Download - #win8acad : Platform for Metro Style Apps
What did we get at BUILD?
demo
demo
demo
Installation is per-user
demo
App gets 5s to handle
suspend
App is not notified
before termination
Apps are notified when
they have been resumed
User
Launches
App
Splash
screen
Seamless data access
Data Roaming
Performant
Native platform
Capabilities driven
High isolation
Unprecedented Reach
Optimized for Discoverability
Promotions, editorials, IE10
Transparent Approval Process
Certification kit
Flexible Business Models
Maximizing Developer Revenue
• The single largest potential market for your apps
• Store and apps in 100+ languages
• 45 market-specific app catalogs
• Buy from 231 markets
• Local pricing & settlement in top 40 markets
• Developer payments in 51 markets
• Enterprise-ready platform and store
Paid downloads, trials, and in-app purchases. You keep 70% of the first $25k, 80% of the rest Free
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Robust analytics for free, including demographics, reviews, referrals, and usage & performance statistics
Use your own commerce engine and keep 100% or use the Windows Store’s full commerce platform
The Windows Store
Advertise with Microsoft Advertising or your
preferred ad vendor.
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• Ad Experiences: Illustrated… 250x250 image ad fits seamlessly in grid-style app template
Ad can link to URL or expand for in-app engagement
User taps ad…
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• Ad Experiences: Illustrated…(contd.)
TAP THE AD…
Touching orange bar takes
user back to app
Tap action
expands ad…
User learns additional
details, including
potentially purchasing
deal offered
User can swipe to see pictures
http://www.microsoft.com/belux/msdn/metromap/appclinic.aspx
Windows 8
Event App Clinics
App
Excellence
Labs
Windows
Store
demo
As of December 2011
A new Metro style UI where touch is a first-class citizen along with full mouse-and-keyboard support
New development models built on WinRT, including native support for HTML/CSS/JS, C#/XAML, C++/DirectX
Designed from the chipset up for multiple form-factors – tablets, laptops, desktops & all-in-ones
The Windows Store on every device with a full
commerce platform and flexibility