The Azure VM Agent enables VMs to communicate with Azure’s underlying Fabric Controller via the virtual public IP 168.63.129.16. However, when VMs are migrated from on-premises or deployed from custom ...

Microsoft has expanded Azure Linux into Azure VM previews while pushing Azure Container Linux to general availability, ...

We have noticed that Azure Virtual Machines are shutting down or stopping unexpectedly in the middle of a session or during startup. There are various reasons why this issue would occur. Usually, the ...

The security bug was introduced during Microsoft’s July 2025 Patch Tuesday rollout last week. Microsoft has released an emergency update to address a bug that prevents certain virtual machines hosted ...

Microsoft recently announced a pair of new Azure virtual machine (VM) options designed to accommodate the intense compute demands of modern -- specifically, AI -- workloads. The new Azure ND H200 v5 ...

Microsoft has announced that Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is now available in the Azure Marketplace so that you can use it in an Azure Virtual Machine. This version will be supported for up to 12 years. Microsoft ...

It's been a long road, but Microsoft announced on April 4 a preview of Arm support on Azure virtual machines via its work with Ampere Computing. Ampere is a startup that makes server chips. Ampere ...

Way back when virtualization was a new thing, virtual networks were simple connections that linked virtual servers and the occasional networking appliance. Now, however, things are different. Building ...

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