<p>We are excited to announce that Action Pack and Competency Partners now have access to the <a href="http://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2016/02/24/microsoft-to-acquire-xamarin-and-empower-more-developers-to-build-apps-on-any-device/#sm.0000yb6c18190dciwq42jik2e6o4e" target="_blank">Xamarin</a> development tools as part of their MPN’s Visual Studio subscriptions. This is a significant increase in the Internal-use rights (IUR) development benefits and really great news to excite MPN partners to create more applications based on Microsoft technology. </p>
<p> <a href="http://mnc.ms/BuildXamarinBlog" target="_blank">Xamarin is now available to Visual Studio subscribers</a>. Xamarin development tools allow developers to create native iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac apps in C#. Developers can use the same languages, APIs, and data structure to share an average of 75% of app code across all mobile development platforms.</p>