Microsoft recently announced Azure Linux 4.0 and Azure Container Linux at Open Source Summit North America 2026 in Minneapolis. Azure Linux 4.0 is a Fedora-based, general-purpose server distribution ...

Microsoft released its first full Linux distro: Azure Linux 4.0. Azure Linux ix split into Azure Container Linux and the virtual machine edition. Microsoft effectively admits that it's a de facto ...

Geopolitical uncertainty is driving organizations outside the U.S. to explore sovereign cloud alternatives, ranging from country-specific Azure regions to fully disconnected on-premises deployments.

Microsoft's announcement last month that Azure Local ‘Disconnected Operations’ had reached General Availability was ambitious in its framing. The product – a fully featured Azure platform capable of ...

Microsoft's new Azure Skills Plugin bundles curated Azure skills, the Azure MCP Server, and the Foundry MCP Server into a single install for AI coding agents. The package is designed to help agents ...

Azure CTO Mark Russinovich’s annual “Inside Azure Innovations” presentations give us a look at cooling innovations, bare-metal servers, and better storage. As 2025 comes to an end, it seems fitting to ...

Microsoft Azure experienced a global outage on October 29. Microsoft customer-facing services were affected. Recovery came later that same day, but some problems linger. Last week, Amazon Web Services ...

Azure outage affected global industries, including airlines and airports Microsoft 365 services impacted by Azure configuration change Outage follows recent Amazon AWS disruption, highlighting tech ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Microsoft Azure experienced simultaneous outages, disrupting access to ...

Microsoft was hit with an outage affecting its Azure and 365 services hours before the company was scheduled to report quarterly results. "We are investigating an issue with the Azure Portal where ...

The second major cloud outage in less than two weeks, Azure’s downtime highlights the “brittleness” of a digital ecosystem that depends on a few companies never making mistakes. Microsoft's problems ...

Microsoft announced the stable release of Azure MCP Server 1.0.0, describing it as the start of a new phase for cloud automation and AI-driven development. The open-source implementation of the Model ...