Microsoft released a preview on Monday of a new Serial Console command-line tool that's designed to help recover Linux and Windows virtual machines (VMs) running on Azure infrastructure.

If Azure Virtual Machine (VM) is shutting down or stopping unexpectedly, make sure Linux agent is not glitching, machine has enough resources, etc.

Microsoft to take the wraps off 'Antares' hosting, Linux VM for Windows Azure Microsoft is expected to announce some of its promised 'spring update' features for Windows Azure during a June 7 event.

Microsoft announced Azure VM Image Builder has reached general availability, providing a managed service that reduces the complexity of manually creating virtual machines images -- with associated ...

Azure virtual machine users: Be prepared, as there are less than three months before Microsoft fundamentally changes how VMs connect to the Internet, with default outbound access set to be retired ...

In further proof that 'the cloud is changing everything,' Microsoft will finally support Red Hat Enterprise Linux in its Azure cloud -- a deal that was long overdue, according to partners.

Microsoft announced Azure Active Directory management enhancements for the Azure AD Conditional Access service, as well as authentication perks for managing Azure virtual machines.

Earlier today, Microsoft's developer account posted a tweet revealing that 40 percent of the virtual machines hosted on the company's Azure cloud platform are powered by Linux distros.

The most popular operating system on Microsoft's Azure cloud today is -- drumroll please -- Linux.