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We are making Windows more adaptable, capable, and aligned with how development actually happens today. Read more about the updates shared during #MSBuild that are shaping the Windows developer platform 👉msft.it/6010vjBUC

Your terminal, now with context-aware intelligence. Debug faster, run multi-step tasks, and stay in flow. Intelligent Terminal brings your favorite agents into the command line so you can debug, execute, and keep building without breaking focus.

⚡ New developer experiences on Windows announced at #MSBuild Coreutils for Windows, WSL containers, Intelligent Terminal, Windows Developer Configurations & more! All designed to help developers build and ship faster on Windows. Learn more: msft.it/6016viDy4

⚡GitHub Copilot CLI & Microsoft Execution Containers (MXC) At #MSBuild, we demoed how to keep agent behavior bounded and observable through a policy-driven execution layer with containment boundaries enforced at runtime with Windows. Learn more: msft.it/6018v95op

Plus, Build 2026 announcements are already landing in 2.2.2 experimental: 🎙️ Speech Recognition API for on-device speech-to-text 🧠 Phi Silica on GPU Learn more: msft.it/6011vg07W

⚡Windows App SDK 2.2.0 is now stable, bringing: 🎥 AI-powered Video Super Resolution API for real-time video upscaling 📦 ApplicationData.GetForUnpackaged() for simpler app data in unpackaged apps 🛠️ New XAML binding helpers for cleaner UI code

WSL containers ⚡ At #MSBuild, we announced a built-in way to create, run, and interact with Linux containers on Windows. Watch the demo on demand: msft.it/6019vg3LJ

Windows AI APIs are expanding beyond NPUs to CPUs and GPUs 🧠 This includes the Speech Recognition API for on-device speech-to-text recognition on NPUs and CPUs 🗣️ Helping developers bring local AI experiences to more Windows 11 devices. #MSBuild msft.it/6014v5dee

@Nirmal4G Thanks for the suggestion about the DevHome project. Feature requests are best sent through the Feedback Hub app, so they reach the Windows engineering team for review. Here’s how to submit feedback: msft.it/6018QISWE

@windowsdev What happened to the DevHome project? We'd really like it if you bring it back.

Powered by WinGet, Windows Developer Configurations enables you to quickly set up a distraction-free dev environment with VS Code, GitHub Copilot, WSL, PowerShell 7 and developer-optimized settings with one command on any Windows 11 device #MSBuild ➡️msft.it/6016vjUnO

Thanks for joining us at #MSBuild 🫶 This week, we shared new capabilities furthering Windows as the trusted platform for development. Catch up on all the announcements: msft.it/6010vdC5w

Introducing DGX Station for Windows Built with @NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell-class AI infrastructure, it brings deskside AI supercomputing to Windows — with the compute needed to build, run, and connect powerful AI agents #MSBuild msft.it/6018vdNGE

🧠 Unmetered intelligence delivered on Windows. At #MSBuild, we showcased how Microsoft Foundry on Windows helps developers bring AI from cloud to edge and scale local AI across a diverse hardware ecosystem. Learn more: msft.it/6010vdpnO

Meet Aion 1.0 Instruct & Aion 1.0 Plan: a new generation of on-device models purpose-built for local execution, each designed for a specific tier of device capability. Explore our #MSBuild news: msft.it/6011vd3Sz

@viewlessnetwork We can't wait 👀👀

So looking forward to seeing what our friends get to build with their new toy! @windowsdev RTX box, exciting times ahead #msbuild

@stormix_dev Thanks so much for sharing @stormix_dev !

The new Windows terminal has a lot of potential, pretty nice! devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/an… @windowsdev

Ready to run OpenClaw 🦞 natively on Windows? OpenClaw now runs the node and gateway securely on Windows leveraging Microsoft Execution Containers (MXC), a policy-driven execution layer with containment boundaries enforced at runtime. #MSBuild news 👉 msft.it/6010vjIao

Still leaving the terminal to search for fixes? 👀 At #MSBuild, we shared Intelligent Terminal, which provides context to your favorite agents via ACP so you can stay in the terminal and query, debug, or complete any task on hand. Learn more: msft.it/6015vjtiD

@holgermu @Windows @github Developers are going to push he boundaries of what’s possible on Windows! Thanks for sharing @holgermu #MSBuild

There is now a developer optimized @Windows ... well Windows 365... buiolt in @GitHub Copilot, Linux CoreUtils in Windows, Terminal, Mac Tools, WSL containers, #MSBuild

@Edubbs2008 🥹

@windowsdev Somebody dipped OpenClaw in WinUI 3 magic, it brings a tear to my eye

We've built containment, identity, and manageability as foundational primitives in the operating system, so you can securely build and run agents, including OpenClaw, on Windows 🙌 Learn more about our #MSBuild news: msft.it/6016vbCbG

@aiseomastery @UnslothAI We think so too! Thank you for sharing 🙏

@windowsdev @UnslothAI On-device AI at scale with Unsloth's efficiency work behind it is actually a strong combo

Aion 1.0 Plan represents an evolution of what the Windows on-device AI platform is capable of at scale! Thrilled to partner with @UnslothAI on optimization across our silicon ecosystem. More #MSBuild news here: msft.it/6017vjGc7

@AshishX9 Hi Ashish, thanks for following along with #MSBuild. OpenClaw is a free, open-source AI agent, and with yesterday's announcements it can now run natively and securely on Windows.

@windowsdev What’s OpenClaw? Saw it first time in PC Manager once