The software giant made several announcements on day one that included bringing one of the most powerful language models, GPT-3, to its Power Platform; new features and tools for Teams developers; and introducing PyTorch Enterprise on Azure.
With Apple moving full speed ahead toward using ARM-based CPUs, Microsoft is also trying to jumpstart the initiative by offering an affordable Snapdragon Developer Kit this summer.
Microsoft announces a ton of new Teams features May 25, 2021 11:00 EDT with 1 comment
Build is the time for lots of news related to Microsoft products, and Teams is no exception when it comes to getting new features announced. The communication service is getting a ton of new features for developers, starting with new features available to Teams apps.
Soon, these apps will be able to leverage things like shared stage integration, now in preview, which allows an app to access the mains stage in a Teams meeting, to display a whiteboard or another collaboration tool, for example. Together mode extensibility is also in the works, meaning apps can create custom scenes for together mode, beyond the ones offered out of the box. Some new APIs will also be available soon, such as meeting event APIs that let apps automate certain aspects of meeting workflows, like setting a start and end time. This is now in preview, and more capabilities are plann
SPFx is also being extended to support web parts (components) based on Microsoft Viva, a platform for employee-oriented resources such as training and knowledge management.
Microsoft is also introducing a Developer Portal for Teams, an update and rename for the existing App Studio. The Developer Portal, now in preview, is the primary tool for configuring, distributing, and managing your Microsoft Teams apps.
Here, developers can register applications, add environments which enable global variables, and test and preview Teams applications. There are also metrics on usage.
The new (or revamped) Developer Portal for Teams applications
New media APIs, expected this summer, will include real-time access to audio and video streams for purposes such as transcription and translation, as well as what the company calls insights gathering.