A big milestone has been reached: Linux is now the top operating system on Azure, with over 60% of customer workloads running on Linux. This shows how popular Linux is becoming in cloud computing.

REDMOND, Wash. — Dec. 9, 2015 — Microsoft Corp. announced today the creation of a Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) Linux on Azure certification. Created in conjunction with the Linux ...

Microsoft has released the preview version of Azure Linux 3.0 for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) running version 1.31, marking a major update to its container host OS. This release focuses on ...

After using Azure Linux internally for two years and running it in public preview since October 2022, Microsoft this week finally made its distribution generally available. Azure Linux is an ...

Azure Linux is Microsoft's take on the open source operating system. It is primarily used for internal purposes, but could it become (yet another) distribution option? Directions on Microsoft analyst ...

Azure Stack is a technology stack that customers can run in their own datacenters. It's meant to encourage businesses who can't, or won't, move to the public cloud to still get some of the cloud's ...

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.