Playing
Guitar, loudly. Anything from Metallica to classical pieces.
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Craig Loewen
Principal Product Manager at Microsoft. I own the Windows Subsystem for Linux — how millions of developers run Linux on Windows — and parts of the Windows developer experience.
now
- Setting direction for WSL now that it is fully open source — roadmap, governance, and how a Microsoft team and an outside community share one repository.
- Working out what Windows developer tooling becomes with a capable agent sitting next to the developer.
- Lifting, guitar, and reading through a backlog of classic literature.
writing & talks
See everythingMy latest works
- PostKingdom IDEAug 20264 min
- TalkRendering DreamWorks films with MoonRay and WSLSIGGRAPH 2026 · Los Angeles, California · Jul 2026
- ArticleWSL container is now available for public previewMicrosoft Dev Blogs · Jun 2026
- TalkBuild and ship faster with a developer-optimized experience on WindowsBUILD 2026 · San Francisco, California · Jun 2026
- TalkWSL improvements and the new Containers CLI and APIsBUILD 2026 · San Francisco, California · Jun 2026
- TalkEnterprise ready Windows productivity tools for Developers and IT ProsIgnite 2025 · San Francisco, California · Nov 2025
offline
When I'm not working
Elsewhere
I'm a South African Canadian that's lived in Africa, Europe and North America. I've picked up how to speak German, French and Korean along the way.
Training
Weight lifting and physical fitness are also big pillars in my life.