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Linux on Azure

Build, deploy, and run applications on the Linux distribution of your choice.
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OVERVIEW

Accelerate AI innovation with a proven platform for Linux

  • Migrate and modernize your Linux workloads to Azure.
  • 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.
PRODUCTS AND FEATURES

Explore Linux on Azure solutions

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Red Hat on Azure

Accelerate your digital transformation with Red Hat solutions on Azure.
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Ubuntu on Azure

Optimize your Ubuntu experience on Azure, delivered in partnership with Canonical.
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SUSE on Azure

Take advantage of high-performance solutions that come with running SUSE Linux on Azure.
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Azure Linux

Use the open-source Azure Linux distribution as a container host operating system for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
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Linux virtual machines in Azure

Provision Linux virtual machines in seconds.
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Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets

Dynamically scale and manage virtual machine groups for optimal cost performance and high availability.
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Azure Spot Virtual Machines

Access low-cost spare Azure compute capacity at scale.
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Azure Compute Fleet

Easily provision and manage Azure compute capacity at scale.
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Azure Compute Gallery

Share and discover open-source images with the Azure community using a community gallery.
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Azure Migrate

Transition your on-premises workloads to the cloud with confidence and ease.
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Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Innovate with a fully managed, AI-ready PostgreSQL database.
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Azure Database for MySQL

Innovate with a scalable, open-source MySQL database.
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Azure Kubernetes Service

Deploy and scale containers on managed Kubernetes.
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Azure Arc

Extend Azure management and services to any infrastructure across hybrid and multicloud environments.
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CUSTOMER STORIES

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Accelerating AI innovation

“This infrastructure allows us to keep pace with the demands of cutting-edge AI research.”
Sam Hopewell, Manager – Supercomputing Storage Team, OpenAI
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Achieving a unified, global cloud transformation

“This opens new possibilities for AI innovation utilizing capabilities on Azure and Azure AI services directly within the databases.”
Mike Jasperson, VP, IoT Software Operations and Support, PTC
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Embracing a cloud-based future to boost cost savings

“[W]e ran our datacenter hardware to its end of life where possible, providing CAD5.6 million savings in our capital expenditures in 2023.”
Nicholas Laine, Director of IT – Cloud and Platform Architecture, Teranet
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Mapping the migration and enjoying new capabilities

“When we did the assessment, there was no concern that any of our Linux workloads might not work properly or not be compatible.”
Md Khan, Senior Technology Specialist, Western Sydney University
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Delivering smarter and faster decision-making

“OriGen’s models on Azure AI infrastructure reduce the time of a single simulation from days and hours down to milliseconds.”
Ruben Rodriguez Torrado, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, OriGen​
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Igniting rapid transformation

“We’ve begun to invest in setting up Azure Arc so that we can orchestrate both Azure cloud consumption and services and on-premises workloads together ...” 
Carol Wittgren, Head of Digital Acceleration, Aurobay
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NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

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Get updates from the blog

Read the Linux and Open Source on Azure blog for the latest news and developments.
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Learn what’s new with Red Hat on Azure

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See what’s new with SUSE on Azure

Read the SUSE blog for the latest news and updates about SUSE on Azure.
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Learning path

Linux on Azure

Discover how to deploy and manage Linux on Azure.
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Common Linux server configurations

Find out how to deploy common Linux server functions on Azure virtual machines.
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Introduction to Red Hat on Azure

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Significant ROI, improved performance and security

Understand the business value of migrating Ubuntu workloads from on-premises to Azure.1
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    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.
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    Gartner, Hype Cyle for Generative AI, 2024. Arun Chandrasekaran, Leinar Ramos, 31 July 2024.

    Gartner is a registered trademark and service mark, and Hype Cycle™ is a registered trademark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally and are used herein with permission. All rights reserved.

    Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
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    Securing Red Hat Workloads on Azure, a Principled Technologies report, February 2025.