After providing windows 365 cloud PC service last year, Microsoft now hopes to attract developers to use the cloud based Microsoft dev box workstation environment As a cloud service, it is still built on the basis of windows 365, which means that developers can easily start a new virtual machine environment and put into relevant work in time.
Microsoft dev box integrated with windows 365 (from Ms dev blog)
This means that Microsoft dev box can run on any modern browser and supports any integrated development environment (IDE), software development kit (SDK), or other tools running on windows.
At present, Microsoft is promoting Microsoft dev box to developers who may be engaged in projects with software conflicts and dependencies. Originally, this work would give many developers and maintenance personnel a headache.
In addition to desktop, mobile, Internet of things and game developers, Microsoft dev box is also suitable for cross platform application construction on Windows Linux subsystem (WSL).
This service allows developers to create multiple dev boxes environments
Anthony cangialosi, chief project manager of Microsoft, said: with Microsoft dev box, the development team can use all the tools and dependencies of developers to build and run applications to create and maintain dev box images.
On this basis, the development team can accommodate their application source code and binaries built every night, so that developers can immediately start to run and understand the relevant code without having to wait for a long time to rebuild the running environment.
It is reported that Microsoft has established a portal for developers to create and remove dev boxes and even perform related tasks concurrently on multiple machines. In addition, developers are free to maintain old applications or rebuild a customized running environment for old versions.
Built in security and management features
Even better, dev box can be deployed in Microsoft's global azure cloud area, supplemented by Gigabit connection bandwidth, and can even be automatically enabled / stopped (planned sleep) when the developer logs out on the same day.
In addition, because Microsoft dev box is integrated into windows 365, it administrators can also use intune and Microsoft endpoint manager to manage dev box.
Finally, the service has opened the private preview mode from now on. If all goes well, Microsoft will provide a public preview experience "in the next few months". Interested friends can submit registration on the official website (portal) 。