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Java OpenJDK April 2026 Patch & Security Update
Hello Java customers! We are happy to announce the latest April 2026 patch & security update release for the Microsoft Build of OpenJDK. Check our release ...
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Microsoft Build of OpenJDK 11.0.11 & 16.0.1 (EA) Available
The Java at Microsoft Team is happy to announce the immediate availability of Microsoft Build of OpenJDK 11.0.11 & 16.0.1 (EA for Windows AArch64 / ARM64).
Java on Visual Studio Code Update – March 2021
It’s blogging time again. Welcome to VS Code update for Java. In the last couple of months, our engineers have been working on a few very important things. Now, it’s time to uncover. Let’s start.
Microsoft JFR Streaming Library for Java Flight Recorder
Today we are happy to share the first release of our JFR Streaming library. With this library, developers can easily manage Java Flight Recordings programmatically. It includes commonly expected features such as starting and stopping a flight recording on a local or remote JVM and reading the recorded file as an InputStream. Azure Application Insights is a production-ready, and detailed Application Performance Monitoring solution that covers Java workloads. In integrating Java Flight Recorder, we can provide deeper insights into the inner works of applications in the JVM. Before deciding to create this libr...
Announcing Microsoft Build of OpenJDK
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 2021
Welcome to the February edition of VS Code update for Java. Spring is approaching. It’s a season for refreshing, no exception to VS Code. In this edition, we will present you with our experiment of a new Welcome Page and re-designed icons. We hope you like the new looking and more importantly, enjoy the upcoming Spring season.
Deploy Spring Boot applications by leveraging enterprise best practices – Azure Spring Cloud Reference Architecture
Today, we’re excited to announce the availability of the Azure Spring Cloud Reference Architecture. You can get started by deploying the Azure Spring Cloud Reference Architecture to accelerate and secure Spring Boot applications in the cloud at scale using validated best practices. Over the past year, we worked with many enterprise customers to learn about their scenarios including thoughts on scaling properly, security, deployment, and cost requirements. Many of these customers have thousands of Spring Boot applications running in on-premises data centers. As they migrate these applications to the cloud, they...
Java on Visual Studio Code Update – January 2021
Welcome to the first edition of VS Code update for Java in 2021. We got some questions around how to run tests on VS Code, so in this blog we will walk you through the how. Meanwhile, we will share the news of releasing Azure Spring Cloud extension. The extension is for you to create, manage and deploy apps to Azure Spring Cloud service.
What’s New in Azure Spring Cloud after GA
Microsoft and VMware co-announced Azure Spring Cloud General Availability (GA). You will learn the newest features and enhancements to monitor and secure your apps since GA and what's upcoming. Your feedback has been instrumental in shaping these features, keep the feedback coming.
Effortlessly monitor applications and dependencies in Azure Spring Cloud!
We are excited to announce that Application Performance Monitoring (APM) is now fully integrated into Azure Spring Cloud, powered by Application Insights.