Microsoft this month announced a preview of the ability to log into a Linux-based virtual machine (VM) running on its Azure public cloud service using Azure Active Directory credentials. It's ...

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 ...

A new report claims that Microsoft will allow the open source Linux operating system to run on a new persistent virtual machine feature for its Windows Azure cloud-based platform. Microsoft's Windows ...

Our 1-person SOC from Down Under explains how, as enterprise organizations outside the U.S. increasingly seek alternatives to American public cloud providers, Microsoft is responding with a spectrum ...

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 ...

Earlier today, Microsoft's developer account posted a tweet revealing that 40 percent of the virtual machines hosted on the company's Azure cloud platform are powered by Linux distros. Microsoft has ...