Microsoft’s current developer strategy is perhaps best described as pragmatic: Meet developers where they are, not where Microsoft thinks they should be. Redmond has put aside old rivalries, open ...

I was curious what Microsoft's response would be to Google's recent announcement that is allowing developers writing for the Google App Engine cloud platform to develop in Java. The answer? Not much ...

Microsoft is adding support for Java to its Azure serverless compute service. On Oct. 4, Microsoft announced at the JavaOne show that it is making a public preview of Java support for Functions ...

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Microsoft has updated Java tooling in its Visual Studio Code extension and the Azure Toolkit for IntelliJ, showcasing a host of new features. For Visual Studio Code, the Extension Pack for Java now ...

'For us, this is the perfect match,' says John Montgomery, Microsoft’s corporate vice president of program management for developer tools and services. 'The relationship with this team is not new: ...

It’s been a long time since Microsoft brewed its own Java. But now it’s back, with the Microsoft Build of OpenJDK, fit and finished for running in the Azure cloud. A couple of weeks ago an anonymous ...

Microsoft today acquired jClarity, a company focused on supporting the Java ecosystem. Microsoft plans to utilize jClarity to enhance Java workloads on Azure. The enhancements are targeted at both ...

Microsoft, which claims "We use more Java than one can imagine," is pumping up its Java push on several fronts, including promoting a bunch of guidance for using the popular programming language on ...