Q# Blog

Introducing the Azure Quantum Development Kit Preview

September 19, 2023 Sep 19, 2023 09/19/23

Bill Ticehurst

100x faster, 100x smaller, and it runs in the browser! The Azure Quantum team is excited to announce the initial preview of the new Azure Quantum Development Kit (or QDK for short). This has been entirely rebuilt using a new codebase on a new technology stack, and this blog post outlines the why, the how, and some of the benefits of doing so...

Modeling quantum architecture with Azure Quantum Resource Estimator

September 8, 2023 Sep 8, 2023 09/8/23

Ivan Basov

  Introduction There are numerous architectural decisions to consider when building quantum computers, which have the potential to address real-world computational challenges like quantum chemistry and quantum cryptography. Researchers worldwide are engaged in developing various aspects of quantum computer architecture. Microsoft ...

Mentoring capstone projects at the University of Washington

September 6, 2023 Sep 6, 2023 09/6/23

Mariia Mykhailova, Wim van Dam, Mathias Soeken

In this blog post we share our experience of mentoring two capstone projects as part of the "Accelerating Quantum-Enabled Technologies" program at the University of Washington.

Blueprint to organize a quantum computing workshop

May 2, 2023 May 2, 2023 05/2/23

Fabrice Frachon

For many people, learning a new skill is easiest when it's a shared experience. Quantum computing workshops offer an interactive, structured and co-operative forum to jump start your quantum learning. But how do organize such an event? The Azure Quantum team frequently receives questions on how to organize quantum computing workshops, so ...

Azure Quantum introduces sessions to accelerate your research with variational algorithms

April 24, 2023 Apr 24, 2023 04/24/23

Lucas Enloe

To take full advantage of an Interactive Hybrid architecture, many popular algorithms such as the Variational Quantum Eigensolver (VQE) and the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) require tight integration between the cloud provider and the quantum hardware manufacturer.    Today, Azure Quantum is introducing ...

Azure Quantum unlocks the next generation of Hybrid Quantum Computing

March 8, 2023 Mar 8, 2023 03/8/23

Fabrice Frachon

Today, Microsoft announced a significant quantum advancement and made our new Integrated Hybrid feature in Azure Quantum available to the public. Quantum computing is inherently hybrid. The key to unlocking impactful, commercial applications at scale will be deep integration between classical computing capabilities including HPC and AI with...

Shorter quantum circuits

February 4, 2023 Feb 4, 2023 02/4/23

Vadym Kliuchnikov

To solve some of the world’s most challenging problems in chemistry and materials science will require scaling up a quantum computer to a million qubits and beyond [BMTS+ 2022]. Microsoft has taken a more challenging, but what we believe to be a more promising path towards scaled quantum computing and designed our machine using ...

Azure Quantum Winter Learning Opportunities

January 10, 2023 Jan 10, 2023 01/10/23

Matt Zanner (HE/HIM)

Want to pursue your interests in quantum computing? Start today and sign up for great winter learning opportunities with Azure Quantum.

Festivus: Azure Quantum Feats of Strength

December 23, 2022 Dec 23, 2022 12/23/22

Mariia Mykhailova

Azure Quantum team celebrates Festivus by listing Azure Quantum feats of strength - their favorite features and tools.

Developing and using Azure Quantum assignments for quantum computing courses

December 20, 2022 Dec 20, 2022 12/20/22

Hal Owens

In this blog post Hal Owens writes about his internship project at Microsoft Quantum - developing quantum programming assignments with Q# and bringing them to the classroom at Purdue.