Announced April 6, Microsoft Build of OpenJDK is a simple drop-in replacement for any other OpenJDK distribution in the Java ecosystem. Microsoft pledges to support Java 11 until at least 2024.

Microsoft today announced it has submitted a new Java-like software programming language to an industry standards group, hoping to succeed where rival and Java creator Sun Microsystems has failed.

Microsoft’s OpenJDK build includes binaries for Java 11, and the company has also released an early access binary for Java 16 for Windows on ARM.

Microsoft supports Java on the Visual Studio Code editor through a collaboration with Red Hat and the Java community. The 1.0 release of Language Support for Java by Red Hat arrived late last month.

Microsoft announced three sets of tools that translate Java software so it can support Microsoft.Net, the company's new strategy to move its Windows operating system and software to the Web.

Microsoft's implementation of OpenJDK is now ready for developers who want to use Java on the Azure cloud. Written by Liam Tung, Contributing Writer May 25, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. PT ...

Microsoft also supports several other Java community organizations, including OpenJDK, and Eclipse Adoptium, Jakarta EE, and the venerable Java Community Process. And in 2019, it acquired leading Java ...

Microsoft announced this morning that it was acquiring jClarity, a service designed to tune the performance of Java applications. It will be doing that on Azure from now on.

Microsoft does not have to incorporate Sun Microsystems Inc ‘s Java programming language in the Windows operating system, a federal appeals court ruled, overturning an earlier decision.