The three-day Microsoft Build 2021 developers conference started virtually today with the No. 2 cloud provider introducing a slew of updates to its Azure cloud computing capabilities.
Azure announcements ranged from artificial intelligence (AI) features, to app services running on Kubernetes clusters with Azure Arc, to Azure Cosmos DB enhancements. The technology company also provided a look at the new PyTorch Enterprise on Microsoft Azure, new Azure Marketplace offers and the Microsoft Build of OpenJDK.
Microsoft is targeting a developer audience that’s estimated to reach 71.5 million in 2030, a 44.5 percent increase from today, according to IDC.
“It is our mission to empower this next generation of developers with world-class tools and cloud services that allow them to build the applications of the future,” Gabe Monroy, vice president of Microsoft Azure developer experience, said in a blog post. “These applications of the future will be intelligent, infused with AI to pr
Microsoft s Build of OpenJDK is now generally available May 25, 2021 11:00 EDT with 1 comment
Microsoft s annual build conference is always an exciting event, especially for developers utilizing the company s services, such as Azure. As usual, the Redmond tech giant s cloud platform has headlined most announcements.
Starting with customers who want to run their Java Enterprise Editions (EE) workloads in the cloud, the Azure Marketplace has two new offerings. Customers running Java apps on JBoss EAP can migrate to Azure Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) virtual machines. Similarly, customers utilizing WebSphere can also transition to virtual machines on Azure.
That s not all for customers using Java. Microsoft s Build of OpenJDK, which hit preview on April 6, is now generally available. For those unaware, this is a long-term support (LTS) distribution of OpenJDK based on the Java SE Platform. The company recommends it as a Microsoft-support