{"id":48326,"date":"2025-12-02T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/?p=48326"},"modified":"2025-12-02T08:32:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T16:32:27","slug":"a-decade-of-open-innovation-celebrating-10-years-of-microsoft-and-red-hat-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/a-decade-of-open-innovation-celebrating-10-years-of-microsoft-and-red-hat-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"A decade of open innovation: Celebrating 10 years of Microsoft and Red Hat partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ten years ago, Microsoft and Red Hat began a partnership grounded in open source and enterprise cloud innovation. This year, we celebrate a decade of collaboration. Our journey together has helped customers accelerate hybrid cloud transformation, empower developers to innovate, and strengthen the open source community to drive modern application innovation\u200b.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Accelerate modernization with Azure Red Hat OpenShift<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The partnership that redefined enterprise cloud<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In 2015, running mission-critical Linux workloads on Microsoft Azure<\/a> was considered bold and visionary. Ten years later, our partnership with Red Hat has helped thousands of organizations worldwide accelerate digital transformation, set new benchmarks in open innovation, and advance the cloud-native movement for enterprises everywhere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Together, we introduced Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) on Azure, setting a new precedent for innovation in the cloud. This collaboration deepened with the addition of Red Hat offerings, including Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO)\u2014a fully managed, jointly engineered, and supported application platform that combines cloud scale with open source flexibility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Red Hat and Microsoft\u2019s global footprint and expanding customer base underline how an open approach and commitment to solving customer challenges drives adoption and innovation at scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accomplishments and impact\u200b<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Azure Red Hat OpenShift and Red Hat\u2019s automation platforms are powering digital transformation for global leaders across industries:<\/p>\n\n\n\n