
Microsoft is moving its Build conference out of Seattle for 2026
Tom Warren
created: June 10, 2025, 2:43 p.m. | updated: June 10, 2025, 5:26 p.m.
Microsoft isn’t planning to host its Build developer conference in its home city of Seattle next year.
The conference is being relocated, and Microsoft has reportedly canceled all its holds for Build at the Seattle convention center “for all future years.”“Our plans for Build 2026 have changed, but our vision to empower builders and developers at a major event next year remains unchanged,” said an unnamed Microsoft spokesperson in a statement to The Seattle Medium.
It’s not clear where Build will be located next year, or even if Microsoft may decide to make it an online-only event.
The Seattle Medium reports that the decision to move Build could have been related to attendee experiences in downtown Seattle.
Microsoft then hosted Build on its own campus in 2012, before moving the developer conference to the Moscone Center in San Francisco for four years.
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