Following In the footsteps of Amazon is also going to Microsoft to support Linux on its cloud platform. Users of Azure can be this will also with Microsoft a virtual Linux machine host that does not lose data when a recycle.
Customers would be much longer ask for the possibility of so-called persistent vm’s on Azure to be able to run. Although Microsoft has the option to create virtual machines on Azure to run, basically, it is, in practice, not really workable; data of the machine are lost when a reboot or a reallocation within the Azure platform.
Some of the sources of Mary Jo Foley confirmed, however, compared to the ZDnet journalist that Microsoft is currently working on improved support of Linux-based vms for its paas platform. The manufacturer would in the spring with a Community Technology Preview test version of the persistent vm capability to release.
In addition to the ability to run Linux virtual to run in Azure, the improved support also make it possible to SQL Server or SharePoint Server as a vm to run. Incidentally, Microsoft is not standard Linux as a virtual machine offer; users will have their own Linux image to upload.