What to Expect at Microsoft Build 2023
Microsoft Build kicks off in Seattle on Tuesday, and since Microsoft has already made lots of news around AI, Bing, and ChatGPT, the conference may not include any major news.
Build is fundamentally a conference for developers to learn about new tools and techniques, rather than a venue for unveiling hot new products, and it's been this way for the past few years. With Microsoft's massive incursion into artificial intelligence, programming that uses that new technology is the centerpiece of this year’s conference, but other topics will play out as well.
The conference is a hybrid in-person-and-online event that runs from May 23-25. It's free for remote attendees, who can sign up at build.microsoft.com(Opens in a new window). Or stream it live on YouTube(Opens in a new window).
It’s possible to divine some topic trends from the session schedule Microsoft posted online. In addition to the expected keynote from CEO Satya Nadella, which begins at noon ET on Tuesday, we’ll hear from OpenAI President Greg Brockman, which kicks off that AI theme right away. Windows fans will be happy that Panos Panay will be speaking as well. He’s now Chief Product Officer, but has been the point person for new Windows announcements in recent years. As always, programming guru Scott Guthrie will be talking that developer talk, and a slew of Azure leaders are also on the schedule.
As in the past few years of Builds, the Imagine Cup(Opens in a new window), which recognizes young student developers’ outstanding programming achievements, will feature in the proceedings. In fact, it’s the very first entry on the schedule, showing the importance to Microsoft of future generations of coders.
We’ll no doubt hear about the wide world of new terrific
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