Every company is a software company “CIOs will measure the impact of their business technology agenda based on the impact on the consumer – and not the execution of some project or other piece of tech management work.” *Source: Forrester Predictions 2015: CIOs Accelerate The Business Technology, Q Why build apps?

Little or no authentic connection to end consumer Systems of record (SoR) Customer/Client

Systems of engagement (SoE)Systems of record (SoR)

When CIOs ask for a mobile strategy we always tell them the same thing: focus on the backend. - Gartner

Building Microservices with Azure… Web sites Mobile services API Mgmt Biz Talk Services Deploy and scale web apps on any technology Specialized backend for Mobile Apps (mBaaS) Enterprise Application Integration Publish and manage any API

Azure App Service WEB APPSMOBILE APPS API APPS LOGIC APPS

Web technologies Native platform technologies

Browser-based applications Visual Studio tools for Apache Cordova Visual C++ for cross-plat Win32 Desktop apps – WPF Universal Windows Apps.NET

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.NET and Xamarin C# + XIB C# + AXML C# + XAML Native UI

Create UI with drag and drop simplicity Target multiple screen sizes, resolutions, and OS platform and versions Layouts saved in native resource formats World’s best Android designer available in Visual Studio UI design iOS app designer in Visual Studio Android app designer in Visual Studio

Native compilation, native performance 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

Tailor the design to each device

Demo: Visual C++ for Cross Platform Mobile Development

Cross-platform mobile apps in C++ Easy installation One C++ IDE for cross-platform dev Share and reuse cross-platform code State of the Art code-editing features Powerful debugging experience Fast emulation

Fast, x86 image built from AOSP Runs on Hyper-V Comes with Visual Studio Speaks Android Debugging Native capabilities and sensors Zoom, Rotation, Network, Location, Accelerometer, Battery, OpenGL SD Card, Camera, Audio playback, Keyboard Input, Screenshots, Version and Screen Size Configurations, Drag&Drop APKs

Tools for Apache Cordova Hybrid HTML apps Cordova tooling in Visual Studio Black Box

Demo: Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova™

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