Microsoft released its first full Linux distro: Azure Linux 4.0. Azure Linux ix split into Azure Container Linux and the virtual machine edition. Microsoft effectively admits that it's a de facto ...

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Microsoft announced Azure VM Image Builder has reached general availability, providing a managed service that reduces the complexity of manually creating virtual machines images -- with associated ...

Microsoft is becoming more of a Linux company. Linux now spans Azure, Windows, and AI workstations. AI is pushing Microsoft deeper into Linux. Also: Microsoft surprises with its first server Linux ...

It's been a long road, but Microsoft announced on April 4 a preview of Arm support on Azure virtual machines via its work with Ampere Computing. Ampere is a startup that makes server chips. Ampere ...

Microsoft has released Azure Linux 4.0 as a public preview. The new version of its in-house Linux distribution features a modernized software base with Kernel 6.18 LTS, dnf5, glibc 2.42, OpenSSL 3.5, ...

In an effort to bolster utilization of unused Azure compute capacity, Microsoft has introduced Azure Virtual Spot Machines. A variety of workloads are noted to be supported at discounted prices. Spot ...

With virtual computing solutions targeting a variety of workloads such as enterprise applications, visualization, and machine learning, Microsoft has announced updates to its Azure VM solutions. At ...