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"Ubuntu on Azure"

Canonical
18 March 2026

Canonical collaborates with Microsoft to strengthen enterprise-grade Linux protection

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Canonical is working with Microsoft Defender to improve the security of organizations’ mission-critical Linux workloads  (March 18, 2026) Today Canonical, the publishers of Ubuntu, announce a new security initiative with Microsoft Defender, aimed at deeply reinforcing the security offered along with Canonical’s security maintenance servic ...

Jehudi
22 August 2025

A complete security view for every Ubuntu LTS VM on Azure

Security Ubuntu tech blog

Azure’s Update Manager now provides a complete security view for all Ubuntu LTS VMs—18.04, 20.04, 22.04, and 24.04—by showing available updates from Ubuntu Pro’s Expanded Security Maintenance (ESM). This helps identify instances that would benefit from security patching for the Universe repository and continued updates for older LTS relea ...

Jehudi
4 March 2025

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on Azure: how to stay secure after standard support ends

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As standard support for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS ends on May 31, 2025, Azure users must choose between upgrading to a newer version or enabling extended security with Ubuntu Pro to ensure continued compliance and protection against vulnerabilities. ...

Canonical
19 November 2024

Getting started with Azure IoT Operations on Ubuntu

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Introduction With the recent announcement of the release of Azure IoT Operations, Microsoft has provided its customers with a unified data plane offering significant improvements in node data capture, edge-based telemetry processing, and cloud-ingress.  Combining Azure IoT Operations with Ubuntu provides the perfect pairing to build secur ...

Yash Aggarwal
4 November 2024

Join us for Microsoft Ignite

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The Canonical team is gearing up for the next big gathering at Microsoft Ignite 2024, which will take place from November 18 – 22, 2024. Get ready to dive deep into the latest conversations that will shape the future of cloud and open-source innovation. Expand and secure your Microsoft Ignite journey with a visit to ...

Jehudi
2 October 2024

Ubuntu powers Azure’s confidential AI offering

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Microsoft Azure’s confidential virtual machines, powered by Ubuntu and featuring NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs, offer enhanced security for AI workloads. Discover how this technology addresses data privacy concerns in sectors like healthcare, finance, and government while ensuring robust AI performance and regulatory compliance. ...

Aaron Whitehouse
30 August 2024

Integrating the Ubuntu Snapshot Service into systems management and update tools

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

Ubuntu recently released a snapshot service to use the archive as it was at a point in history. This article explains how to integrate this into systems management or update tools. ...

Ijlal Loutfi
21 February 2024

Preview Confidential AI with Ubuntu Confidential VMs and NVIDIA H100 GPUs on Microsoft Azure

Confidential computing Ubuntu tech blog

Learn about Confidential AI preview on Azure with Ubuntu confidental VMs and Nvidia H100 GPUs, and explore how confidential computing in the cloud transforms AI security, ensuring utmost confidentiality and integrity for sensitive data and models. ...

Aaron Whitehouse
24 November 2023

Ubuntu Explained: How to ensure security and stability in cloud instances—part 3

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

Applying updates across a fleet of multiple Ubuntu instances is a balance of security and service uptime. We explore best practices to maximise stability. ...

Aaron Whitehouse
21 November 2023

Ubuntu Explained: How to ensure security and stability in cloud instances—part 2

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

You probably know that it is important to apply security updates. You may not be clear how to do that. We are going to explain best practices for applying Ubuntu updates to single instances and what the built-in unattended-upgrades tool does and does not do. ...

Aaron Whitehouse
5 October 2023

Securing open source software dependencies in the public cloud

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

Building stable and secure software requires understanding build systems and having a plan for vulnerabilities in your software dependencies. ...

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