Microsoft is preparing to let customers run the Linux operating system within a virtual machine on Windows Azure, sources have told ZDNet UK's sister site ZDNet.com.
Linux heads to Windows Azure in spring - ZDNet UK (blog)
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The change, made possible by a technology that supports persistent virtual machines (VM), will be introduced to Windows Azure in the spring of 2012, according to Mary-Jo Foley, who spoke to Microsoft partners .Blog, news and pricing comparison for Sony Cameras here http://sonycameras.wordpress.com/
Microsoft will not offer direct support of the Linux operating system, instead it will allow people to upload a Linux image into a persistent VM. The technology will also let people run SharePoint Server and SQL Server from VMs as well. Being able to run Linux on Windows Azure has been a frequently requested feature for some time, the sources said.Linux heads to Windows Azure in spring - ZDNet UK (blog)
