Want your applications to seamlessly integrate into user workflows? Check out our article about the steps for creating actions for your Windows apps, so that they can be accessed from other apps and experiences: msft.it/6014S7PXC

Struggling to customize templated XAML controls with WinUI? 🤔   Learn about taking a FlipView control from the WinUI Gallery, adding it in a C# project in Visual Studio, and making it suit your needs.   Watch the full video: youtu.be/XyE4ly95NXg?si…

Building an app with Windows App Actions? 🎬 Make sure to use the App Actions Testing Playground to test functionality and ensure your actions are being successfully registered. Learn more: msft.it/6015s6DMb

Want to run a large language model on your Windows device? Try Foundry Local, a cost-effective, secure, and customizable AI inference solution that seamlessly fits into all your existing workflows: msft.it/6016s6lMg

Easily manage your Windows apps with WinGet. Install. Upgrade. Configure. All from this command line tool! Try it now: msft.it/6015sBVpB

There's been a lot of talk about how AI can help save time for developers 🕛 We want to know, what's been your ultimate timesaver?

🚀 Microsoft's John Maeda delivers a fast, high-level look at his Design In Tech report from SXSW earlier this year. From the rise of AI agents to exciting AI use cases, this is a video you don't want to miss! Watch here: msft.it/6010sDiKA

PowerToys Command Palette provides quick access to your most frequently used commands, apps, and development tools, all from a single place in Windows ⚡ Enable it today: msft.it/6012sERLr

Build AI into your Windows apps with ease 🧠💆 Windows ML helps C#, C++, and Python Windows app developers run ONNX models locally across the entire variety of Windows PC hardware, including CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs. Learn more: msft.it/6015s1lDW

We want to hear from you! What’s the most underrated Windows tool or feature more people should be using? 🖥️ ⚡

Advanced Windows Settings have arrived ✨ Customizing your Windows experience is now more accessible with Advanced Windows Settings. Discover new features to help make the most of your Windows 11 PC: msft.it/6014sHqa8

Windows supports developers with tools to help get work done faster and more efficiently. 🛠️Check out an overview of our developer tools: msft.it/6018sypaQ

Take your app to the next level with MCP and App Actions on Windows ⬆️ MCP enables AI agents to connect with native Windows apps, while App Actions help make your app more discoverable & ready to power agent-driven experiences. Learn more: msft.it/6014sJBtG

Windows AI Foundry is a unified, reliable and secure platform supporting the AI developer lifecycle from model selection, fine-tuning, optimizing and deployment across CPU, GPU, NPU and cloud. Keep an eye out for news coming in August 👀 msft.it/6011sJlI7

Friday flex 💪 What’s the one keyboard shortcut you use so much, it might as well be muscle memory?

Spend more time innovating, less on deployment 🚀 To support developers shipping production experiences in the increasingly complex AI landscape, Windows ML is a runtime optimized for performant on-device model inference and simplified deployment. msft.it/6010szL4k

gpt-oss is now available in Azure AI Foundry and Windows AI Foundry 🙌 Together with OpenAI, developers can now run gpt‑oss‑20b locally on a high-performance Windows 11 PC. Read more about this major moment for AI development on Windows: msft.it/6010s3Ehw

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Have you checked out the revamped AI Hub in the Microsoft Store on Windows? The AI Hub is the go-to destination for users to learn about the AI experiences possible on their devices. Learn more about what's new: msft.it/6017s3QKv

Ignite possibilities ✨ Join us for #MSIgnite this November in San Francisco or virtually to gain the edge you need to drive impact in the era of AI. Bolster your knowledge, make connections, and explore emerging technologies. Register now: msft.it/6013sOVgV