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