What was announced for developers on Windows at Build 2026?

Name: What was announced for developers on Windows at Build 2026?
Uploaded: 2026-08-27T16:00:42+00:00
Description: Kayla Cinnamon recaps the Windows developer announcements from Build 2026, including a new Intelligent Terminal aimed at agent workflows, a WSL-based native...

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Kayla Cinnamon recaps the Windows developer announcements from Build 2026, including a new Intelligent Terminal aimed at agent workflows, a WSL-based native container solution, core command-line utilities coming to Windows, and WinGet configuration for one-pass dev machine setup.

Overview

The video highlights several Windows-focused updates for developer workflows announced at Build 2026:

Intelligent Terminal: An experimental terminal designed for working with agents.
WSL-based native container solution: A container approach built around WSL for running containers natively on Windows.
Command-line utilities coming to Windows: Over 75 CLI tools, including:
- grep
- head
- tail
- touch
WinGet configuration file: A configuration file approach to set up an entire developer machine in a single pass.

Resources

Coreutils for Windows (GitHub): https://github.com/microsoft/coreutils
Coreutils docs (Microsoft Learn): https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/core-utils/overview