A couple years ago Microsoft embarked on a “Microsoft Loves Linux” initiative to bring Linux into the fold of everything Microsoft. For a company that has traditionally been known for Windows and ...

Microsoft released its first full Linux distro: Azure Linux 4.0. Azure Linux ix split into Azure Container Linux and the virtual machine edition. Microsoft effectively admits that it's a de facto ...

When my friend and Directions on Microsoft‘s editor-in-chief Mary Jo Foley wrote in late May that Azure Linux 4.0 would be available for bare-metal servers and virtual machines (VMs), I thought, “I’m ...

Microsoft SQL Server enables developers and organizations to successfully harness the power of data in their preferred language and environment, including Linux for on-premises, cloud and edge ...

Dealing with data in a Docker container is more difficult than it is in a virtual machine or physical server. Containers are inherently stateless, while database management systems like SQL Server ...

SQL development is evolving fast, and Microsoft.Build.Sql is leading the charge. This next-generation SDK brings flexible project structures, better source control integration, automated build-time ...

You'll be able to run this Linux distro on both Azure and your desktop using Windows Subsystem for Linux. Here's what we know about it so far. I blinked. Backstage, Jim Zemlin, the Linux Foundation’s ...