--- title: Blog posts tagged "Microsoft" description: Canonical makes open source secure, reliable and easy to use, providing support for Ubuntu and a portfolio of enterprise-grade technologies. Founded in 2004, Canonical operates globally with team members in over 80 countries. url: https://canonical.com/blog/tag/microsoft --- # Blog posts tagged "Microsoft" #### [Canonical collaborates with Microsoft to strengthen enterprise-grade Linux protection](https://canonical.com/blog/defenderandpro) Canonical is working with Microsoft Defender to improve the security of organizations’ mission-critical Linux workloads  (March 18, 2026) Today Canonical, the publishers of Ubuntu, announce a new security initiative with Microsoft Defender, aimed at deeply reinforcing the security offered along with Canonical’s security maintenance servic --- Security #### [SQL Server 2025 is generally available on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS](https://canonical.com/blog/sql-server-2025-ubuntu-24-04-lts) Microsoft has announced the General Availability of SQL Server 2025 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Learn about the new CU1 features, including OS-level observability, Contained Availability Groups, and native vector support for enterprise workloads. --- Data Platform #### [How to deploy Kubeflow on Azure](https://canonical.com/blog/how-to-deploy-kubeflow-on-azure) Kubeflow is a cloud-native, open source machine learning operations (MLOps) platform designed for developing and deploying ML models on Kubernetes. Kubeflow helps data scientists and machine learning engineers run the entire ML lifecycle within one tool. Charmed Kubeflow is Canonical’s official distribution of Kubeflow. The key benefits o --- AI #### [Systemd support lands in WSL – unleash the full power of Ubuntu today](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-wsl-enable-systemd) Systemd support has arrived in WSL! This long-awaited upgrade to WSL unlocks a huge number of quality of life features for managing processes and services. --- Company #### [Microsoft and Canonical announce native .NET availability in Ubuntu 22.04 hosts and containers](https://canonical.com/blog/install-dotnet-on-ubuntu) .NET developers are now able to install the ASP.NET and .NET SDK and runtimes from Ubuntu 22.04 LTS with a single “apt install” command Canonical releases new, ultra-small OCI-compliant appliance images, without a shell or package manager, for both the .NET 6 LTS and ASP.NET runtimes Microsoft and Canonical are collaborating to secure the --- Apps #### [Ubuntu Pro-based Microsoft SQL Server Instances available for Azure](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-pro-microsoft-sql-server-for-azure) 1st November 2021: Today, Canonical announced support with Microsoft for Microsoft SQL Server with Ubuntu Pro on Microsoft Azure. Canonical has worked with Microsoft to bring a highly performant and fully supported solution for SQL Server to market, based around the Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS operating system. Customers on Microsoft Azure can l --- Company #### [Kubernetes GitOps with Azure Arc and Charmed Kubernetes](https://canonical.com/blog/gitops-with-azure-arc-and-charmed-kubernetes) This week, Canonical announced the integration of  Charmed Kubernetes with Microsoft Azure Arc. This integration provides businesses with a centralised place to manage their Kubernetes clusters and deploy their applications at scale, from cloud to the edge. The Azure Arc dashboard enables management and governance of any Kubernetes, acros --- Canonical announcements #### [Kubernetes on Windows: how to set up](https://canonical.com/blog/kubernetes-on-windows-how-to-set-up) This content is password protected. To view it please enter your password below:Password: The post Protected: Kubernetes on Windows appeared first on Ubuntu Blog. --- Cloud and server #### [Canonical announces support for Ubuntu on Windows Subsystem for Linux 2](https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-announces-support-for-ubuntu-on-windows-subsystem-for-linux-2) May 6, 2019: Canonical today announces full support for Ubuntu on the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 2. “Extending enterprise support for Ubuntu from Azure to Windows workstations and servers creates a seamless operating environment for Ubuntu in the Microsoft environment,” said Stephan Fabel, Director of Product at Canonical. “Collabo --- Canonical announcements #### [Why the Visual Studio Code team launched a snap](https://canonical.com/blog/why-the-visual-studio-code-team-launched-a-snap) Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code is a popular free code editor with built-in support for debugging, task running, and version control. While available for Linux via tarball, rpm, and debian package options, the Visual Studio Code team had been seeking new options that would support seamless upgrades to match their rapid release cadence. Joa --- Desktop #### [Visual Studio Code launches as a snap](https://canonical.com/blog/visual-studio-code-launches-as-a-snap) 4th  April 2019, London, UK – As of today, Microsoft Visual Studio Code is available for Linux as a snap, providing seamless auto-updates for its users. Visual Studio Code, a free, lightweight code editor, has redefined editors for building modern web and cloud applications, with built-in support for debugging, task running, and version c --- Canonical announcements #### [PowerShell launches as a snap](https://canonical.com/blog/powershell-launches-as-a-snap) PowerShell Core from Microsoft is now available for Linux as a Snap. Built on the .NET Framework, PowerShell is an open source task-based command-line shell and scripting language with the goal of being the ubiquitous language for managing hybrid cloud assets. It is designed specifically for system administrators and power-users to rapidl --- Cloud and server #### [Microsoft and Canonical Increase Velocity with Azure Tailored Kernel](https://canonical.com/blog/microsoft-and-canonical-increase-velocity-with-azure-tailored-kernel) Ubuntu has long been a popular choice for Linux instances on Azure.  Our ongoing partnership with Microsoft has brought forth great results, such as the support of the latest Azure features, Ubuntu underlying SQL Server instances, bash on Windows, Ubuntu containers with Hyper-V Isolation on Windows 10 and Windows Servers, and much more. C --- Cloud and server #### [Cloud Chatter: November 2016](https://canonical.com/blog/cloud-chatter-november-2016) Welcome to our November edition. We begin with details on our latest partnership with Docker. Next up, we bring you a co-hosted webinar with PLUMgrid exploring how enterprises can build and manage highly scalable OpenStack clouds. We also have a number of exciting announcements with partners including Microsoft, Cloud Native Computing For --- Cloud and server #### [Microsoft loves Linux. SQL Server Public Preview available on Ubuntu](https://canonical.com/blog/microsoft-loves-linux-ubuntu-available-on-sql-server-public-preview) Microsoft has just announced its public preview of the next release of SQL Server, and Canonical is delighted to announce that this preview is available for Ubuntu. SQL Server on Ubuntu now provides freedom of choice for developers and organisations alike whether you use on premises or in the cloud. SQL Server enables choice of --- Canonical announcements #### [Webinar: Deploying Microsoft technologies on OpenStack](https://canonical.com/blog/webinar-managing-diverse-workloads-with-juju) Watch On Demand In this webinar we explore the common challenges organisations face in deploying and managing Windows workloads at scale on OpenStack. We look at how Windows Charms can integrate seamlessly with existing Juju Charms to provide a powerful way to reduce workload deployments from days to minutes on both bare metal and public --- Cloud and server 1. *Previous page* 2. [1](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/microsoft?format=md&page=1) 3. [2](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/microsoft?format=md&page=2) 4. [*Next page*](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/microsoft?format=md&page=2)