{"id":3895,"date":"2021-10-21T16:34:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T16:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ionicframework.com\/blog\/?p=3895"},"modified":"2022-08-04T17:42:37","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T17:42:37","slug":"moving-from-microsoft-app-center-to-ionic-appflow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ionic.io\/blog\/moving-from-microsoft-app-center-to-ionic-appflow","title":{"rendered":"Moving from Microsoft App Center to Ionic Appflow for Mobile Builds and Live App Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft announced last week that App Center will soon <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/announcing-apache-cordova-retirement\/\">discontinue support for apps running on Apache Cordova<\/a>. App Center is a cloud product that helps teams build, test, and distribute apps. 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Development teams can focus completely on the unique features of their app and outsource the complicated app delivery process to Appflow. Plus, unlike App Center, our solution is 100% focused on hybrid architectures like Cordova.<\/p>\n<p>Cordova customers can take advantage of Appflow\u2019s complete list of features and easily migrate from Microsoft App Center to Ionic Appflow in just a few steps. 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