how to integrate Windows XDR with Continuity SDK for Android & Windows apps. msft.it/63327skUN7 #WindowsDev

021

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Hello, old friend! What was the first development environment you used on Windows 95? #Win95

451

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Windows 95 went on sale 30 years ago. What are your memories of computing back in 1995? #Win95

A Win95 upgrade CD-ROM being held up in front of a view of Microsoft's Redmond offices.

563

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Let’s get this week underway. Where there’s an API, there’s a technical writer writing a doc.

A latte in front of the spiral staircase and vertical garden in this MS building.

020

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

We missed the IBM PC’s birthday yesterday: back in 1981 the first 5150 model went on sale for $1565. It was based on the Intel 8088 CPU.

060

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Today we’re celebrating Karl, a writer on the team who has been at Microsoft for 25 years! Way to go, Karl! That’s a LOT of storypoints.

021

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Time to start the week and get into Sprint Planning. But first: breakfast.

110

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Well it’s Thursday aka (Friday - 1) and the last day of our sprint. For me it’s been a week of archiving old topics, link fixing and updating some guidance for the writers on the team. Wow: is it really August tomorrow?

A latte cup with a smile in front of a cool wall of plants.

010

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Windows supports developers with tools to help get work done faster and more efficiently. 🛠️Check out an overview of our developer tools: developer.microsoft.com/windows/dev-...

Icons for Windows developer tools, including Terminal, WSL, Sudo, PowerToys.

021

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Hmm what’s going on this week? It’s the last week of our sprint, so time to make good on all those promises we made! Also, it’s a short week for someone who is off to California to visit the Vintage Computer Fair on Friday.

Latte on Microsoft campus. Shiny office building in the background, coffee in the foreground.

020

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Back to more Redmond-like weather with gray skies and damp footpaths. That said, it’s “no meeting Friday”, so a productive day ahead. Not that meetings can’t be productive, but you know what I mean..

A latte in the middle of some Microsoft buildings. The skies are cloudy and gray.

000

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Time for a cup of tea as I wait for an SME to review some content.

A Microsoft branded paper cup. Nerdy things available to the side: a 50th anniversary sticker and a circuit board and keypad.

010

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

What’s on the list for today? Some docs for the Store, some broken links, planning for Ignite, and moving some old docs to the archive. Nothing much.

010

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Time for a quick walk over the road to grab lunch.

Blue skies over the shiny new campus buildings of Microsoft HQ in Redmond.

010

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

There will be time for games later: now is the time to check emails and plan the weekly sprint.

The lounge by the writers’ open plan office neighborhoods.

000

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

And as for what's old.. Well, we just received a copy of Micro-Soft BASIC on paper tape..

A model of an Altair 8800, with a roll of paper tape sitting on top. The paper tape stores a 4K version of BASIC.

030

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

For the latest updates to the Windows App SDK, including cool new AI features, go here: msft.it/6011sB92B #WindowsDev

021

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

But what IS the Windows App SDK? It's only a set of new developer components and tools that represent the next evolution in the Windows app development platform! msft.it/63326sB9v6

A post-it note with "What is the Windows App SDK" written on it.

011

Microsoft Dev Docs @microsoftdevdocs.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

What is Windows ML? It helps C#, C++, and Python Windows app developers run ONNX models locally across the entire variety of Windows PC hardware. msft.it/63327SAxbl

Diagram showing how Windows ML sits underneath ONNX Models and above NPUs, GPUs and CPUs

022