{"id":232770,"date":"2025-12-31T10:28:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T18:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/java\/?p=232770"},"modified":"2025-12-31T10:44:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T18:44:41","slug":"java-at-microsoft-2025-year-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/java\/java-at-microsoft-2025-year-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Java at Microsoft: 2025 Year in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

A breakthrough year for modernization, AI\u2011assisted development, Agentic AI development, and platform innovation<\/em><\/p>\n

2025 was one of the most significant years yet for Java at Microsoft. From the arrival of OpenJDK\u202f25 as the newest Long\u2011Term Support (LTS) release<\/strong>, to AI\u2011powered modernization workflows with GitHub Copilot app modernization, to Agentic AI development in Microsoft AI Foundry<\/a> with Java frameworks like LangChain4j<\/a>, Spring AI<\/a>, Quarkus AI<\/a>, and Embabel<\/a>, with major Visual Studio Code and Azure platform investments. Microsoft deepened its commitment across the entire Java ecosystem.<\/p>\n

Java 25: A New LTS Era Begins<\/h1>\n

2025 delivered a historic milestone: OpenJDK 25 officially shipped and with it, Microsoft Build of OpenJDK 25 as the next Long\u2011Term Support (LTS) release<\/strong>, setting the foundation for the next multi\u2011year cycle of enterprise Java workloads.<\/p>\n

For developers who have not been following advancements in the Java language, it may not look, but the code below is a Rock Paper Scissors implementation in Java 25 that can be put inside a Game.java<\/a> file and executed with \u201c$ java Game.java\u201d with a JDK 25 installation.<\/p>\n

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To run this code, Microsoft released binaries, container images, and updated Azure Platform services<\/strong>, providing:<\/p>\n

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