Developer-optimized Windows 11 experience to build and ship faster. Coreutils for Windows – a set of Linux-like command line utilities that run natively on Windows, now generally available. WSL containers – a built-in way to create, run and interact with Linux containers using familiar CLI & API, coming soon to public preview. Windows Development Skills – gives agents structured knowledge to build great native Windows apps end-to-end using WinUI3 skills and WinApp CLI, now generally available. Intelligent Terminal – intentionally brings context-aware intelligence to your favorite agents dire
Build 2026: Furthering Windows as the trusted platform for development… Microsoft Execution Containers MXC — now available in early preview It’s critical to contain agent impact without limiting productivity gains. That’s why we are introducing Microsoft Execution Containers MXC , a cross-platform, policy-driven execution layer for agents across Windows and WSL. …
… The Microsoft Execution Containers MXC SDK To contain agent impact without limiting productivity gains, we’re introducing an early preview of the Microsoft Execution Containers MXC SDK , a cross-platform, policy-driven execution layer for agents on Windows and WSL. …
… AI browsing, safe for work on day 1 At Ignite , we announced Edge for Business as the world’s first secure enterprise AI browser, evolving Microsoft 365 Copilot in the browser with new contextual and agentic experiences such as Agent Mode, multi-tab reasoning, and YouTube summarization. …
… Today at Microsoft Build, we are introducing Surface RTX Spark Dev Box , a compact developer PC engineered with NVIDIA RTX Spark superchip and built on the Windows developer platform, designed for local-first AI development. …
… As agentic AI experiences become mainstream, our deep collaboration with Microsoft is accelerating innovation and bringing the best AI experiences to Windows Copilot+ PCs and soon to our next-generation Snapdragon X2 platform.” – Upendra Kulkarni, VP, Product Management, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. …
… The future of AI is not everything going to the cloud; it’s AI at the edge.” — Eric Sedore, AVP and Chief Technology Officer, Syracuse University For organizations building and deploying enterprise AI applications, Surface is also the reference platform for Windows AI APIs and the Foundry platform. …
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