People argue that Microsoft has phased out several frameworks beyond Silverlight. Is there verified evidence of any other discontinued Microsoft frameworks, especially considering changes like Xamarin’s shift to MAUI?
Microsoft has gradually shifted its focus to new development platforms, which has led to the discontinuation of several older frameworks. In my experience, beyond Silverlight, developers observed that support for Windows Phone development effectively ended as Microsoft pivoted towards the Universal Windows Platform. Evidence of this change is reflected in official lifecycle announcements and the migration of toolsets to more modern frameworks like MAUI. Tracking these changes through Microsoft’s official documentation provides reliable insights into the evolving status of their development frameworks.
i seen that beyond silverlight, ms stopped support for winphone dev kits and xna too. its a shift to modern frameworks like maui and they are not updating old tools anymore.