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"Microsoft Azure"

Jehudi
2 June 2026

Ubuntu and Ubuntu Pro on Azure Cobalt 200 VMs

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

Microsoft has announced the preview of Azure Cobalt 200, its second-generation custom Arm silicon. Learn how Ubuntu and Ubuntu Pro support these new VMs from day one, offering seamless deployment, long-term security maintenance, and Kernel Livepatch without requiring engineering or platform changes ...

Massimiliano Gori
21 May 2026

Canonical announces fully Managed Kubeflow AI operations platform on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace

AI Ubuntu tech blog

Canonical has announced the general availability of Managed Kubeflow on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace. This fully managed MLOps platform allows enterprise AI teams to deploy a production-ready environment in under an hour, eliminating infrastructure maintenance. ...

Jehudi
6 February 2026

SQL Server 2025 is generally available on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Data Platform Ubuntu tech blog

Microsoft has announced the General Availability of SQL Server 2025 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Learn about the new CU1 features, including OS-level observability, Contained Availability Groups, and native vector support for enterprise workloads. ...

Jehudi
5 November 2025

Azure VM utils now included in Ubuntu: boosting cloud workloads

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

Ubuntu images on Microsoft Azure have recently started shipping with the open source package azure-vm-utils included by default. This change provides essential utilities and udev rules to optimize the Linux experience on Azure, resulting in more reliable disks, smoother networking on accelerated setups, and fewer tweaks to get things runn ...

Jehudi
22 August 2025

A complete security view for every Ubuntu LTS VM on Azure

Security Ubuntu tech blog

Azure’s Update Manager now provides a complete security view for all Ubuntu LTS VMs—18.04, 20.04, 22.04, and 24.04—by showing available updates from Ubuntu Pro’s Expanded Security Maintenance (ESM). This helps identify instances that would benefit from security patching for the Universe repository and continued updates for older LTS relea ...

Andreea Munteanu
11 March 2025

How to deploy Kubeflow on Azure

AI Ubuntu tech blog

Kubeflow is a cloud-native, open source machine learning operations (MLOps) platform designed for developing and deploying ML models on Kubernetes. Kubeflow helps data scientists and machine learning engineers run the entire ML lifecycle within one tool. Charmed Kubeflow is Canonical’s official distribution of Kubeflow. The key benefits o ...

Jehudi
4 March 2025

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on Azure: how to stay secure after standard support ends

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

As standard support for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS ends on May 31, 2025, Azure users must choose between upgrading to a newer version or enabling extended security with Ubuntu Pro to ensure continued compliance and protection against vulnerabilities. ...

Jehudi
17 December 2024

Ubuntu brings comprehensive support to Azure Cobalt 100 VMs

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

Ubuntu and Ubuntu Pro support Microsoft’s Azure Cobalt 100 Virtual Machines, featuring their new 64-bit Arm processors. With over 95% of packages compiled for this architecture, users can deploy a wide range of workloads—from application servers to machine learning—while benefiting from Ubuntu’s robust security and extensive ecosystem. ...

Canonical
19 November 2024

Getting started with Azure IoT Operations on Ubuntu

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

Introduction With the recent announcement of the release of Azure IoT Operations, Microsoft has provided its customers with a unified data plane offering significant improvements in node data capture, edge-based telemetry processing, and cloud-ingress.  Combining Azure IoT Operations with Ubuntu provides the perfect pairing to build secur ...

Yash Aggarwal
4 November 2024

Join us for Microsoft Ignite

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

The Canonical team is gearing up for the next big gathering at Microsoft Ignite 2024, which will take place from November 18 – 22, 2024. Get ready to dive deep into the latest conversations that will shape the future of cloud and open-source innovation. Expand and secure your Microsoft Ignite journey with a visit to ...

Jehudi
16 August 2024

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Confidential Virtual Machines with Ubuntu Pro enabled Now Available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and 22.04 LTS Confidential VMs with Ubuntu Pro now available on Azure Marketplace, offering enhanced security and compliance for sensitive workloads. ...

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