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Microsoft’s new Image Customizer for Azure Linux promises to shrink what used to be a lengthy, VM-driven image build process into a predictable, chroot-based workflow that operators can run in minutes — while integrating integrity protections such as dm-verity and code-integrity controls...

Microsoft's Azure Linux 3.0.20250910 adds an optional Linux 6.12 LTS hardware‑enablement (HWE) kernel, giving Azure customers a supported path to newer device drivers and platform improvements while keeping the existing Linux 6.6 LTS kernel available for conservative deployments. Background...

VLink has announced that it has earned the Microsoft Solutions Partner designation for Digital & App Innovation (Azure), a formal recognition that positions the company as a validated provider of cloud‑native application development, application modernization, and DevOps‑led delivery on...

VLink today announced it has achieved the Microsoft Solutions Partner designation for Digital & App Innovation (Azure) — a formal recognition that positions the company as a validated provider of cloud-native application development, application modernization, and DevOps-led delivery on...

Microsoft’s recent push to harden Azure Linux with a new “OS Guard” capability marks a notable shift in how cloud providers are thinking about host-level protections for container workloads, combining run‑time immutability, code integrity checks, and mandatory access control into an opinionated...

Title: A practical guide to the multicloud personalities of AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud — what IT leaders should know in 2025 Lead The three hyperscalers — Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) — all provide the raw building blocks enterprises expect: VMs...

Microsoft has quietly extended Copilot’s reach deeper into the Azure developer workflow by launching a public preview of the GitHub Copilot for Azure extension for Visual Studio 2022, bringing a curated set of Azure tools—exposed via an Azure Model Context Protocol (MCP) server—directly into...

Microsoft’s open-source transformation is no longer a talking point—it’s the operating system behind how the company builds cloud services, ships developer tools, and now delivers AI at planetary scale. From a headline‑grabbing 20,000‑line patch of Linux kernel code in 2009 to the containerized...

Azure Linux 3.0 has arrived and — quietly, deliberately — Microsoft has folded a modern, hardened, cloud-native Linux into the backbone of AKS, WSL, and a growing set of Azure services, shipping a new kernel, updated runtimes, multi-architecture builds and closer integration with cloud-native...

Manufacturers face a pivotal moment: cloud modernization paired with AI is no longer an optional efficiency play but a strategic imperative that can reshape product lifecycles, R&D velocity, and factory-floor operations at scale, as outlined in a recent industry brief that catalogs major...

Microsoft’s announcement that it was named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Container Management arrives at a moment when containers, Kubernetes, and cloud-native AI workloads are reshaping enterprise architecture—and Azure’s product playbook for containers is one of the clearest...

PostgreSQL has unequivocally become a frontrunner among database solutions tailored for cloud-native, containerized environments, with adoption rapidly accelerating in the Kubernetes ecosystem. A recent Kubernetes in the Wild 2025 report reveals that PostgreSQL now powers 36% of all database...

Elastic’s announcement regarding the general availability of Elastic Cloud Serverless on Microsoft Azure marks a significant evolution in managed AI, search, and observability solutions within the cloud ecosystem. As digital transformation accelerates and organizations face surging volumes and...

It began with an uncomfortable realization during a routine cost review: our multi-region Azure deployment—intended to elegantly scale and secure a set of modest cloud services—was bleeding more than $5,000 each month on a basic caching strategy. The core culprit was Azure Cache for Redis...

Microsoft’s latest announcement at KubeCon has sent ripples through the cloud and AI communities, particularly among developers working on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters. The introduction of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) support in KAITO, coupled with standard vLLM integration in...

Microsoft’s recent announcement on the future of WASI in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) has sparked both interest and a hint of urgency among developers. If you’ve been experimenting with server-side WebAssembly using WASI node pools, now is the time to plan your migration strategy. Although...

Navigating the latest Kubernetes vulnerabilities can feel like defusing a bomb – except the bomb is your production environment and the fuse is as long as your deployment checklist. Today, we're examining a critical flaw in the Kubernetes NGINX Ingress Controller – specifically CVE-2025-1097 –...

Ingress Controllers have long been the unsung heroes of Kubernetes clusters, acting as the passageway for incoming traffic and ensuring that requests reach the correct services. In a recent security advisory, Microsoft has spotlighted a series of vulnerabilities affecting the Kubernetes...

Microsoft Cost Management Updates – March 2025 Microsoft’s latest round of improvements to its Cost Management suite is reshaping how organizations—from budding startups to multinational enterprises—keep a steady hand on their cloud spending. For Windows users managing sophisticated hybrid and...