Microsoft has released Azure Linux 4.0, a Fedora-based distribution optimized for Azure, which could eventually replace ...

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, ...

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 ...

Microsoft's Azure Linux 4.0, now available for both cloud and on-premises use, positions itself as a robust alternative to ...

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 used the Open Source Summit North America 2026 event to position open-source infrastructure and hardened Linux distributions as foundational components for emerging AI-native and agentic ...

July 19, 2023 — Microsoft today introduced the preview of Microsoft Azure Boost, one of Azure’s latest infrastructure innovations. Azure Boost is a new system that offloads virtualization processes ...

Microsoft Azure is an ever-expanding set of cloud-based computing services available to anyone who wants to build an app or run an enterprise without having to manage hardware. Read now Microsoft ...

Microsoft has expanded its confidential computing offering and now allows Azure cloud computing service customers to create hardware isolated virtual machines (aka confidential VMs) with Ephemeral OS ...