And, as Sanders said, Linux and open-source are "where the customers are." So, what choices does Microsoft offer corporate Linux users on Azure? Well, first you can bring your own Linux distribution.

Microsoft is preparing to launch a new persistent virtual machine feature on its Azure cloud platform, enabling customers to host Linux, SharePoint and SQL Server there.

On Linux images, it shows up as /mnt/resource. Small VMs receive a 70GB filesystem, and the size increases with VM size, up to 800GB for Extra Large VMs. I have experienced a hardware fault on Azure.

Using the access to virtual machines the attackers employed malicious use of the Serial Console on Azure Virtual Machines to install third-party remote management software within client environments.

Make your networks more secure by using an SSH to proxy through a jump host from one machine to another.

Configuring PuTTY for SSH Connections Before initiating an SSH connection, you need to gather some vital information: the IP address or hostname of the Linux server you're connecting to, the port ...

Microsoft announced Azure VM Image Builder has reached general availability, providing a managed service that reduces the complexity of manually creating virtual machines images -- with associated ...