Q# Blog

Introducing Q# Lambda Expressions

March 30, 2022 Mar 30, 2022 03/30/22

Scott Carda

Here we introduce the new Q# lambda expressions language feature and give some examples of its usage.

Announcing Azure Quantum challenge at QCHack 2022

March 24, 2022 Mar 24, 2022 03/24/22

Mariia Mykhailova

We are excited to announce that Microsoft along with our partners IonQ and Quantinuum will join Quantum Coalition Hack, hosted during the week of April 4-10! Learn more about the challenge we'll be offering and the best ways to prepare for it.

Implementing DevOps for Quantum Applications

March 22, 2022 Mar 22, 2022 03/22/22

Holger Sirtl

This blog post illustrates how CI/CD-pipelines can be built for hybrid quantum apps with tools from the Quantum Development Kit (QDK), GitHub Actions and various Azure services. These cover the full app lifecycle: from app building, automated testing, resource estimating up to provisioning the target environment and deployment of the app.

Explore Quantum Hardware for Free with Azure Quantum

February 3, 2022 Feb 3, 2022 02/3/22

Mike Blouin

Learn how to use the $500 Azure Quantum credits to experiment with our partners' quantum hardware.

Introducing the Q# Formatter

December 16, 2021 Dec 16, 2021 12/16/21

Scott Carda

Here we introduce the Q# Formatter, a tool to help keep your Q# code up to date with the latest Q# syntax.

A quantum circuit logical puzzle

December 15, 2021 Dec 15, 2021 12/15/21

Mariia Mykhailova

This blog offers you a quantum logical puzzle: you are given the outline of a simple quantum circuit and a set of clues about it, and you have to complete the circuit based on the clues.

Visualizing resource estimates with the trace simulator and quantum-viz.js

December 14, 2021 Dec 14, 2021 12/14/21

Mathias Soeken

Estimating the resources and visualizing execution traces of Q# programs are useful tasks. The trace simulator from the QDK and quantum-viz.js Javascript library help to perform those. In this blog post, we customize the trace simulator to output a circuit with hierarchy and resource information to be displayed with quantum-viz.js. The ...

Hybrid Quantum Applications with Azure Functions

December 13, 2021 Dec 13, 2021 12/13/21

Holger Sirtl

Quantum applications are typically of hybrid nature: there is always a classical component that submits and monitors the quantum jobs at runtime. This blog shows how Azure Functions can be used to integrate quantum components written in Q# via APIs into classical applications in a serverless model.

Four Years of Q#

December 11, 2021 Dec 11, 2021 12/11/21

Alan Geller

A look back at the fourth year of Q#.

Being a Quantum MVP

December 7, 2021 Dec 7, 2021 12/7/21

Matt Zanner (HE/HIM)

Learn about Microsoft's "Most Valued Professional" MVP program, how quantum MVPs are contributing to and helping build a vibrant quantum computing community today, and how you can become one!