Microsoft unveils Fluid Framework 2.0

Microsoft has printed a beta launch of its Fluid Framework 2.0, an improve to the corporate’s open supply platform for constructing collaborative functions.

Unveiled January 8, the Fluid Framework 2.0 beta options an intuitive programming mannequin for builders to synchronize shared state between shoppers in actual time. Normal availability is deliberate for this summer time. Fluid Framework, which debuted in 2019, was designed for creating low-latency functions that help real-time collaboration by providing builders easy-to-use knowledge buildings that the framework mechanically syncs between shoppers.

Fluid Framework 2.0 can be utilized so as to add collaboration to new or current apps, providing a schematized knowledge mannequin, referred to as a SharedTree Distributed Information Construction (DDS), that gives an intuitive programming interface for working with knowledge. It helps a spread of knowledge sorts together with arrays, maps, and objects.

Along with supporting Azure Fluid Relay, Fluid Framework 2.0 additionally helps SharePoint Embedded, a cloud-based doc administration system for collaborating on content material saved inside a Microsoft 365 tenant. Fluid Framework has been powering first-party Microsoft apps and third-party apps, akin to Microsoft Loop, Microsoft Whiteboard, and Hexagon Nexus.