Linux on Azure
Build, deploy, and run applications on the Linux distribution of your choice.
OVERVIEW
Accelerate AI innovation with a proven platform for Linux
- Build and modernize intelligent apps with a rich Linux and open-source ecosystem.
- Optimize costs with flexible licensing and savings options, such as Azure Hybrid Benefit and reservations.
- Secure your Linux environment with comprehensive, built-in code to cloud security.
- Automatically scale your infrastructure to meet changing demands without compromising performance.
- Extend the Azure platform to secure, develop, and manage your Linux workloads anywhere.
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Significant ROI, improved performance and security
Understand the business value of migrating Ubuntu workloads from on-premises to Azure.1
- [1]IDC Business Value White Paper sponsored by Microsoft, The Business Value of Ubuntu on Microsoft Azure, Michele Rosen, Adam Reeves, and Matthew Marden, US52857024, January 2025.
- [2]Gartner, Hype Cyle for Generative AI, 2024. Arun Chandrasekaran, Leinar Ramos, 31 July 2024.
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