The Windows BUILD conference kicked off this week on Tuesday (Nov 13, 2011) with a great Keynote presentation that showed off the Windows 8 Developer Prerelease. Besides showing off the UI, they also discussed hardware, and of course developing Apps and publishing them through the Windows App Store.

On Wednesday (Nov 14, 2011) they Keynote presentation focused on Developing Windows Apps and showed off the Windows Server 8 Server capabilities around Virtualization and Management.

The majority of Breakout sessions from all four days are available (or will be) on the Windows BUILD web site for viewing.

Microsoft made available the bits for the Windows 8 Developer Preview for download and installation. This being a Pre Beta it’s geared toward developers and enthusiasts.

Windows 8 blog, the official blog of the Windows 8 Team, continues to detail ongoing development work with Windows 8. Microsoft also published the the Windows 8 Developer Preview Fact Sheet.