Windows 10 Creators Update Developer Tools Released

Along with the release of the third major feature update for Windows 10, Microsoft has also released the final versions of their developer tools based on the Windows 10 Creators Update.

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

April 6, 2017

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Windows 10 Creators Update Developer Tools Released

We have been talking about the progression of all the developer tools for the Windows 10 Creators Update for nearly eight months and now the time has come for those tools to go final.

Yesterday, Microsoft made the Creators Update for Windows 10 available for early access and it can be installed using the companies Media Creation Tool (MCT) or the Windows 10 Update Assistant.

To go along with the release of the OS update, Microsoft's Developer Team is also announcing the availability of the final version of the Windows 10 Creators Update SDK.

You can review a full list of everything that is new in the Creators Update for developers plus there are additional articles that will show you how to get the latest version of Visual Studio and the SDK and see some of the improvements for UWP developers in Visual Studio 2017.

Hopefully, as developers you have already been using the pre-release versions of the Creators Update SDK's to prepare your app for this third major feature update. Users will be upgrading in earnest beginning next week on the April 2017 Patch Tuesday when the update is officially released via Windows Update.

Of course, in addition, Microsoft's annual developer conference Build 2017 is just a little more than a month away and you can expect a lot of content will be coming out around the Creators Update.

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About the Author

Richard Hay

Senior Content Producer, IT Pro Today (Informa Tech)

I served for 29 plus years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer in November 2011. My work background in the Navy was telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well with what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.

My first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and WindowsObserver.com is the result of the work I have done on that site since 1995.

In January 2010 my community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when I received my first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the Windows Operating System. Since then I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP each subsequent year since that initial award. I am also a member of the inaugural group of Windows Insider MVPs which began in 2016.

I previously hosted the Observed Tech PODCAST for 10 years and 317 episodes and now host a new podcast called Faith, Tech, and Space. 

I began contributing to Penton Technology websites in January 2015 and in April 2017 I was hired as the Senior Content Producer for Penton Technology which is now Informa Tech. In that role, I contribute to ITPro Today and cover operating systems, enterprise technology, and productivity.

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