Microsoft’s Desktop App Converter Heads To The Windows Store

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Microsoft’s desktop app converter, also known as the Centennial bridge, is heading to the Windows store with the hopes that more developers will port their apps to the storefront.

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What You Need to Know About Converting Desktop Apps to UWP

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In today’s Ask the Admin, I’ll look at some of the benefits of converting Win32 desktop apps to run in a UWP wrapper that can be distributed via the Windows Store in Windows 10 Anniversary Update.

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Hands-On with Project Centennial: From Desktop App to UWP App in One Minute

At Build 2016, Microsoft announced Project Centennial technology and its tooling will be available in the next Windows 10 Insider build. I was able to use this technology early to convert a real-world desktop app to a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) a… Continue reading Hands-On with Project Centennial: From Desktop App to UWP App in One Minute