Blog posts tagged "Ubuntu on Azure"

Canonical collaborates with Microsoft to strengthen enterprise-grade Linux protection

Canonical is working with Microsoft Defender to improve the security of organizations’ mission-critical Linux workloads  (March 18, 2026) Today Canonical, the...

A complete security view for every Ubuntu LTS VM on Azure

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...

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

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...

Getting started with Azure IoT Operations on Ubuntu

Introduction With the recent announcement of the release of Azure IoT Operations, Microsoft has provided its customers with a unified data plane offering...

Join us for Microsoft Ignite

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...

Ubuntu powers Azure’s confidential AI offering

Microsoft Azure’s confidential virtual machines, powered by Ubuntu and featuring NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs, offer enhanced security for AI workloads....

Integrating the Ubuntu Snapshot Service into systems management and update tools

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...

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

Learn about Confidential AI preview on Azure with Ubuntu confidental VMs and Nvidia H100 GPUs, and explore how confidential computing in the cloud transforms...

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

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

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

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...

Securing open source software dependencies in the public cloud

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

Ubuntu Explained: How to ensure security and stability in cloud instances—part 1

The LTS philosophy, releases, updates and repositories explained Since we launched Ubuntu Pro’s Expanded Security Maintenance for additional packages, and we...

Public cloud for telco – Part 3: Microsoft Azure

This is the third blog from a series focusing on how public clouds meet telecommunication operators’ business demands. In the previous two blogs, we talked...