Subj : Can a smoother, faster, better Microsoft Store win over Windows 1
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Wed Sep 18 2024 15:30:05

Can a smoother, faster, better Microsoft Store win over Windows 11 users? 
Microsoft has a bunch of improvements in the works

Date:
Wed, 18 Sep 2024 14:17:31 +0000

Description:
Microsoft Store has received a nifty change for its interface, and will get a 
considerable performance boost in the future.

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The Microsoft Store has been rejigged with a nifty change to its interface, 
and its also set for a major performance boost in the future, all in a bid to 
modernize the app and make it more attractive to users. 

Lets start with the performance improvement, which Windows Latest noticed 
flagged up in a DevBlogs post . In that post, Microsoft revealed that its 
currently working to migrate the Microsoft Store to .NET 9, while also 
incorporating Native AOT in the near future. 

Native AOT refers to Ahead-Of-Time compilation, and we saw earlier this week 
that Microsoft plans to use this to speed up default Windows 11 apps like 
Photos and Phone Link. 

So, the idea is that the latest version of the .NET framework will improve 
the overall performance of the Microsoft Store, and native AOTs method of 
compiling code should mean that the store is faster to launch. Furthermore, 
you might even notice that pages within the Store are quicker to load. 

A senior software engineer at Microsoft, Sergio Pedri, posted on X about 
this, confirming that the Microsoft Store will benefit from better 
performance thanks to these measures (as will other large and complex apps in 
Windows 11 , were told). It is! I mention this in the blog post as well, 
we're currently working on migrating the Microsoft Store to .NET 9 and 
NativeAOT, and we're leveraging all this new tooling for that. That allows us 
to still make incremental progress for WinUI 3 and reduce risk in the 
migration  September 11, 2024 

This is part of an ongoing process to make the Microsoft Store better which 
is being implemented in a gradual way to reduce risks (throwing too many 
changes in at once is never the safest way to proceed, of course). An 
interface change for more effective app management 

As well as the enhancements to performance and loading times that are in the 
pipeline, the Microsoft Store has received some fine-tuning of its interface 
thats in place right now. 

With the latest update for the store, Microsoft has introduced a new 
Downloads page that lets you keep track of and manage updates for apps you 
currently have installed, highlighting when they were last updated, as well 
as allowing you to check any available release notes. This is split off from 
the existing Library page in the store which lists all the apps youve 
downloaded or purchased, and now has a handy search bar in place, as shown in 
screenshots provided by Windows Latest. 

In the recent past, Microsoft has fired up a number of initiatives to improve 
the store , including previous efforts to speed up performance (and to get 
the store loading faster ). However, the Microsoft Store has been regarded 
lukewarmly at best so far - but maybe steps like these will win more favor 
with Windows 11 users and make them change their minds about it. YOU MIGHT 
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coming



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/can-a-smoother-faster-better-micro
soft-store-win-over-windows-11-users-microsoft-has-a-bunch-of-improvements-in-
the-works


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