WP Marketplace Policies Changed, App Publishing Made Easier

Redmond-based software giant Microsoft has just announced a series of changes brought to the Windows Phone Marketplace policies and technical requirements, which should translate into making the application publishing process much simpler than before.

According to the company, the new changes are meant to offer a better experience to all developers, something that should translate into making the development of applications for the Windows Phone platform more appealing than before.

In addition to the said clearer content policies and technical requirements, which are set to enter into effect on June 3rd, it seems, Microsoft added several test steps to the technical certification requirements.

In a recent post on the Windows Phone Developer blog, Microsoft's Todd Brix explains that the company has been focused on streamlining the app submission process, and on making the certification requirements clearer than before.

Thus, the aforementioned changes were put in place, and they should help developer community publish new apps and games to the Marketplace easier than before.

Todd Brix notes the following changes in the said blog post:

First, we’ve updated and clarified our content policies and technical requirements to address some of the common questions and points of confusion that we have heard from several developers. These requirement changes will go into effect on June 3 for new applications and application updates.

Second, we have added several test steps to the technical certification requirements to help developers conduct in-house application testing during the development cycle, in order to avoid common certification pitfalls and to improve pass rates and certification times.

Finally, the application certification requirements for Windows Phone have now been integrated into our MSDN developer documentation.

Those developers interested in having a look at the newly updated certification requirements should head over to the company's website here. Those who would like to provide feed-back on these changes should go to this topic on the App Hub Forum.