Build, deploy, and run Linux workloads on Azure | OD827
Microsoft announces Azure Linux 4.0 preview for VMs/VMSS and Azure Container Linux as an immutable OS on AKS.
“Over 80% of Microsoft's Linux usage runs on Azure Linux today.”
At Build 2026, Microsoft unveiled Azure Linux 4.0 preview and Azure Container Linux, expanding its purpose-built Linux distribution across VMs, VMSS, and AKS. While significant for Azure infrastructure and supply-chain security, the announcement is an OS/cloud infrastructure update with little direct AI-industry signal.