Microsoft Build 2016: fun for developers and good news for business

San Francisco played host to Microsoft's Build Conference last week. It was with excitement and anticipation (plus a little envy) that I caught up with the keynotes and presentations online. And I wasn't disappointed – Microsoft has certainly made some clever moves to bring even better services to the development community with businesses likely to reap huge benefits. If you didn't have the time to either fly to San Francisco or watch the conference online, here are my key take outs that are likely to impact our clients in the near future: Microsoft has successfully removed the two major barriers to building apps for all mobile devices: cost and complexity. In February this year Microsoft announced the acquisition of Xamarin.