Gloria Holmes
The Build conference, this year’s Microsoft developer conference, is all about collaborating in a mixed environment. This requires moving away from thinking about apps. Everything has to go everywhere in the future.
At Build this year, to be held online from May 25-27, Microsoft turns its previous development approach on its head. If the provider has previously focused on job-related applications to support personal productivity, it will not be important in the future to determine which application you are using, but the specific task that you currently have to do. Microsoft is calling this a new generation of collaborative software applications.
Teams becomes a platform. (Source: Microsoft)
Mono applications at the end
In this new perspective on collaboration, you no longer start Word, Excel, or any other application. Alternatively, you can use a word processing unit to write text, a spreadsheet unit to perform a calculation, or a calendar unit to format appointments. The principle should be clear.
The central software that should allow these multiple functions is called Microsoft Teams. The manufacturer is now exploring Slack’s previous competitor To the platform On which function modules work. These can be small, app-like job packages, but they can also be bot attachments, messaging, meeting, web hooks, and other connectors.
Teams becomes the platform for everyday work – no matter what task needs to be done
After introducing the Redmond-based company, it won’t soon be necessary to use anything other than teams at all. Microsoft releases entirely interfaces for teams. This way, all developers can bundle their jobs into modules that can then be run into teams.
Teams Store: Job units can be purchased here. (Source: Microsoft)
Microsoft has set up a Teams Store for distribution, which can also be accessed directly from the Teams admin center. In this way, team administrators can assemble the module packages required for their daily work for their user groups. If demand increases, new modules are simply purchased or subscribed and installed.
To help developers create these modules, Microsoft publishes an App Studio And the Teams Toolkit already exists Available for download It integrates with Visual Studio or VS Code. Teams JavaScript Client SDK is available for web applications.
Teams Toolkit for VS Code. (Source: Microsoft)
Solutions such as Microsoft’s Virtual Viva Build also take advantage of the new approach’s core model. Viva has been designed as a platform from the start and now has the option to be equipped with dashboards, newsfeeds, or other employee-oriented content across web parts. Microsoft Graph data integration is now possible, too.
