Learn how Microsoft can empower your customers and clients by using Windows, Visual Studio, Azure and cross platform tools like Xamarin to reach all devices.

2. Devices
Services

3. device/services
client/server

6. Apps

9. Fantasy Football

10. Forrester

11. Rich, integrated search
driven by Bing
Personalized start
and lock screens
New live tile sizes,
including large
Apps share the screen Deep OneDrive
integration

15. Nearly 50 million Office
Web Apps users
Proven experience

16. Windows in
the cloud

17. .NET
Hyper-V
Visual Studio
System Center
Active Directory

18. Programming Model + Tools
Identity Integration Data
IaaS + PaaS
Microsoft Cloud Infrastructure

20. Open Platform
●

21. Common Core

22. Programming skills
Development tools
Languages, frameworks
Components
Runtimes

23. Great device experiences …
… powered by services
in the cloud

25. Use what you know to
build cross-platform apps

28. Objective C
+ XIB
Java + XML C# + XAML
Native UI Native UI Native UI
Optional Remote Services
(ASP.NETWeb API
or any servertechnology)
Build native apps multiple times means:
• Client development is completely
different for each device type
• Only the Services (server-side) can
be re-used, with certain differences
when consuming them
• TCO grows exponentially

29. Black Box
CSS | HTML | Lua | JavaScript | ActionScript

30. C# Unique Approach
Fully native apps written entirely in C#
Xamarin exposes 100% of
iOS and Android APIs in C#
Mobilize existing code, skills,
and tools including Visual Studio
Share app logic code across
device platforms
C# + XIB C# + XML C# + XAML
Native UI Native UI Native UI
Optional Remote Services
(ASP.NETWeb API
or any servertechnology)

33. Code sharing statistics from production Xamarin app:
iCircuit: real-time circuit simulator and editor used to design analog and digital circuits
70%
30%
86%
14%
85%
15%
88%
12%

35. A single solution for iOS, Android,
and Windows development
Leverage the entire
Microsoft ecosystem:
Team Foundation Server (TFS)
ReSharper
Your favorite code coverage and profiling tools
Visual Studio 2013
integration for
iOS and Android

36. Create UI with drag and
drop simplicity
Target multiple screen sizes,
resolutions, and OS versions
Layouts saved in native
resource formats
Worlds best Android designer
available in Visual Studio
iOS coming soon
UI design in
Visual Studio

37. Build apps faster
Add high quality pre-build app
components directly from Visual Studio
Beautiful cross-platform UI controls,
could services, and enterprise backend
integrations are just a few clicks away
Xamarin
Component Store

38. Xamarin.iOS does full Ahead
Of Time (AOT) compilation to
produce an ARM binary suitable
for Apple’s App Store
Xamarin.Android takes advantage
of Just In Time (JIT) compilation on
the Android device

41. Extended trial Exclusive training
Experience state-of-the-art cross-platform mobile
development with a fully-featured, 90-day trial of
Xamarin for Visual Studio.
Develop iOS and Android apps with C# in Visual
Studio today
Learn the fundamentals of iOS, Android and cross-
platform mobile development at your
own pace with exclusive training content
Videos, documentation and samples from Xamarin
available only to MSDN subscribers

43. http://aka.ms/AgencyDesign
http://aka.ms/DesignJumpStart
http://www.designcamps.ms/windows/
http://aka.ms/InputPatterns
http://aka.ms/UX-Guidelines
http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com
http://build.windowsstore.com
http://github.com/WinAppKits

44. Better economics
Create new experiences
Reach more people
Use what you know