If you still think Microsoft is all about Windows, wake up. Corey Sanders, Microsoft's director of Azure Compute, told me at Cloud Foundry Summit in Santa Clara, Calif., one in three Azure virtual ...

Users running Linux on Microsoft Azure have now outpaced the number of users running Windows Server on Azure. The revelation comes from a Microsoft Linux kernel developer named Sasha Levin. Levin made ...

Microsoft is not only willing to tolerate Linux on Azure, it’s now decided to go the whole hog and offer Linux certification too. Called the Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) Linux on ...

One of the best decisions Microsoft ever made for Azure was to open it up to other operating systems, particularly Linux. That move helped jump-start Azure's growth. And now, Microsoft will be giving ...

After years of battling Linux as a competitive threat, Microsoft is now offering Linux-based operating systems on its Windows Azure cloud service. The Linux services will go live on Azure at 4 a.m.

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Microsoft, in conjunction with the Linux Foundation, released a new Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) program for those seeking Linux on Azure certifications this week. The program is ...

New Orleans: Canonical, in conjunction with Microsoft, announced at Linuxcon that it is bringing its Juju cloud orchestration program to Windows Azure. With it, cloud managers can easily deploy Web ...