Java at Microsoft

Announcing Microsoft Build of OpenJDK

Bruno Borges April 6, 2021 Apr 6, 2021 04/6/21

Today we are excited to announce the preview of the Microsoft Build of OpenJDK, a new Long-Term Support (LTS) distribution of OpenJDK that is open source and available for free for anyone to deploy anywhere. It includes binaries for Java 11, based on OpenJDK 11.0.10, on x64 server and desktop environments on macOS, Linux, and Windows.

Join us at Microsoft JDConf 2022

Nate Ceres March 7, 2022 Mar 7, 2022 03/7/22

Join us for the second Microsoft JDConf event on May 4-5, 2022. JDConf is a virtual, Java focused conference where developers can come together to share interesting topics and stay engaged. Learn about the latest cloud development trends, best practices, tips, tricks, and more.

Java on Visual Studio Code Update – February 2022

Nick Zhu February 10, 2022 Feb 10, 2022 02/10/22

Hi everyone, welcome to the February update of Visual Studio Code Java and this time we have a special edition for education! Many schools are back in session after the winter holidays, and in order to provide student and educators a better experience using Java on Visual Studio Code this semester, we have been making a series of improvements ...

Additions and Updates to Microsoft Build of OpenJDK

Bruno Borges February 2, 2022 Feb 2, 2022 02/2/22

Today we are excited to share two new additions to the Microsoft Build of OpenJDK family of LTS (Long Term Support) binaries: OpenJDK 11 and OpenJDK 17 binaries for Alpine Linux, and OpenJDK 11 for macOS on Apple Silicon. Other platforms have also been updated to the latest versions of OpenJDK following the tags 11.0.14 and 17.0.2. As ...

Java on Visual Studio Code Update – January 2022

Nick Zhu January 20, 2022 Jan 20, 2022 01/20/22

Hi everyone, welcome to the January edition of Visual Studio Code Java update! Since this is our first blog post of the new year, we are going to look back on highlights of 2021 and take a look at our roadmap for 2022! We also have some exciting feature updates so let us get started. Highlights of 2021 2021 was a productive year for Java on ...

Microsoft Build of OpenJDK on Azure Platform Services

Jason Freeberg January 12, 2022 Jan 12, 2022 01/12/22

An update on the rollout of the Microsoft build of OpenJDK on Azure App Service, Functions, and Spring Cloud.

Java on Visual Studio Code Update – November 2021

Nick Zhu December 15, 2021 Dec 15, 2021 12/15/21

Hi everyone, welcome to the November edition of the Visual Studio Code Java update! In this end-of-year post, we are going to look at several new improvements related to fundamental Java development experience as well as our updates related to encoding issues. Inner-loop dev experience directly impacts developer's day-to-day productivity ...

Say goodbye to “.project” files in Language Support for Java™ 1.1.0

Nick Zhu December 4, 2021 Dec 4, 2021 12/4/21

Recent 1.1.0 release of Language Support for Java™ contains an important update: now when the extension imports a new Java project, the project metadata files ( .project , .classpath , settings, etc.) will no longer be generated in the project path by default. This issue was reported more than three years ago and it has been there since 2018...

Java on Visual Studio Code Update – October 2021

Nick Zhu November 24, 2021 Nov 24, 2021 11/24/21

Hi everyone, welcome to the October edition of the Visual Studio Code Java update! In this post, we are going to take a deep dive of the recent performance improvement on auto-completion. Performance Improvement - Faster Code Completion With the recent 1.0 release of the Java Language Server, we have made substantial improvement on the ...

Microsoft Deepens Its Investments in Java

Bruno Borges November 4, 2021 Nov 4, 2021 11/4/21

Today we are excited to announce Microsoft has officially joined the Java Community Process. Along with that, we have also provided updates to Microsoft Build of OpenJDK, enhancements to Java support on Visual Studio Code and GitHub, and more details on Azure's rollout of Microsoft Build of OpenJDK.

Java on Visual Studio Code Update – September 2021

Nick Zhu October 29, 2021 Oct 29, 2021 10/29/21

Hi everyone, welcome to the September edition of the Visual Studio Code Java update! In this post, we are going cover the new release of Gradle extension, more convenient Code Actions and recent 1.0 language server release. Language Server for Java™ 1.0 Release The 1.0 release of the Language Server for Java™ was officially released ...