Helping Java developers succeed, Microsoft is serious

Excerpt translated from Julia Liuson's blog

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As a company, we're committed to making Java developers as efficient and productive as possible, enabling you to use any tool, framework, and application server on any operating system. Wherever you use Java, Microsoft can support your workloads with a wealth of developer tools and services.

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Write, deploy and extend Java your way

Today, more and more Java developers are looking at how to bring existing Java applications to the cloud, or how to build new cloud-native applications. We've been working on making it easier for you to bring Java applications to the cloud using the tools and frameworks you love, then deploy and scale easily using the same application servers and open source technologies you trust.

Over the past few years, we have established several strategic partnerships with key vendors in the Java ecosystem . These partnerships enable you to code and deploy without worrying about infrastructure. Azure Spring Apps (jointly developed with Pivotal/VMWare) provides native integration with third-party Application Performance Monitoring (APM) tools from New Relic, App Dynamics, Dynatrace, and Elastic. Other products we co-developed include Red Hat JBoss EAP on Azure App Service, WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Liberty and Open Liberty on Azure, Oracle WebLogic Server on Azure VM and Azure Kubernetes Service, and Apache Kafka for Confluent Cloud .

You can also use a variety of development and DevOps tools , including Visual Studio Code, IntelliJ IDEA, GitHub, Playwright, Apache Maven, Gradle, and more. These tools enable you to build, test, and bring Java applications to the cloud while collaborating effectively, saving time and budget.

Asir Selvasingh of the Java on Azure Engineering Group wrote a detailed paper titled "Code, Deploy, and Scale Java Your Way" ( click here for the original article ) detailing how Microsoft has crafted and invested in Java for Java developers ecosystem.

"Code, Deploy, and Scale Java Your Way"

Microsoft is also a heavy user of Java

In fact, we're using Java to run important parts of Microsoft, and we're empowering thousands of customers to do the same. Specifically, for example, Bing, Microsoft's web search engine that also powers the search function in the Windows Start menu, is using Java to perform indexing-related functions. In addition to this, other departments such as Azure's infrastructure control plane, LinkedIn, Minecraft, and Yammer are also using Java extensively. We have deployed over 2 million JVMs for internal systems and business needs .

We actively support Java community organizations to invest in and advance the future of Java . Microsoft contributes to the Eclipse Foundation's OpenJDK, Eclipse Adoptium, Jakarta EE, and MicroProfile, and we are also members of the Java Community Process.

Over the past few years, many Microsoft customers have migrated to Java on Azure , including Adobe, AIA, Bosch, Daimler, FedEx, JB Hunt, Kroger, Maersk, Mercedes Benz and Swiss Re and other well-known companies. Likewise, we work closely with Microsoft's internal teams using Java and contribute our expertise while learning from them. Through these efforts, we have accumulated a wealth of insight and expertise to help new customers build Java applications on Azure or migrate existing applications to the cloud, for example, how migrating to the latest version of Java can help improve performance and Reduce expense.

Our engineers and support teams work closely with our customers to efficiently run and scale their Java applications on Azure. Customer success stories, customer support options, and consistent programming of Java technology content are all ways Microsoft helps developers succeed.

Introducing a new web page for Java developers

I welcome you to our new webpage for Java developers , developer.microsoft.com/java, which includes the latest content, technical documentation, learning paths, and video links to our conferences and Java Cloud Developer Evangelistic Team.

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Click to read Julia's original blog to learn more about Microsoft's commitment to Java developers!