You'll be able to run this Linux distro on both Azure and your desktop using Windows Subsystem for Linux. Here's what we know about it so far.

Microsoft has opened Azure Linux 4.0 preview for Azure VMs and containers, giving teams a test path before support and FIPS ...

Microsoft continues its big Linux push at Build 2026 ...

Microsoft has announced that Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is now available in the Azure Marketplace so that you can use it in an Azure Virtual Machine. This version will be supported for up to 12 years. Microsoft ...

It's been a long road, but Microsoft announced on April 4 a preview of Arm support on Azure virtual machines via its work with Ampere Computing. Ampere is a startup that makes server chips. Ampere ...

Author and project developer Hayden Barnes has built Azure Linux Desktop as an experimental Windows app that boots a full ...

Microsoft expanded its AI and developer ecosystem at Build 2026 with new Windows tools, Azure infrastructure upgrades, Cobalt 200-powered services, and a deeper partnership with Nvidia for agentic AI ...