What was announced for developers on Windows at Build 2026?
Microsoft Build 2026 debuts agent-friendly terminal, WSL containers, and 75+ Unix utilities for Windows developers
“intelligent terminal, which is an experimental terminal experience that we're providing that makes it more seamless to work with agents while working with a terminal prompt”
Microsoft announced several Windows developer tooling improvements at Build 2026, including an experimental 'intelligent terminal' designed for agentic workflows, WSL-native container support, and over 75 Unix core utilities coming to Windows. The agent-integrated terminal is the most AI-relevant signal, suggesting Microsoft is embedding agent interaction directly into the OS-level developer experience. Overall this is incremental platform tooling rather than a major AI industry shift.