June 2026
Intermediate
55m
English
Closed Captioning available in German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)
Overview
Sponsored by Microsoft Azure
Linux powers the majority of cloud workloads, and Azure is engineered to run Linux at scale across distros, architectures, and mission-critical enterprise scenarios. Join us for a conversation with Ned Bellavance and Chris Hayner, authors of the new Linux on Azure technical guide, and Adrián González Sánchez, senior product manager of AI and search at Microsoft AI, as they break down the practical guidance in Linux on Azure, turning its architectures, checklists, and best practices into clear, actionable steps for practitioners.
The conversation highlights real-world migration approaches for Linux workloads, proven modernization patterns, and Day 2 operational best practices that improve reliability, security, and cost efficiency. You’ll learn how to choose the right VM families and storage options, standardize secure Linux images (including Azure Linux), and operationalize governance, patching, and observability at scale. You’ll leave with immediately usable advice, whether you’re migrating your first workload or optimizing a mature Linux estate.
What you’ll learn and how you can apply it
- Translate the tech guide’s best practices into concrete migration and modernization actions for Linux workloads on Azure
- Choose optimal compute, storage, and networking patterns for running Linux reliably and cost-efficiently at scale
- Standardize and harden Linux images, including Azure Linux, using consistent security baselines and update strategies
- Implement Day 2 operations such as patching, monitoring, backup, and governance aligned with enterprise operational excellence
This live event recording is for you because...
- You’re a platform, cloud, or site reliability engineer running Linux fleets on Azure and you need prescriptive patterns for scale, security, and reliability.
- You’re an infrastructure architect who’s planning or accelerating Linux workload migration or modernization to Azure.
- You’re a DevOps engineer standardizing base images, pipelines, and Day 2 operations for heterogeneous Linux estates (RHEL, Ubuntu, Azure Linux).
- You’re an IT decision maker who’s evaluating Azure for Linux at the portfolio level and looking for cost, security, and operational guidelines.
- You’re an application owner moving stateful OSS stacks (Postgres/MySQL, Kafka, etc.) and you need environment-level best practices.
Recommended follow-up:
- Read Linux on Azure (technical guide)
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