Microsoft Build 2022: Microsoft Aims Far Beyond the Post-Pandemic Era

Microsoft Build 2022: Microsoft Aims Far Beyond the Post-Pandemic Era

This IDC Market Perspective considers the news at Build 2022 and how the continued investment by the company is setting the stage for a competitive future landscape where Microsoft is planning to be competitive. Microsoft's Build event is a major milestone and underscores the company's continued commitment to supporting and wooing developers as a key customer demographic that has significant implications for its future business opportunities. "Microsoft has always taken a long-term view on its investments, its product development, and the integrations between its respective product lines," said Al Gillen, group VP, Software Development and Open Source, IDC. "The investments and technology developments we are seeing come from the company increasingly move it to a better and more competitive field position in the future. Microsoft has never been a company that competitors can easily discount, and given the strength of the company both financially and technically today, that assumption is as valid, if not more valid, than ever before."

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