Developer-optimized Windows 11 experience to build and ship faster

Discover how Windows is the best platform for developers, to build on regardless of the platform you are targeting.

Introducing Surface RTX Spark Dev Box Purpose-built for developers powered by NVIDIA RTX Spark silicon, delivering up to 1 petaflop of AI compute paired with 128 GB of unified memory shared across the CPU and GPU. Comes with all of the above developer optimized Windows 11 experience so developers can build, test, and run AI and agent workloads locally without setup friction or unpredictable cloud costs.

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Enhancements to your favorite developer tools to boost productivity Windows is the best place for developers with a suite of custom tools to get work done faster and more efficiently. Power-up your command-line workflow by customizing your Windows Terminal, run Linux workloads with WSL, and use Microsoft PowerToys to fine-tune your productivity.

Overview of all developer tools

WSL containers A built-in way to create, run and interact with Linux containers using familiar CLI & API, coming soon to public preview.

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Coreutils for Windows A set of Linux-like command line utilities that run natively on Windows, now generally available.

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Intelligent Terminal (beta) The Intelligent Terminal puts agents at the center of your workflow, helping you run commands, automate tasks, and resolve issues faster with always-ready support.

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Set up an environment with a single command Windows Developer Configurations turns any Windows 11 PC into a fully provisioned, code‑ready environment in minutes — powered by a single WinGet command. Developers get a clean, distraction‑free OS with essential tools preinstalled, and workload-specific scripts to quickly set up everything needed for container and cloud infrastructure development.

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