Microsoft Build of OpenJDK – October 2022 PSU Release

October 24, 2022 Oct 24, 2022 10/24/22
Derek Keeler
We are happy to announce the latest patch & security update release for the Microsoft Build of OpenJDK. You can find the usual updates from the OpenJDK upstream community: And you can also see the additional work that our team has put in place in our builds through the release notes. Starting with this release, developers can ...

Announcing Microsoft Build of OpenJDK

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

Java on Visual Studio Code Update – February 2023

February 28, 2023 Feb 28, 2023 02/28/23
Nick Zhu
Hi everyone, welcome to our February update! In this blog we will bring you new features related to JUnit 5 parallel testing as well as new filter widget for Spring Boot dashboard. There is also some exciting news from GitHub Copilot, so let's get started. JUnit 5 Parallel Testing Support JUnit 5 is a popular testing framework for Java ...

Java on Azure Tooling Update – January 2023

February 9, 2023 Feb 9, 2023 02/9/23
Jialuo Gan
Hi everyone, welcome to our first blog of the year for Java on Azure tooling. In this update, we will introduce the support for Azure Container Apps and new features for Bicep language support (in preview) in IntelliJ IDEA. Please download and install the Azure Toolkit for IntelliJ. We hope you like these features and enjoy the experience with...

Java on Visual Studio Code Update – January 2023

January 31, 2023 Jan 31, 2023 01/31/23
Nick Zhu
Hi everyone, welcome to our first blog post of 2023! There are several exciting updates related to Spring extensions, code editing and performance that we wanted to share with you, so let's get started. New Walkthrough for Spring Extension Pack Walkthrough is a multi-step, wizard-style experience for onboarding users to an extension ...

Microsoft Build of OpenJDK – January 2023 Release

January 25, 2023 Jan 25, 2023 01/25/23
Bruno Borges
We are happy to announce the latest January 2023 patch & security update release for the Microsoft Build of OpenJDK. See the release notes for detailed changes present in the Microsoft Build of OpenJDK binaries. And download or install the binaries today. Below you can find the usual updates from the OpenJDK upstream community...

Reactor Series: Build Your Own E2E Java Application in Azure!

January 17, 2023 Jan 17, 2023 01/17/23
Ricky Diep
Overview Join us for an upcoming Microsoft Reactor Series where you’ll learn how to build your very own end-to-end cloud-native Java application in Azure. In this session, participants will be guided through the Cloud-Scale Data for Spring Developer Quick Start Guide by the host, Senior Cloud Advocate, Brian Benz. This Developers Quick ...

Java on Azure Tooling Update – December 2022

December 27, 2022 Dec 27, 2022 12/27/22
Jialuo Gan
Hi everyone, welcome back to the December update of Java on Azure Tooling. Firstly, Happy New Year to everyone in advance. In this update, we will introduce the new Code Sample feature for Azure SDK Reference Book. Besides, we have made some improvements in the integration with Function Core Tools, Data Sources and Drivers. To use these new ...

Java on Visual Studio Code Update – December 2022

December 15, 2022 Dec 15, 2022 12/15/22
Nick Zhu
Hi everyone, we are near the end of year. Looking back on 2022, there are a few highlights that we wanted to share with you all: Highlights from 2022 Major Visualization Experience Upgrade for Spring Boot Extensions Starting earlier this year, we began to make a series of improvements on Spring Boot dashboard, aiming to increase Spring ...

Java on Azure Tooling Update – November 2022

December 4, 2022 Dec 4, 2022 12/4/22
Jialuo Gan
Hi everyone, welcome back to the November update of Java on Azure Tooling. In this update, we will introduce remote debugging support of Azure Spring Apps and Azure Function Apps. In addition, we have made some enhancements for users to configure App Settings more easily. Please download and install the Azure Toolkit for IntelliJ. We hope you ...

What’s the deal with humongous objects in Java?

November 28, 2022 Nov 28, 2022 11/28/22
Stephanie Crater
As a Software Engineer in Microsoft’s Java Engineering Group, part of my job is to analyze and improve the performance of Java’s garbage collectors. As a Java application runs, the garbage collector is responsible for allocating objects on the heap and freeing up heap space when those objects are no longer live. In this blog post, I’ll ...

Two million Java developers on Visual Studio Code! November 2022 Update

November 27, 2022 Nov 27, 2022 11/27/22
Nick Zhu
Hi everyone, we are excited to share that now there are over two million Java developers on Visual Studio Code, this wouldn't be possible without all the support from the community and our users, so thank you! For November update, we are bringing you new code editing feature such as postfix completion, optimized organize import. In addition...