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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.

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.

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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.

Project updates March 24, 2018 3 min read

Open Source Weekly: database services for MySQL and PostgreSQL and more

Check out the below recap of this week’s top open source related product announcements, popular docs, and demos from around Microsoft.

News March 6, 2018 2 min read

Join OSI and Microsoft in the new ClearlyDefined project

The Open Source Initiative (OSI) today announced its incubator project, ClearlyDefined.

Project updates February 23, 2018 2 min read

Open Source Weekly: VS Code included in Anaconda, TypeScript 2.7 available

Check out the below recap of this week’s open source related community news, product announcements, popular docs, and demos from around Microsoft.

Project updates February 2, 2018 3 min read

Open Source Weekly: new Ansible on Azure improvements and more

For fans of Ansible’s automation capabilities, the Azure team announced significant improvements to the Ansible on Azure experience, including a new VS Code extension.

Project updates November 3, 2017 2 min read

Open Source Weekly #4

Did you know that docs.microsoft.com is home to thousands of pages of documentation, from A to X (ASP.

Project updates October 20, 2017 3 min read

Open Source Weekly #2

This is our second edition of the Open Source Weekly, a roundup of recent open source related community news, product announcements, popular docs, and demos from around Microsoft.

Project updates October 13, 2017 4 min read

Open Source Weekly #1

This is our first edition of the Open Source Weekly, a roundup of recent open source related community news, product announcements, popular docs, and demos from around Microsoft.

Events October 5, 2017 2 min read

Open source sessions at Microsoft Ignite

Last week in Orlando, Microsoft welcomed more than 25,000 people to Microsoft Ignite, where we showcased how we’re infusing cloud, AI and mixed reality across Microsoft’s technologies.