Microsoft later this year will look to populate the market for Windows Longhorn applications with development tools and the company's own server applications, including long-awaited updates to the Visual Studio programming tool and SQL Server.
At its Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in September, Microsoft plans to provide further tooling for the forthcoming Visual Studio 2005 to encourage the creation of Longhorn applications. Company executives discussed its product plans, including new versions of Exchange and BizTalk server due next year, at its TechEd conference here Tuesday.
Applications that exploit the latest features in Windows, such as the new user interface or Web services-based connectivity, help compel customers to upgrade Windows.
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