AppTasks: Agent Progress on the Windows Taskbar
The Windows.UI.Shell.Tasks API is a simple API that lets apps put long-running agent progress on the taskbar.
I'm a Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft, working as an architect on the Windows Developer Platform team responsible for the Windows agentic platform.
Thoughts on AI, MCP, and building platform infrastructure that enables agentic workflows at enterprise scale.
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