Q# Blog

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.

λ-Q#: Understanding and Evolving the Q# Programming Language

December 15, 2022 Dec 15, 2022 12/15/22

Kartik Singhal

λ-Q# is an idealized version of Q# aimed at providing it a formal language definition, placing the language on a solid mathematical foundation, and enabling further evolution of its design and type system.

Signing up for Azure Quantum from scratch

December 13, 2022 Dec 13, 2022 12/13/22

Wim van Dam

This blog post offers a step-by-step guide to creating your first Azure account and Azure Quantum workspace.

Teaching Quantum Computing with Q# and Azure Quantum at Northeastern University

December 2, 2022 Dec 2, 2022 12/2/22

Mariia Mykhailova

This fall I taught "Introduction to quantum computing" at Northeastern University. In this post, I share my experience teaching it and describe the kinds of programming assignments the course offered.

Automate Resource Estimation with QIR

December 1, 2022 Dec 1, 2022 12/1/22

Mathias Soeken

Learn how to automate physical resource estimation jobs using the Azure Quantum Resource Estimator and the Azure Quantum Python library.

Q# Holiday Calendar 2022

November 7, 2022 Nov 7, 2022 11/7/22

Mariia Mykhailova

Q# Holiday Calendar is a yearly blogging event in which every day in December one awesome community member writes a blog post about Q# and/or Azure Quantum. Check out the previous years' blogs and join the 2022 edition!