Ubuntu, CentOS, and the SUSE Linux family of distributions are among the Linux virtual machines (VMs) that will be supported by the Windows Azure service, according to a blog announcement from Microsofttoday.
The post, penned by Corporate VP of Server and Cloud Bill Laing. detailed the new services that Microsoft plans to unwrap in a webcast tomorrow at 1300 PDT. Among those features will be persistent virtual machines that can be Windows Server, Linux, SQL Server, or SharePoint instances.