In recent years, Microsoft has warmed up to Linux, which it used to see as a rival. Now, there's more use of Linux than Windows on Microsoft Azure.

"After 43 years, this is the first day that we are announcing — and will be distributing — a custom Linux kernel," said Brad Smith, Microsoft's president.

Microsoft has just announced the availability of Azure Linux 3.0 for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), which is now available as a preview on AKS version 1.31. Azure Linux 3.0 was made generally ...

Microsoft’s Windows Azure platform has been given a major update that will offer deep support to Linux-based developers, the company announced today in a blog post. The update will bring Windows Azure ...

Recently exposed Azure Linux vulnerabilities leave users vulnerable to having their Azure environments infiltrated by attackers. These bugs, dubbed OMIGOD (a reference to the Open Management ...

After testing the waters for years, Microsoft has launched its first service, Azure Cloud Switch, that's based on Linux. Read now Well, it's finally happened. Microsoft has released a product ...

An introduction to cloud computing from IaaS and PaaS to hybrid, public and private cloud. This class provides an introduction to managing Linux on Azure. Whether someone is a Linux professional who ...

Corent’s MaaS™ Now Supports AKS When Using Azure Linux Container for AKS ALISO VIEJO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Corent Technology today announced the company has added full support for Azure Linux ...

Microsoft has increased its commitment to open-source technologies recently and has a wide variety of Linux virtual machines (VMs) available for Azure users to deploy. In September, the company ...

Once described by the shy and retiring Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer as “cancer” Linux is now the most widely used operating system on Microsoft Azure. According to a talk earlier this year at the Linux ...

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Azure Defender will be able to protect Linux servers via a capability at the preview stage arriving on June 14, Microsoft announced on Thursday. Last month, Microsoft had announced support in its ...