At the plenary session of the conference of experts demonstrated new possibilities for the creation and promotion of a variety of applications with touch control platform Windows, including new tools for development and improved customer support. Corporate vice president of Windows Julie Larson-Green (Julie Larson-Green) joined the performance of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer (Steve Ballmer). She demonstrated a preliminary version of Windows 8.1 Preview, and told about the changes in the settings of personalization, search Bing, improved functionality to solve business problems, new packaged applications and other innovations of the operating system. "With the launch of Windows 8, Microsoft unveiled a new user, redefining Windows. It was an ambitious move, and with Windows 8.1, we have moved further away - said Julie Larson-Green. - Windows 8.1 will run on a wide variety of tablets and computers, and will allow us to demonstrate how we react sensitively to the needs of users. preliminary version of which we are making available today - this is an important moment for our partners who are involved in the production of new devices and create Windows-based applications throughout the world.