Microsoft’s Azure Functions serverless computing platform now has beta support for Java programming, a feature developers have demanded since Azure Functions’ 2016 debut. The beta inclusion of ...

Azure Functions and Java. Existing Java skills work well with newer Azure technologies, such as Functions. Serverless code can be written using Java SE 8 LTS, with each function a public method.

The Azure Functions Web site promises developers they can "Use the programming language of your choice," and those choices just expanded yesterday (Feb. 25) with the general availability of Java ...

Microsoft is adding support for Java to its Azure serverless compute service. On Oct. 4, Microsoft announced at the JavaOne show that it is making a public preview of Java support for Functions ...

Going forward, the dev team has outlined planned work for 2022. That work will boost integration with Azure services, user experience, cloud-native development, inner-loop optimizations for ...

Microsoft's dev team for Java on Azure Tooling enhanced remote debugging in the latest regular monthly update. The team manages the Azure Toolkit for IntelliJ available in the JetBrains Marketplace..

News. New Getting Started Experience for Azure Java Tooling on IntelliJ. By David Ramel; July 8, 2022; The team behind Microsoft's Azure Toolkit for IntelliJ, available in the JetBrains Marketplace, ...

Microsoft is looking to develop and acquire more Java application diagnostics know-how, especially where technology has proven useful for managing live production environments in the cloud.

For the Azure cloud, jaz takes over the configuration of the heap size and the garbage strategy, among other things. The tool uses AppsCDS and, in the future, Project Leyden for optimization.

Microsoft announced on August 19 that it is acquiring jClarity for an undisclosed amount in the name of helping to optimize Java workloads on Azure. London-based jClarity promotes its commercial ...