14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft’s User Experience ecosystem is a universe complex enough for an overall perspective or deep insights to not easily come in handy. The Redmond company has worked to streamline efforts from what it calls technical and creative leads interested in taking a closer look at the relation between its UX collateral and the Microsoft “stack.” In this regard, the software giant announced the availability of the Microsoft User Experience Kit at SXSW.
“The UX Kit is unique because while many technology-specific repositories exist, this is the first kit that helps ‘map’ the Microsoft ecosystem, technology, and tools stack to that of the user experience, agency, and creative world,” a member of the Silverlight team revealed.
The promise that comes with the kit is that the resource is capable of simplifying the understanding of the tools, technologies, and scenarios available to third-parties that leverage Microsoft’s User Experience ecosystem. Companies interested in a variety of scenarios from rich media delivery to content publishing, but also publisher advertising and additional media publishing, digital marketing, and campaign experience will be able to get insights from Microsoft via the dedicated UXKit website.
Microsoft even gave examples of three topics that could be explored in depth, such as “Building Immersive Multi-channel Solutions using Expression Studio” and “High fidelity and high Performing Desktop Touch Applications using Windows 7,” but also “Web Branding and Audience Targeting using SharePoint.” The Microsoft User Experience Kit Is Live offers companies videos, presentations, sample code, and additional resources to help them take advantage of the UX that comes with the company’s technology stack.
“Included in the UX Kit is a range of collateral and resources including: videos, reference implementations, sample code, live demos, installable tools, presentations, whitepapers and more. Featured technologies include Silverlight, Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows 7 Touch, Microsoft Surface, Windows Phone, SharePoint, Expression Studio, and Microsoft Advertising. Topics covered on the kit range from Rich Media Delivery using Silverlight and Deep Zoom to Multi-Channel Digital Marketing using Windows 7, SharePoint, Windows Phone, and Surface,” the Silverlight team representative added.