Microsoft announces developer dashboard 'Dev Home' that supports next-generation AI application development & simplifies troublesome setup to improve productivity



On May 23, 2023, local time, Microsoft will expand the AI plug-in ecosystem that supports the development of applications using AI, and improve developer productivity by simplifying the troublesome setup before starting development. We made a number of new announcements to support developers, including a developer dashboard called Dev Home that lets you

Bringing the power of AI to Windows 11 - unlocking a new era of productivity for customers and developers with Windows Copilot and Dev Home - Windows Developer Blog

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2023/05/23/bringing-the-power-of-ai-to-windows-11-unlocking-a-new-era-of-productivity-for-customers- and-developers-with-windows-copilot-and-dev-home/



Microsoft Build brings AI tools to the forefront for developers - The Official Microsoft Blog
https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/05/23/microsoft-build-brings-ai-tools-to-the-forefront-for-developers/

Microsoft's new Dev Home makes it easy for developers to reinstall Windows apps - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/23/23732479/microsoft-dev-home-windows-app-install-build

Microsoft's Azure AI Studio lets developers build their own AI 'copilots' | TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/23/microsoft-debuts-azure-ai-studio-to-let-developers-build-their-own-ai-copilots/

With generative AI technology growing rapidly from 2022 to 2023, Microsoft is also actively integrating AI tools, such as partnering with AI research group OpenAI to bring conversational AI to the search engine Bing. has been proceeding. And on May 23, Microsoft announced that Windows 11 will be equipped with chat AI 'Windows Copilot', making it possible to perform operations such as 'Summary of document files' and 'Launching applications according to tasks'.

It is decided that Windows 11 will be equipped with a super-excellent chat AI ``Windows Copilot'', and there are many useful functions such as ``Summary of documents'', ``Launch applications according to tasks'', ``Tidy up windows''-GIGAZINE



In addition, Microsoft has made various announcements to support AI application developers, as well as users of Windows and Microsoft services.

・Expansion of AI plug-in ecosystem
ChatGPT not only interacts with AI, but also provides various `` plugins '' that can add ``functions to collect the latest information on the web'' and ``functions to display information on eating logs''. Microsoft has also announced that it will adopt the same open plugin standards introduced in ChatGPT, making ChatGPT and Microsoft's wide range of AI tools ' Copilot ' interoperable.

Microsoft has developed various applications and tools using AI under the name 'Copilot', and already has code completion AI ' GitHub Copilot ' that can be used on GitHub, and Microsof 365 such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook ' Microsoft 365 Copilot ' etc. that can be used in products have been released. Using open plugin standards, developers will be able to create plugins that interoperate with these Copilot products and ChatGPT.

Also, if you develop a plug-in with ` ` Azure OpenAI Service '', Microsoft's developer platform for building AI applications, it will be interoperable with ChatGPT and Copilot products from the beginning.



・'Azure AI Studio' where companies can build their own Copilot products
Microsoft has released a variety of Copilot products, but they don't always take advantage of your company's own data to perform tasks. Therefore, Microsoft has announced a new function `` Azure AI Studio '' that allows you to build your own Copilot product by combining AI models such as OpenAI's ChatGPT and GPT-4 with internal company data.

'Azure AI Studio makes it easy for developers to connect models in Azure OpenAI Service with data,' John Montgomery, head of AI platform at Microsoft, said in an email to TechCrunch. This is a huge boost for our customers to build their own Copilot products.'

・Extend Microsoft 365 copilot with plugins
Developers can now use plugins to integrate their apps and services with Microsoft 365 Copilot. Microsoft 365 Copilot plugins include ChatGPT, Bing, Microsoft Teams message extensions, and

Power Platform connectors for application development platforms.

Developers will also be able to easily build new plugins for Microsoft 365 Copilot using Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio 's Microsoft Teams toolkit.



・Support for AI application development using ONXX Runtime and Olive
By using ONXX Runtime , the execution engine of the Open Neural Network Exchange (ONNX) , Microsoft allows third-party developers to use the same CPU, GPU, NPU or Azure to run AI models on Windows and other devices. announced that it will be accessible to the tools of It is also possible to optimize the model for various hardware using Olive , a hardware compatible model optimization tool.

・Dev Home, a dashboard that improves developer productivity
In app development, you have to go through a very cumbersome process, such as setting up a development machine and signing in to multiple tools, which requires a lot of manual work. Therefore, Microsoft announced the dashboard 'Dev Home' made to increase developer productivity.

You can see what kind of dashboard 'Dev Home' is by watching the following video.

Introducing Dev Home-YouTube


Dev Home is a tool that was made available in the preview version of Windows 11 and comes with many features to simplify your preparation to start writing code and streamline your workflow.



Dev Home can be easily connected with GitHub.



It provides the necessary tools and packages for the repositories you are interested in.




Easy to install tools and packages.



There is also a 'Dev Drive' which is a customized storage volume for developers. Dev Drive is based on

ReFS , and when combined with Microsoft Defender's performance mode feature, it reduces build times by up to 30% in file I/O scenarios.



Git also makes it easy to track changes and is useful for all types of project management.



You can also use GitHub Copilot, a code completion AI.



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