Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) nearing end-of-life
Ubuntu 12.04 “Precise Pangolin” has been with us from the beginning, since we first embarked on the journey to support Linux virtual machines in Microsoft Azure.
Running FreeBSD in Azure
As many readers of this blog may know, for many years Microsoft has worked with the Linux community and contributed a number of device drivers to the Linux kernel, known as the Linux Integration…
Linux and Graceful Shutdowns
IaaS Virtual machines on Azure may be shut down in a number of ways, either via the Azure Management Portal, Azure Powershell cmdlets or CLI tools, or even by a user who is logged in interactively.