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News May 18 7 min read

From open source to agentic systems: Microsoft at Open Source Summit North America 2026

Open source is the foundation for AI and, as AI workloads scale, developers need that foundation to be more secure, more predictable, and easier to build apps and agents.

Project updates September 3, 2025 2 min read

Bringing BASIC back: Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC is now Open Source

For decades, fragments and unofficial copies of Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC have circulated online, mirrored on retrocomputing sites, and preserved in museum archives.

Project updates March 26, 2025 10 min read

Hyperlight Wasm: Fast, secure, and OS-free

We’re announcing the release of Hyperlight Wasm: a Hyperlight virtual machine (VM) “micro-guest.

Events April 17, 2024 6 min read

Microsoft Open Source Programs Office—Tuning the answers to Open Source questions

Our focus this past year has been on security, business excellence in OSS, safety, and supporting our upstream.

News January 6, 2022 7 min read

Microsoft’s OSPO year in review—what we’ve learned

Tech companies born with an open source mentality get it.

Project updates November 29, 2021 3 min read

Progress on making eBPF work on Windows

eBPF is a well-known, but revolutionary, technology for providing programmability, extensibility, and agility.

October 23, 2018 6 min read

Beyond code: how content helps open source projects thrive

One of the best things about the open source community is that anyone can have an impact, regardless of skill set, geography, or experience.

News July 25, 2018 4 min read

Don’t be “pitchy” with your pitches

What comes to mind when you hear the word “meet-up”? Personally, I think of s’mores, tie-dying, PowerPoint karaoke, and giant squirrel costumes.

a group of people standing in front of a crowd

Events July 16, 2018 5 min read

Celebrating OSCON’s 20th anniversary

We’re in Portland this week for OSCON’s return to the City of Roses (or Beervana, depending on who you ask) to celebrate the ground-breaking event’s 20th birthday.

News May 12, 2018 6 min read

Why to love Python today and tomorrow: Interview with Nina Zakharenko

Python has been around for almost three decades. You can use is for web development.

News April 23, 2018 8 min read

5 reasons you should be doing container native development

Docker and Kubernetes are no longer the bleeding edge of technology; they’re the clear platform choice of today and tomorrow.

Jeff Henshaw wearing glasses and smiling at the camera

Project updates March 27, 2018 7 min read

Open source libraries for Microsoft Quantum

Quantum computing is a new universe of computing that promises exponential increases in processing power, which could help scientists solve the problems of the future – on topics ranging from biomedical research and smart materials to cryptography and climate science.