Microsoft announced that it has become an Enterprise and Corporate member of the open source Eclipse Foundation Jakarta EE and MicroProfile Working Groups. By joining the groups, the company will help advance these technologies to provide better results for its Java customers.

Microsoft has been a Solutions Member of the Eclipse Foundation since 2016. The company became a Strategic Member in 2021. Microsoft’s participation in the Jakarta EE and MicroProfile groups complements its engagement in the Java Community Process (JCP) to help advance Java SE.

Mike Milinkovich, the executive director of the Eclipse Foundation, stated: “We're thrilled to have an organization with the influence and reach of Microsoft joining the Jakarta EE Working Group. Microsoft has warmly embraced all things Java across its product and service portfolio, particularly Azure. Its enterprise customers can be confident that they will be actively participating in the further evolution of the Jakarta EE specifications which are defining enterprise Java for today's cloud-native world”.

Microsoft has been investing in its support for Java, Jakarta EE, MicroProfile, and Spring technologies on Azure in recent years in collaboration with its strategic partners (Red Hat, VMware, Oracle, and IBM).

You can learn more about the partnership on Microsoft’s official website.