The big focuses of Microsoft’s Build keynote were AI agents, the open agentic web, and Copilot upgrades that aim to solve coding bugs in a pinch. Microsoft’s Azure AI Foundry is also expanding its model list to include Grok 3 and Grok 3 mini from Elon Musk’s xAI.

During its Build 2025 keynote, Microsoft announced a sweeping set of improvements to the Windows developer experience.

Microsoft's Build conference showcased a strong AI push, featuring GitHub Copilot's evolution into an autonomous coding agent and the Windows AI Foundry for local AI development. Microsoft 365 gains Copilot Tuning for personalized AI assistants,

Microsoft's Build conference will take place from May 19 to May 22. Two other tech events are also taking place around that time: Google's I/O conference from May 20 to 21 and the Computex computer expo in Taiwan from May 20 to 23. Update, May 19, 11:21AM ET: Updated to include link and basic information for the day 2 keynote.

Microsoft announced during its Build 2025 keynote that it will open source GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code and add several new features.

Microsoft Build developer conference is back again, and this year, the company is all in on AI and Copilot initiatives.

"How about you show 'em how Microsoft is killing Palestinians?" an employee shouted during Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's keynote.

The United States and United Arab Emirates will partner to build a massive data center complex in Abu Dhabi to advance artificial intelligence capabilities with 5-gigawatts of capacity — enough to power a major city.

At its Build 2025 conference, Microsoft open-sourced a number of apps and tools, including a new command-line text editor for Windows called Edit.